Students who experience traumatic events while growing up in poor, turbulent neighborhoods could be considered disabled, a federal judge has ruled in a high-profile case involving the Compton, Calif., schools.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/01/445001579/ruling-in-compton-schools-case-trauma-could-cause-disability

Leon Smith, Esq.

Director, Racial Justice Project

Center for Children’s Advocacy

211 State Street

Bridgeport, CT 06604

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