Students with intellectual disability (ID) now have opportunities to attend college. In 2014, students with ID accessed college through 221 Postsecondary education (PSE) programs in the United...Read more
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In this Insight Brief, the authors present a five component model of student-directed learning for use by college programs to teach and track student specific college and career academic, social,...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 document outlines the steps followed by the REAL certificate program in its admission process. It shares admission requirements, forms required in the application packet, reports and...Read more
This parent interview sheet offers questions to ask the families of potential students to help guide program staff in developing a plan for the incoming student....Read more
This White Paper is written by the Executive Committee members of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and provides an introductory statement that shares the organization's...Read more
Passed and signed into law, May 2021. The legislation establishes that any student in an approved comprehensive transition program (CTP) whose parent is a veteran with a disability (or deceased) will receive equal educational benefits to students with similar parentage who are enrolled in traditional 4-year college and university degree programs....Read more
Similar to their typical peers, students with intellectual disability enrolled in postsecondary education programs endure levels of stress that result in the application of coping strategies...Read more
This bill died in Senate Committee at adjournment in October, 2021. The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is the state’s flagship public scholarship program, and the bill would make CTP students eligible to receive a funding award....Read more
This legislation, passed in March 2022, provides $2,000,000 for the Governor’s Higher Education Transition Scholarship Program, to assist students accepted into transitional programs for students...Read more