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US: Why Disabled Youth Are More at Risk of Being Incarcerated
Teen Vogue – October 09, 2017
The school-to-prison pipeline for children with disabilities is a multi-layered problem. About 85% of incarcerated youth have a disability, but just 37% of them received special education services in school. At the same time, special education programs often function as a new form of school segregation that place disabled children on a track toward unequal outcomes, according to the National Council on Disability.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/why-disabled-youth-are-more-at-risk-of-being-incarcerated