Emotional harm can be as bad as physical injuries, say social workers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When 8-year-old Dakota Nafzinger, who is blind, got off the bus Monday, his walking cane had been replaced by a noodle. His mother says it was taken to "humiliate" him after he ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Growing up in an Orlando suburb, D remembers being stripped naked, bent over his parents' laps and ...

It’s extremely embarrassing that we still allow our disabled children to be spanked, hit and paddled at school. No child should have to deal with that, but it’s truly terrible that we can’t even agree ...

Every day, approximately 600 students across the U.S. are physically punished at school — hit with wooden paddles or struck by objects by adults charged with their education and care. While corporal ...