Learning Is for Everyone: Higher Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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  • Allison Conway University of South Carolina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26209/mj1361336

Keywords:

advising, disabilities, highered, intellectual

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Author Biography

Allison Conway, University of South Carolina

Allison Conway is a graduate student in the University of South Carolina's Higher Education and Student Affairs program. She is also a graduate assistant for the university's CarolinaLife program. She can be reached at conwayab@mailbox.sc.edu.

References

College Transition Connection (CTC). (2010). Retrieved from http://collegetransitionconnection.org

Eaddy, M., Grigal, M, & Lewis, S. (2009, January). How higher education is possible for students with intellectual disabilities. Presented at the meeting of Office of Special Education Programs Parent Center Conference, Virginia.

Lee, S. S. (2009). Overview of the Federal Higher Education Opportunities Act Reauthorization (pdf document). Retrieved from Think College: Policy Brief website: http://www.ahead.org/uploads/2009/Concurrent%20Block%204/4.4% 20Handout%201.pdf

University of South Carolina (USC). (n.d.). CarolinaLIFE: Learning is for everyone. Retrieved from http://www.sa.sc.edu/sds/carolinalife

Yazbeck, M., Mcvilly, K., & Parmenter, T. (2004). Attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 15(2), 97–111. doi: 10.1177/10442073040150020401

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Vol. 13 (2011): The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

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