This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Whether their child has ADHD, a learning disability or autism, parents of kids with special needs yearn ...

Making friends at the start of a new school year can be scary for kids such as Trae Bruns, a fifth grader in Troy, Illinois. Trae has a genetic disorder and physical differences, and he doesn’t always ...

One in 5 children has a learning disability. That means their brain processes information differently from their more neurotypical peers. This difference isn’t a question of intelligence, but rather ...

Michael Guggenheim turned a learning disability into mission to help other kids. Feb. 15, 2008 — -- Michael Guggenheim suffers from a rare disorder that makes the simple act of writing his name ...

Like other kids his age, her son, who has Down syndrome, was learning about shapes and loved sitting on the rug listening to the teacher read books aloud. His speech delay didn’t prevent him from ...

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My most recent car accident happened about two weeks ago. Luckily, it was a minor one (this time), but what it lacked in physical wreckage it made up for in searing humiliation. If only my driving ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Navy SEAL deployments are often long and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over ...

Terri Joyce of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, believed that her son belonged in a kindergarten classroom that included students with and without disabilities. The year before, as a 4-year-old, he happily ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to ...