Jonaki Mehta

Federal law requires most museums and other buildings to be accessible to people with disabilities. But access to what's actually inside is often still limited.

WESTON, Fla. — Mackenzie Wesley sports a big grin and bright blue Lilo & Stitch swim gear as she runs into her weekly swim lessons.

Garland Jones, recreational therapist and senior program director of the YMCA of South Florida's special needs program, teaches Mackenzie Wesley, 5, to breathe safely in water by using a ping pong ball as a visual aid.WESTON, Fla. — Mackenzie Wesley sports a big grin and bright blueLilo & Stitch

Kids with autism can be 160 times more likely than other children to drown. Florida is dedicating state money to a program that prioritizes swim lessons for these kids.

For more than 50 years, the Education Department has revealed a host of realities about how students are being treated in every public school across

Education Dept misses deadline to release info Topline: For more than 50 years, the Education Department's Civil Rights Data Collection was intended to help keep schools accountable.

The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public.

In a call with disability rights advocates Thursday, officials from the U.S. Department of Education tried to ease concerns about plans to move the

The disability community has long worried about what would happen if special education oversight moved from the Education Department to another agency. Now, those moves are becoming more real.

Now, Florida is expanding a program to teach its youngest to swim and prioritizing children with autism who are at a much higher risk.