All children need access to good quality eye care, and this must include children with disabilities. Childhood disability is very common. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are at least 93 million children with disabilities worldwide, which equates to one in twenty children. 1 Childhood disability is particularly common in low-and middle-income countries. Children with dis...

NIDRR Funded Projects ............................. page 2 NARIC Citations ......................................... page 2 ERIC Citations ............................................ page 4 PubMed Citations ........................................ page 5 Search Terms .............................................. page 8 In this edition of reSearch we explore invisible disabilities. Just as ind...

Research in special education has yielded beneficial outcomes for students with disabilities as well as typical achieving students. The authors provide examples of the valuable knowledge special education research has generated, including the elements of response to intervention (e.g., screening and progress monitoring), instructional practices such as systematic instruction and feedback, and i...

In this article, we review problems in identification of learning disabilities and consider proposed alternatives to present procedures. We argue that no proposed alternative meets all the necessary criteria for identification of learning disabilities, and that radically altering or eliminating current conceptualizations of learning disabilities may amount to “throwing the baby out with the bat...

The community of persons with disabilities currently disputes the regulation on amnesty. Amnesty is considered discriminatory and violates rights disabilities, especially those mental disabilities. amplification rule, which means that do not have legal capacity, inconsistent Convention Rights Persons With Disabilities (CRPD), substantively stipulates capacity government obliged to take measures...

Quality of life is intimately related to an individual's major life activities (Antonovsky, 1987). For many individuals, productive employment is of central importance. Unfortunately, people with disabilities confront many difficulties in finding or keeping work; with overall unemployment rates for this population as high as 50%, and as high as 60% for people with disabilities living in rural a...

Making the educational experience inclusive of people with disabilities has benefits for all learners. Modifications and enhancements intended for learners with sensory, physical or learning disabilities often make the learning environment more flexible and engaging for students without disabilities. This paper will present several initiatives that promote inclusive teaching and learning, but a...