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Special Education Loses Its Federal Leader at a Precarious Moment
Plus: Schools brace for Medicaid cuts, voucher programs leave families stranded, assessments penalize care at home and... our comic is back!
 • Shasta Kearns Moore and Lenore Eklund
Trump DOJ changes its position in major lawsuit threatening the foundations of home-based disability care
Plus: Paid family caregivers in North Dakota, Arkansas waiver delays, school-placement shortages, a push for paid family leave during a child’s severe…
 • Shasta Kearns Moore
Florida families fear losing nationwide home care protections they just won
Plus: A spike in state-level special education complaints and more disability news from Connecticut, Washington, Germany, Ireland, Singapore and South…
 • Shasta Kearns Moore
When The Right To Live At Home is No Longer Secure
The Justice Department retreats from disability-rights enforcement while advocates seek state protections and North Carolina looks for ways to fix…
Kicked Off Medicaid — And Put At Risk
Plus: an Arizona fight over paid parent caregivers, new federal recommendations for autism therapy, threats to disability screening in Head Start and…
 • Shasta Kearns Moore
What your subscriptions helped build this quarter
Publication growth, a new screenplay, some thoughts about AI — and finding my place between journalism and advocacy.
 • Shasta Kearns Moore
What It Takes to Keep Disabled Kids in Their Communities
From summer camp to the classroom to home, this week’s stories examine what makes community life possible — and what happens when support systems…
 • Shasta Kearns Moore
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