Flexible Supports for College Success Presented by Maria Paiewonsky, Ashley Luce*, and Luke Saint-Amour, this webinar covered topics such as supported education, student engagement in college...Read more
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A new population of college students is emerging on campuses across the United States: students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). With this new and growing population of...Read more
Why GAO Did This Study: Research suggests that more students with disabilities are pursuing higher education than in years past, and recent legislative changes, such as those in the Higher...Read more
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are organizations mandated to be led by people with disabilities to serve people with disabilities and make systems change. CILs provide support to people of...Read more
This manual is intended to be used as a resource in training programs on Person-Centered Planning. For those who have already had some or much training and experience in these processes, we also...Read more
This Q&A from the U.S. Department of Education describes how state and local agencies may coordinate to assist students and youth with disabilities in high school and at postsecondary education institutions, through appropriate supports funded under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act)....Read more
This chapter presents a brief overview of higher education programs for young adults with ID. Challenges related to academic disclosure for students with ID and their support mediators (e.g.,...Read more
Who among us doesn’t have a tribe, or a village, or a network of friends and family that supports us? In good times and challenging ones, we use circles of support to help us out. The same goes...Read more
This video shows effective accommodations for disabilities that include learning disabilities, attention deficits, autism, and others that are not readily apparent....Read more
This is an example of a learning agreement contract that could be used for establishing individual learning goals for a student auditing a college course....Read more