Dyslexia makes reading a struggle for millions of people, but the learning disability is rarely diagnosed before age seven. Now, a team of educators and scientists led by UConn professors has made a game-like app that could ...
Education
Oct 8, 2019
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New research from the University of New Hampshire finds that while youths with disabilities, mental health diagnoses and special education services experience peer harassment or bullying at similar rates as other youth, understanding ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
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In a recent landmark case, a mother received the first conviction in England for forcing someone to marry. She had tricked her daughter, then aged 17, into travelling to Pakistan to be married as soon as she turned 18. The ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2018
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For years, minorities have been disproportionately placed in special education classes, and figures available indicate the complexity of this issue for one group. National estimates reveal that English-language learners may ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2017
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College students who receive special accommodations because of a learning disability say they have less difficulty completing assignments and more contact with faculty outside of class than peers who don't receive extra help.
Social Sciences
May 17, 2016
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Across the nation, online education is becoming an increasingly important part of the school experience for many students. Yet close attention is not always paid to how this new educational horizon affects students with disabilities.
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2015
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New measures brought in to tackle forced marriage have been welcomed by a national charity based at The University of Nottingham.
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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Preschool children who showed less ability to estimate the number of objects in a group were 2.4 times more likely to have a later mathematical learning disability than other young people, according to a team of University ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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UBC researchers have launched a study to explore why learning-disabled students shine in the University's demanding opera program. The study, called "Libretti of Learning," will be presented at Congress, a national gathering ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2013
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Employees with disabilities are twice as likely to be attacked at work and experience much higher rates of insults, ridicule and intimidation, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2013
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