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(More customer reviews)Because so many 'college student with disability' books do a HORRIBLE job with their thesis, this book is in an important class by itself.
Addressing the prospective college student themselves, it merely requires them (if not already doing so) to assume proactive self responsibility) for accademic and personal success from the time of research to after-college graduation. Our parents legally cannot advocate in the college environment irrespective of how much they love us. So, people with disabilities need to do it themselves in the college environment!
Plus, it leaves that college environment itself wide open for application. It is correctly acknowledged that people with disabilities are NOT limited to considering only a handful of campuses. Like other prospective college students, we should consider a wide variety of factors when examining and then applying to post-secondary institutions. Certainly, we should consider if they offer an academic degree program which we are interested in/might be interested in--and if it is properly accredited so we successfully get a job with that hard-earned college degree. And finding out if you like the personality of the campus accommodations office--which we have to contact ourselves for the accomodations to commence--probably can't hurt either.
On the chapter explaining the rights of college students with disabilities. I only wish it had started out explaining the VERY large difference between a k-12 special education program and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The differences which were brought up (reasonable accommodation and the college institution not having to 'lower' program speed/standards) honestly might not be clear for some readers. Myself and other people with disabilities who were well-versed in advocacy had to explain such a difference to some prospective new campus enrollees who had assumed that everything was completely the same as their high school experiences. But the author should have already included such important legal information in the book, seeing as how it was well within her own advocacy thesis area.
Still, this book remains an invaluable resource for the special education student who is capable of performing in college--but is not finding transition advice in their immediate community.
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Offers advice for choosing a college and getting accepted, facing the challenges of coursework, and assessing job options.
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