This guide provides general information to help you understand higher education as a person with disabilities. In addition to what we have provided here, there are many other resources that you might find helpful. Below is a list of some of those resources.
- Delaware Disability Hub higher education page: http://deldhub.com/education/postsecondary.shtml
- Achieving in Higher Education (AHEADD), a college support program for students diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder or other learning differences, http://www.aheadd.org/index or call 1-877-AHEADD-1.
- Association of Higher Education & Disability, http://www.ahead.org/
- College Planning Handbook for Students with Disabilities, http://apps.educationquest.org/pdfs/Disability_Handbook.pdf
- Resource guide for students with disabilities from bestcolleges.com (includes helpful links and list of useful apps) http://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/disabled-students/.
- Delaware Department of Education:
Transition resources for parents and students:
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/transition/smartmoves.shtml and
http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/specialed/transition/transitionresources.shtml
- Delaware Technical Community College, Office of Disability Services, https://www.dtcc.edu/student-resources/learning-support/disability-services
- LD Online (website on learning disabilities and ADHD), http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/college
- Learning Disabilities Association of America, http://ldaamerica.org/
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
Post-high school options, http://www.ncld.org/adults-learning-disabilities/post-high-school
Legal rights and accommodations for students with disabilities, http://www.ncld.org/adults-learning-disabilities/laws-accommodations/legal-rights-accommodations-adults-ld
Getting access to assistive technology, http://www.ncld.org/adults-learning-disabilities/post-high-school/getting-access-assistive-technology-college
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, http://www.ncset.org/
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY), nichcy.org
- Navigating College: A Project of The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, http://navigatingcollege.org/
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
Overview of disability discrimination policies, http://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/guid/ocr/disability.html
Transition of Students with Disabilities to Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators, http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/transitionguide.html#admissions
- U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, http://www.dol.gov/odep/
- University of Delaware:
Office of Disability Support Services: www.udel.edu/DSS or 302-831-4643
Center for Disabilities Studies: TEEM Unit (Transition, Education and Employment Model): https://www.udel.edu/cds/teem.html
- University of Washington, College Funding for Students with Disabilities, http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/PDF/financial-aid.pdf