Students with Disabilities

This Toolkit created by the HEATH Center is intended to help guidance and career counselors to better assist high school students with disabilities in accomplishing transitions into postsecondary education and employment. Professionals working in the area of transition can inspire and encourage students with disabilities to strive for high standards of living, learning, and working; goals that are applicable for ALL students. As professionals working with students with disabilities, we must work to reduce the persistent gap in opportunities that separates these students from their peers without disabilities.

This paper from the HEATH Center presents a brief overview to answer what are some of the changes taking place that promote transition of youth with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) into college and to provide a better understanding of the processes involved to prepare for and access a postsecondary education for students with ID.