There are increasing opportunities for students with intellectual disability in the United States to enroll in and obtain postsecondary education. This Fast Fact #17 provides a first look at the...Read more
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This Fast Fact #18 describes the employment outcomes, including rehabilitation rate and wages, of youth with intellectual disability served by VR who participated in postsecondary education as...Read more
Fast Fact #16 features a study that examined the use of an emerging technology called augmented reality (AR) to teach science vocabulary words to college students with intellectual disability and...Read more
A greater number of individuals with disabilities are pursuing a postsecondary education than ever before. One barrier that substantially limits postsecondary opportunities for students with...Read more
In this Fast Fact #14, we examine recent retention data on students attending Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSIDs), and make comparisons to...Read more
This Fast Fact #13 examines data from the model demonstration projects focused on how many college students with disabilities access the Disability Supports Office (DSO), and what services they...Read more
This Fast Fact summarizes a recent study by Anthony Plotner and Cindi May that focuses on exploring the perspectives of students with ID about college, including their motivations for going to...Read more
Peer mentoring is a well-established tool for supporting college students, and it often yields strong benefits (Budge, 2006; Colvin & Ashman, 2010). Much of the research to date has examined...Read more
This Think College Fast Fact explains how the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-295) encourages individuals with disabilities and their families to save...Read more
This Think College Fast Fact focuses on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 which is the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Rehabilitation Act...Read more