What
are the choices and how do you choose?
Select
Your College Carefully
As you move through high school, you will reevaluate your
expectations and plan new goals. Now is the time to capitalize
on your strengths, recognize and accept your limitations,
and make realistic choices. Being realistic about yourself
will reduce the anxiety about making the right college choice.
To narrow your choices, consider what is important to you
about the college you attend. After all, it is the community
where you will live, learn, work, and play. When choosing
a college, focus on your qualifications as a student, not
on your disability. Choosing a college with appropriate disability
services is important, but that is just one of many things
to consider when choosing a place where you can be successful
and happy. Also be sure to remember your career goals and
then look for an educational institution that can help you
achieve them.
Understanding
your postsecondary options will help you make decisions about
what institutions to explore. Do not necessarily limit your
search to those colleges that indicate they have specific
services for students with disabilities. Here are helpful
articles to assist you in choosing a college:
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Using
Vocational Rehabilitation After High School:
The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is a resource
you can continue to use after graduation. Find out how!
Also available in PDF
(1 pg 52 KB) and WORD
(1 pg 17 KB)
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Understanding
Your Postsecondary Options:
Learn the difference between various types of colleges
and other post secondary options. Also available in PDF
(1 pg 56 KB) and WORD
(1 pg 39 KB)
- Students
with Disabilities and Access to Community Colleges: Continuing
Issues and New Directions:
Many students with disabilities choose community college
programs over four year colleges as their first or only
postsecondary education experience. This article supplies
guiding questions, clarifying notes, and strategies for
students with disabilities and their supporters (including
family members and secondary educators) to assist them in
becoming informed consumers or service providers as they
pursue their investigation of community colleges as postsecondary
education options. The article concludes by identifying
emerging trends and issues that may serve as new directions
for community colleges and that have the potential to affect
the participation of students with disabilities. Also available
in WORD
(10 pgs, 63 KB) and PDF
(10 pgs, 225 KB).
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