Former mayor of Claremont, NH and special education aide, George Caccavaro, faces criminal charges tied to sexual assault. He is accused of assaulting a non-verbal student in February 2019. Caccavaro was an aide to students with disabilities at Stevens High School. Once a week, Caccavaro...

A Texas mother has filed a lawsuit on behalf of her son, a second-grader with special needs, alleging he was sexually assaulted. The lawsuit claims the assault occurred on the school bus, and accuses the school district of failing to protect the boy. The suit claims that an older student...

According to an investigation by the Fairfax County, VA Police, the former manager of a bakery in Chantilly, VA was arrested for sexually abusing two special needs employees. The abuse victims reported the alleged incident to their parents, prompting police to investigate. The other employee...

Sexual predators may lurk anywhere—at your child’s school, karate class, violin lesson, day camp, or behind a computer screen online. If your child has a developmental or intellectual disability, it may be even harder to protect him or her from the dangers that sexual perpetrators pose. ...

Police and school administrators are looking into an alleged bullying incident that occurred at a public high school in Hidalgo, Texas. Video footage of the incident shows a student punch an autistic classmate during a history lesson in a non-special needs classroom. The video has been...

In Michigan, over 20% of high-school students reported bullying at school. Almost 9% of Michigan high school students did not go to school because they felt unsafe due to bullying. Yet students in the state struggle to transfer schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). A victim of...

The mother of a young boy has filed a lawsuit against Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. The case alleges that the school district neglected to protect the boy from severe bullying. The student attends Grant Elementary School in Santa Monica, CA. The boy’s mother contends that...

Maryland Senator Michael Hough introduced a new bill in response to school bullying. The bill aims to hold school bullies responsible for their actions. It asks that school boards require bullies to do several things: Apologize to the student they bullied Return any objects stolen from...

A Chicago-based advocacy group for people with disabilities contacted Amtrak weeks in advance of their travel date to accommodate their group with five wheelchairs. As mandated by law, the train only had space for three wheelchairs, one per car. Amtrak officials said it would cost $25,000 to...

The Walker County Board of Education recently received a grant through the Alabama State Department of Education to start the “Peer Helpers” program. The program is designed to provide a support network for students. The “Peer Helpers” program will train students and teachers to become...

A disabled student of special needs cooperative S.E.J.A. No. 802 and Homewood-Flossmoor High School District No. 233 in Illinois reached a $1.75 million settlement to resolve allegations of sexual abuse. The student, 21 years old at the time of the abuse, alleged that another student sexually...

David Mueller, Joliet Police Department Sergeant and member of the National Guard, received orders to report for full-time National Guard duty from May to September 2016. Shortly thereafter, Mueller received an email from Joliet’s Chief of Police indicating that he would be placed on an...