Organization leaders' concerns about special education

What did groups' heads say to the press?

Over on Disability Scoop, Michelle Diament reported a story about concerns some leaders in special education expressed about the current situation in special education. In her article, published 6 November 2025, Ms. Diament quoted the observations of organization heads, parents, attorneys, and more about changes in federal administration of special education. Readers of Special Education Today will not be surprised that many of those quoted expressed alarm.

Here is her lede:

Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing “immediate harm” to students with disabilities, advocates warn.

Nearly a month after the Education Department moved to lay off nearly every staffer in its Office of Special Education Programs, some of the nation’s most prominent disability and special education groups say that the message from the Trump administration is clear.

Read Ms. Diament’s full story, “Disability Advocates Cry Foul Over Dismantling Of Special Ed: ‘Our World Is On Fire’,” on Disability Scoop (it permits two free reads per month.