Special Needs

A mother in East Idaho got some big help from a Secret Santa to make life more comfortable for her daughter, who has special needs. 

A Southern California babysitter was sentenced to life in prison this week for using her service — which catered to special needs children — to provide defenseless girls as young as three so her boyfriend could sexually abuse them.

Two Georgia men were sentenced to serve 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole for sexually abusing their two special needs adopted sons, according to the Walton County District Attorney’s Office.

Arkansas parents are facing child endangerment charges after their three-year-old with special needs was found wandering a parking lot before testing positive for fentanyl, according to authorities.

A woman in India is accused of throwing her young son, who had special needs, into a canal where he was reportedly half-eaten by crocodiles.

A Colorado paraprofessional has been hit with felony assault charges for allegedly abusing multiple non-verbal children with special needs.

A nonprofit group in Omaha, Nebraska, hosted an exciting evening for young people with special needs on Saturday.

The crew at East Idaho News is once again helping a Secret Santa spread Christmas cheer to community members facing hardships during the holiday season.

Students with special needs had the time of their lives during a homecoming football game in Fulshear, Texas.

A special needs teaching assistant in British Columbia, Canada, was fired after her OnlyFans account was discovered and she was told to close it down.

A nine-year-old with special needs was killed Sunday when he fell from the window of an apartment building in the Bronx, and neighbors are mourning the loss.

A woman in South Carolina is helping young people with special needs hone their life skills through baking.

Bitty and Beau’s coffee shop just marked its first anniversary and a recent hire celebrated his job in a big way.

For many years, a man named Andrew McLindon has been working to give children with disabilities the chance to have fun by giving them adaptive bikes thanks to the McLindon Family Foundation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Seven-year-old Gwen Ciccozzi of Brunswick, Ohio, loves spending time on playgrounds but it is very important to her they are inclusive for everyone.

A child with special needs tried on a unique pair of glasses recently and saw his parents’ faces properly for the first time.

Five-year-old Blake Pera adores going to the park and swinging at the playground, according to his mother, Jessica, and his babysitter, Rebecca Rowe.

The Coffee Caravan in Lebanon, Ohio, opened Monday and is the first coffee shop in the area to focus on giving jobs to individuals with special needs.

A mother and daughter in need of a wheelchair accessible van finally got their wish thanks to generous community members in Beaumont, Texas.

A couple made two special needs children in need of a home a permanent part of their family this summer in Gadsden, Alabama.

A kitten with special needs recently found her forever home with a loving family in Harford County, Maryland.

Parents have joined a lawsuit challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom for keeping school shuttered in the wake of the coronavirus.

The Center for American Liberty, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order barring most schools in the state from reopening because of the spread of the coronavirus.

A special needs employee at a coffee shop stole the show at a White House event promoting the Paycheck Protection Plan on Tuesday. “I love my job and I’m excited about going back to work,” Heup said. 

A young man with special needs in St. Louis, Missouri, is being praised for winning his recent battle with the coronavirus.

A mom in Galva, Illinois, is making sure her son has all the skills he needs to succeed in life after he graduates from high school. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told CBS News in an interview published late Monday evening that she was, in fact, replaced in her teaching job in 1971 because she was “visibly pregnant,” despite newly emerged evidence otherwise.

New evidence emerged Monday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has been untruthful in telling voters she was fired from a teaching job because she was “visibly pregnant.” County records published by the Washington Free Beacon on Monday confirm that Warren resigned and was never fired.

Elizabeth Warren says she lost her beloved job teaching children with special needs at a public school when she became “visibly pregnant.” However, in 2007 she told a different story.

Neighbors of a disabled man in Gloucester Township, New Jersey, have taken it upon themselves to pay off his debts so he can hopefully remain in his home.

More than 100,000 children and adults with special needs around the world dressed to the nines to attend prom Friday evening as part of the Tim Tebow Foundation-sponsored “Night to Shine” event.

Hannah Sudlow, founder and executive director of Evelyn’s Treehouse, posted on Facebook Wednesday that news of states such as New York – that passed legislation allowing abortion up until the time of birth – “compelled” her to share her own story.

An illegal alien living in the sanctuary city of Montgomery County, Maryland has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating a special needs child.

More than 500 churches around the globe rolled out the red carpet for special needs children and adults participating in the Tim Tebow Foundation-sponsored “Night to Shine” prom Friday evening.

The standstill on Texas school choice funding and public school financing came to a head in Austin late Wednesday when House Education Committee Chair Dan Huberty (R-Kingwood) made good on his promise to kill school choice, also knocking off public school financing since both were packed into the same piece of legislation, House Bill 21.

An illegal immigrant, along with another man, is accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping a woman with autism while holding her against her will.