Disabilities
How to Tap Talented Students with Disabilities
November 28, 2011| By Toddi Gutner, for Reuters
With unemployment stubbornly stuck around 9 percent, Molly Kirk knows she's lucky she to have a job offer in the human resources training program at Google after graduation. Even with her excellent credentials, the Georgetown senior is quick to thank Lime Connect, an organization that partners with the world's leading corporations to offer summer internships to high-potential students with disabilities.
Colleges Accept Kids with Autism
May 09, 2011|By Anndee Hochman, For The Inquirer
When Jon Dorfman was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at 9, his parents weren't thinking about their son's future. They were just trying to get through the next tantrum.
It was 1998. Asperger's syndrome, a developmental disorder on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, had been listed as a mental illness for only four years. Even as a child - Dorfman could read multisyllabic medical terms at 4, but had violent meltdowns in shopping malls
Read the full article on The Philadelphia Enquirer's Website.
Letter to University Presidents about Invisible Differences
Dear College President,
The percentage of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has increased in the past 10 years from 1/2500 births to 1/110 births and among boys it is now 1/70. Similarly, there have also been significant increases in neurobehavioral and learning disabilities.
These students are now on the cusp of entering college and, in order to graduate, will need different types of accommodations than those that have been available to date. We hope that your university is aggressively adjusting its support for students with disabilities to reflect these changing demographics and to ensure the campus is providing an environment that welcomes the students with disabilities and enables them to thrive.
