College campuses are now seeing more students with special needs, including autism and other cognitive and developmental disabilities, reports Beata Mostafavi in Flint Journal of Michigan. While these students may have once been dismissed as "not college bound," recent "research and early intervention for students means that the goal of a college degree is more attainable than ever for students with disabilities."
While some colleges, like University of Michigan-Flint are making more special education resources available to these students, such as a private room for examinations, a university-appointed note taker, and/or weekly meetings with a counselor, most colleges are still struggling to meet the growing need for specialized educational and social assistance for these students.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/college_material_more_students.html
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Agreed! This is such an important topic. Early intervention has definitely contributed to more students with ASD maximizing their potential. Now we can begin to consider other ways to better prepare students for college and beyond, once they're in public elementary, middle and high school. It can be done, and there's lots of information being published these days about that. For more on this, check out my new book, "Developing College Skills in Students with Autism & Asperger's Syndrome. Our world can benefit from the skills that these individuals bring into it...a win-win for everyone!
ReplyDeleteSarita Freedman, PhD