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Lawyers, Schools, and Access A History of Special Education in the United States Part I:Watson,Beattie,and exclusion

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Tonight, we begin the first leg of an adventure covering the history of Special Education Law in the United States. This is the next chapter in Disabulletin’s continuing coverage of the recent Supreme Court …

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Disabulletin News Rundown:New Jersey School District challenges and a new Special Education plan for Hoosiers

Good evening, I’m Abe Shapiro and this is Disabulletin, where we cover the top stories impacting the disability community across the country and around the world. Two weeks ago, Disabulletin covered the challenges facing New Jersey School Districts as they work to determine what a post-pandemic classroom looks like for students with disabilities while emphasizing mental health and school safety. …

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Disabulletin News Rundown:Trouble In New Jersey, Autistic French Reporters, and a preview of a groundbreaking Special Education Case

Tonight on Disabulletin, we cover the latest news impacting individuals with Disabilties across the country and around the world. Tonight’s news items include: -Controversy over New Jersey School District’s strategies when addressing the removal of students with Disabilities from classrooms -Reporters from a French Autistic Newspaper interviewed French President Emmanuel Macron -A preview of Perez V Sturgis School District, a …

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Disabulletin:Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue Part II: The Legal Perspective featuring IU School Of Law’s Steve Sanders

WFHB Correspondent Abe Shapiro speaks with Professor Steve Sanders at the IU Mauer School of Law to begin our special report, Civil or Not: The Court Case of Talevski v. Marion and the Debate over a Private Right to Sue.

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Houston South forest project threatens precious ecosystems in Hoosier National Forest

When most people think of Indiana’s landscape they picture cornfields and flat terrain. Surprisingly, Indiana used to be almost completely covered with forests and wildlife with a limited space filled by bare hills. Indiana’s forest cover pre-settlement is estimated to be around 85%. By the early 1900s it was at 7%. Though the urban population density has increased more and …

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