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I am researching colleges and thought I'd share the few programs I've found that exceed what is offered at a typical college. Not all of them are applicable to ds, but I thought that someone else here might benefit. 

 

I'd appreciate it if others would chime in with any programs they know about. 

 

Louisburg College - The Learning Partners Program

Geared towards students w/ADHD. This is a two-year college and the program is fee based. 

 

Marshall University - The College Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Apply to this program after being accepted to the university. There is a fee for this program. 

 

East Carolina University - Project STEPP

For students with specific learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalcula, no additional fees. Admits 10 students per year. Student must apply in the spring of their junior year of high school. Apply to the university through this program. 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks so much for this!

 

 In attending a symposium a year or so ago that included several guests speaking regarding kids who learn differently (Including Brock Eide of The Dyslexic Advantage), one of the guests that was very interesting to listen to was one of the heads of Landmark College.  The whole college is designed to support kids who learn differently.  I don't know details about the school, but she was very knowledgeable about learning differences.  She had us doing several activities showing different ways that we, ourselves, can help teach ourselves something.  She feels that teaching college kids how to teach themselves with whatever methods work best for THEM opens up a lot of doors within their own minds and makes them far more effective learners.  It was an interesting perspective.

 

http://www.landmark.edu/

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This is the program I did my graduate training with.  It is a fee based program but was one of the first in the nation for college aged LD students.  They have expanded their services to include ADD/ADHD, Processing Disorders, Autism Spectrum, etc. 

 

http://achieve.siu.edu/

 

 

With that in mind, there are colleges and universities that provide the basic 504/ADA accommodations but on a higher scale than "basic" if that makes sense. 

 

Johnson county Community College in Overland Park Kansas is one of those schools.

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Eastern New Mexico University-Portales does as well. I did some of my college work there (and have one degree from there). I think they may have kind of become the catch-all state school for physical accessibility because most of the other state universities are in places that are less physically accessible by nature, and that led to them getting a reputation for being good with special needs in general, which led to more students with diverse needs going there and so on. They were the only college that offered to continue my IEP, and I got four years of 1-1 speech therapy and PT (which counted as my PE credit as "adaptive PE").

 

 

 

 

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Thanks for sharing these! I'm a long way off from college admissions for my HFA child, but it's good to know that there are options beyond just my local CC's joint program with the school district for students with Asperger's/HFA.

 

I found this list online: http://www.collegeautismspectrum.com/collegeprograms.html

 

Interestingly, University of Alabama has a program and that might make it a good choice for 2E kids "on the spectrum" because of their generous merit aid policy. I'm not sure whether a student can receive both the merit scholarship for National Merit Finalist AND be in the ASD support program, but it's something to look into.

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In Georgia, the college system has the "Regents Centers for Learning Disabilities" located at some of the universities.. UGA, Georgia Southern, and I *think* Georgia State... Any of the colleges with an RCLD on campus is an excellent choice and provides great support for the students.

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