Autistic people have more chronic pain from hypermobility, EDS, migraines, and sensory overwhelm etc. and so take more Tylenol/acetaminophen/paracetamol than non-autistic people do. And autistic people also have more autistic kids than non-autistic people do. This is not rocket science. #autism

Washburn and Justice page students take part in a nationwide student walkout demanding gun control Minneapolis, MN

🎉 New article! 🎉 Our latest in @jidr-wiley.bsky.social measures what teachers of students with IDD know about foundational word reading and how that relates to their training and classroom instruction. #OpenAccess version here: doi.org/10.1111/jir.... @kimberlymcfadden.bsky.social

The Hechinger Report has been following the Trump administration's actions on a week-by-week basis. Keep up with all the news here: hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

Tracking Trump: His actions to dismantle the Education Department, and more

The president has said he wants to eliminate the Education Department while fighting ‘woke’ ideology in schools. A week-by-week look at what he’s done

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For those following the NIH budget fight, the next big development will be this Tuesday, Sept 2nd, with the House LHHS subcommittee markups. The bill text will likely come out late Monday. The House bill is likely to be closer to the president's budget request than the Senate's was, so be prepared.

“Do not offer thoughts and prayers as you systemically enable such tragedies. Do not claim prayers are sufficient when children die as they pray. Do not pretend you do not understand.” — Lydia, 16, Minneapolis

If you are an #Autism researcher who has had their federal research grant from NIH/HHS on autism canceled, I'd like to speak with you. My signal is Emgarcia.85 #AutismSky

"Even in a world without additional economic constraints, accessibility tools and assistive technologies are already shockingly high-priced." mashable.com/article/tari...

People with disabilities are 'eating the cost' of tariffs

Affordability is accessibility, too.

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U.S. Dept of Ed is proposing to eliminate the requirement for states to report data on racial disparities in special education, currently a condition to receive federal $ under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Comments open till 10/21 www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Annual State Application Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act as Amended in 2004

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

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And more cuts likely to critical #4SpecialEducation services, teaching, professional development, and teacher preparation. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... @cecmembership.bsky.social

Fears Grow That Trump Will Cut Special Education Support Funding

Advocacy organizations are warning members to brace for "hundreds" of grant terminations.

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Fears Grow That Trump Will Cut Special Education Support Funding

Advocacy organizations are warning members to brace for "hundreds" of grant terminations.

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A lot to watch right now regarding potential changes to special education in the US: www.k12dive.com/news/educati...

Education Department eyes special education in school choice expansion

Increasing choice models will better help meet student and family needs, Diana Diaz-Harrison said at the OSEP conference.

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At the Office Of Special Education Programs Project Director’s Meeting starting off by looking back at the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (50 years old!). This act is CRITICAL for ALL children and young people, especially those with disabilities, their educators, families, & communities

An actual thing that happened to me at work one time was that some time after I disclosed as autistic, my leader sent me some really good free training on neurodiversity in the workplace and asked if I thought it'd be useful. I got excited, completed it all myself, and highly recommended it.

New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy. What do we find? 👇 caldercenter.org/publications...

“Celebrate today, but keep organizing and keep advocating and using your voice so we can make sure that our students get the services that they need,” said Montserrat Garibay www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Trump Abruptly Unfreezes All of the Education Funds He Had Withheld

More than $5 billion in previously-frozen federal funds will start flowing next week.

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“Peace at a price, if the price is right.” #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

What Columbia’s Deal With The Government Could Mean For Other Colleges

Now that Columbia University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration, attention is turning to what the deal could mean for higher education in general.

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We are very pleased to announce the 2025 Awards Winners for the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science! Join us in celebrating the exceptional projects that have revolutionized the field of psychological science. buff.ly/rzTeLYL

July 2025

By Joanna Rutkowska, SIPS Awards Committee Chair

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Remote mixed methods educational researcher position focused on DOE data and affiliated with UD CRESP group careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: Emeritus Professor Theo Wubbels on three initiatives that the Dutch organisation for educational research launched to help improve the relationship between educational research and practice. #EduSci #EERA_VOR https://blog.eera-ecer.de/educational-research-dutch/

New Publication Alert: "Sharing Materials to Heighten the Impact of Publications" by Campbell, Brunsting, Landmark, Butler, and Cook. The paper provides an overview of issues and recommendations for sharing materials with research and practitioner publications. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

New pub alert! Didion et al. report an RCT examining effects of an extended version of Data Mountain (30 lessons instead of 15) on reading fluency for elem students with and at risk for reading disabilities when administered individually and in small groups. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

My developmental psych class in college had an *entire* module dedicated to early childhood television programming and the gold standard has been and always will be Sesame Street.

Christian Christensen@chrchristensen.bsky.social · last yr.

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Important ASF grant announcement! Federal funding cuts are forcing early-career autism scientists out of #research. To fight back, we’ve launched our new “Save Our Scientists” (SOS) Grants to sustain & empower #postdoctoral investigators & keep #autism research moving forward. More: bit.ly/4lwgnly

A recent poll from the Alliance for Learning Innovation shows that there is strong bipartisan support for federal investments in educational research: www.alicoalition.org/publications... #EduSky #AcademicSky

Voters Say the Federal Government Should Invest in Education R&D - Alliance For Learning Innovation

A spring 2025 national poll of registered voters finds the public overwhelmingly supports federal investments in education research and development (R&D). Regardless of political affiliation, voters a...

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HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

I just saw this in the Good News Roundup on Daily Kos, but I haven't seen it here on Bluesky. You're welcome. No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim Instead, agency says it’s investing $50 million in a new autism research effort www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/n...

No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director's claim

The federal health department is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, an HHS official said Thursday.

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