Students with learning disabilities drop out of high school at more than double the typical rate (NSBA, 2019). While over 60% of students go to college, about 5% of those with learning disabilities do ...

Identifying and applying to “best fit” colleges can be challenging for most college-bound students. But it can be particularly perplexing for students with learning disabilities. When these students ...

The first time Tammy Carrillo enrolled at East Los Angeles College (ELAC), she didn’t know she had a learning disability. She also hadn’t thought of herself as college material. At her continuation ...

Across California, tens of thousands of students with learning disabilities are navigating higher ed. But not all of them are getting the support they need, and many have to learn to advocate for ...

In 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act gave students with disabilities the right to reasonable accommodations in higher education, but many colleges were not structured with disabled students in ...

Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal ...

I have four grandchildren, three of whom have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. At different times, they have had Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), legally binding documents under the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Employment prospects are greatly enhanced for students with developmental delays if they acquired postsecondary education. Drs ...

College students often have a complicated relationship with social media, with a large number of learners active on multiple social media platforms but also aware of the negative mental health ...

KEPT FLYING, HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE. IT’S A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR MANY YOUNG ADULTS, BUT FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, THE TRADITION ISN’T ALWAYS AN OPTION. NOW, ONE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CAMPUS IS ...