NCLD Calls for Juvenile Justice Reform with a New Report, Unlocking Futures: Youth with Learning Disabilities & the Juvenile Justice System
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
Key Points:
- The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
- As part of its new Unlocking Futures report, NCLD highlights that there are nearly 240,000 instances of juvenile detention in the U.S. every year.
- "This report sheds light on the many ways our juvenile justice system fails youth with disabilities," says Jessica Snydman, policy research associate, at NCLD.