Overview of College and College-ish
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Video: Can Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Attend College? Yes.
Can students with intellectual and developmental disabilities go to college? Yes, and the options are growing fast. There are now about 360 college programs in the U.S. for students with intellectual disability, up from 149 in 2009. In this video, autism policy expert and advocate Laura McKenna, PhD, explains what these programs are, who they’re…
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College/College-ish Options
In the old days, college came in two flavors — four-year colleges and two-year colleges. Most young people joined the military or got a job. Going to any college was something for the elite. Few neurodivergent students felt welcome in higher education. Today, there are more options than ever before. There are more ways to…
