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Special Ed Shift Sparks Alarm | Dover News
A major shift in federal oversight threatens decades of progress for disabled students: special education is being moved from Education to Health and Human Services, sparking alarm among advocates. With Justice Department guidance potentially weakening requirements for inclusive education and a White House push toward institutionalization, families fear a rollback to exclusionary practices. This move, especially under leadership with controversial views on autism, signals a troubling return to viewing disabilities as something to be cured—not accommodated. Hard-won community integration could…
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