Open Society

The New Fascism Syllabus is a crowd-sourced collection of scholarly writings on the history of fascist, populist, and authoritarian movements and governments.

In reviewing Indigenous approaches to open, distance, and digital education, the authors found that Indigenous people have been keen to adopt and adapt technologies for their own uses and purposes but are less successful in controlling and creating technologies that...

The strategic integration of online and in-person learning modalities (referred to as blended learning) is becoming increasingly popular in primary, secondary, post-secondary, and corporate contexts. Some have even called blended learning (BL) the “new...

Welcome Back to Found, the TechCrunch podcast where we get the stories behind the startups. It’s rare we get to speak to someone who has been working at their company for 19 years so this conversation with Matt Mullenweg of Automattic and WordPress feels a little special. His journey to becoming a founder was grounded […]

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This open access handbook offers a one-stop-shop for researchers in the field of open, distance and digital education.

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Forthcoming in the January, 2023 issue of Locus Magazine.

Like-minded educators can build friendly, hopeful spaces for young people to channel their energy toward creative rebellion against unjust systems, rather than falling prey to grifters and hate manufacturers. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.

The Hewlett Foundation launched the Madison Initiative to tackle the problem of democratic dysfunction, with a strategy focused on the practice of politics — looking for levers to reduce or mitigate the tribalism that prevents our elected officials from working together effectively. Yet finding ways to address societal problems is not solely a matter of ...

This cohort study examines sex differences in psychiatric diagnoses and hospitalizations in autistic compared with nonautistic young adults.

As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?

When creating inclusive content, it’s important to consider the way we write about disability and neurodiversity. The language people use when talking about disability and neurodiversity can be patronizing or dismissive of people’s lived experiences. Using certain words may also unintentionally minimize or ignore the realities of disability and neurodiversity. It’s more inclusive if we […]

As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path and envisioned bold possibilities. On the eve of a major revival of her work, this is the story of how she came to see a future that is now our present.

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“For those who don't know, @alexdstuckey is doing some of the best reporting on Medicaid waivers. I learn a ton from her reporting (and I wrote a whole book about it).”

“With a 200k person waitlist, families are counseled to put their loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities on all 6 Medicaid waiver lists. What they’re not counseled for coming to the top of lists and being denied again and again https://t.co/5OagBDAUBa”

“I was talking about this with @drdevonprice a few weeks ago: parents of autistic kids and #ActuallyAutistic people often think these benchmarks are because of rigorous testing. But then you see state agencies use arbitrary standards like IQ and it's infuriating.”

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There are different ways to be happy and function well, even if your brain is not typical

I don’t want to leave the platform and I feel like I am mourning it in real time.

When the police won’t take no for an answer

Social skills training programs for autistic youths and adults exist in nearly every school district and community; these programs focus on bringing autistic people into synchronization with develo...

A 14-year-old Arizona boy’s terrifying experience underscores that officers should be trained on how to recognize people on the spectrum.