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NEWS ABOUT: learning disabilities

learning disabilities stories: 5 news summaries

Judge Nixes New Trial for Man With 47 IQ

Texas 18-year-old's 100-year molestation sentence will stand

Apr 8, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Witness after witness testified about the severity of Aaron Hart’s mental disabilities—his former special education teacher said he functions below a 1st-grade level—but Texas judge Eric Clifford ruled against giving the 18-year-old a new trial or sentencing hearing, the Chicago Tribune reports. Hart, whose IQ is... More »

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mental retardation • child molestation • trial • disability • learning disabilities

HS Hoop Team Runs Up Score, Then Repents

Christian girls have second thoughts about 100-0 thumping

Jan 23, 09 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A Dallas high school whose girls basketball team ran up a 100-0 score last week has forfeited what school officials called a “victory without honor,” the Dallas Morning News reports. The Covenant School, a Christian institution, defeated Dallas Academy, a high school for children with "learning... More »

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Texas • Dallas • high school basketball • landslide victory • learning disabilities • defeat • forfeit • Christian values • Covenant School • Dallas Academy

 32M Lack Basic Reading Skills 

Study says Illiteracy crisis getting worse

Jan 9, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - One in seven American adults in the US—about 32 million people—have such low literacy skills that they cannot read a newspaper story or a prescription bottle, a new federal study says. "They really cannot read paragraphs (or) sentences that are connected," says an Education Department researcher.... More »

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Florida • immigration • California • New York • Department of Education • literacy • Mississippi • Nevada • learning disabilities • National Assessment of Adult Literacy • ProLiteracy

Insurers Balk
at Paying for Autism Therapy

Schools now foot the
bill, but advocacy group pressing for change

Sep 16, 08 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A national autism advocacy group is pushing insurance companies to pick up the tab for intensive new therapies now footed by local school districts, the Boston Globe reports. They say the rising number of autism cases will swamp school budgets and make it unlikely that kids will get the... More »

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health insurance • autism • patient advocate • School costs • learning disabilities • developmental • special education

Pioneering
Doc Accused
of Sex Abuse

Pediatrician became famous for his work on learning disabilities

Aug 6, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Melvin Levine, famous in his field for pioneering new ways of understanding children with learning disabilities, is followed by allegations of sexually abusing young patients. The accusations span decades of his career, the New York Times reports in investigating the trail of charges. In March, a lawyer who had... More »

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education • investigation • sexual abuse • pediatricians • Melvin Levine • learning disabilities

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