A recent increase in scholarship, advocacy, and media attention in the United States has led to increased interest in matters related to guardianship and supported decision-making for people with...Read more
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This brief talks about guardianship for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). It will show you some differences between people with IDD who have guardians and people...Read more
The goal of this brief is to educate parents and supporters of youth in transition about guardianship and alternatives to guardianship. The brief presents three main themes: the reasons people...Read more
For parents, families, and caregivers of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), reaching the age of majority is an important milestone. In most US states, the age of...Read more
This toolkit, developed by Florida's WINGS, was designed to assist residents of Florida with intellectual and developmental disabilities to understand the options available related to decision-...Read more
This brief, written by Think College partners at the Pacer Center, focuses on alternatives to guardianship. The authors take care to explain the different options available to families, and what...Read more
The Think College Transition (TCT) project is an inclusive dual-enrollment transition model designed to improve post-school outcomes for students aged 18-22 years who have intellectual disability...Read more
This article describes an undergraduate Participatory Action Research (PAR) course in which students with and without intellectual disabilities collaborated as co-researchers in order to explore...Read more
In this Guide, we break down how to engage college students with intellectual disabilities in every step of the research process: finding relevant topics, using new technology to research them,...Read more
Students with intellectual disabilities are taking the lead conducting participatory action research (PAR) to chronicle their college experience as part of a national college access initiative....Read more