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College Planning Resources

Virginia's Guide to College for Students with Disabilities



Virginia College Quest - A Guide to College Success for Students with disAbilities [Funded in part by a grant from the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities]
Post-ITT is a free resource for students with disabilities considering college. In addition to college specific information, Post-ITT has student activities and related resources that are essential to college success. Topics include self-advocacy, assistive technology, planning and applying to college, accessing disability and adult human support services.
Gates to Adventure, Online Transition Training for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, is designed for students who are deaf and hard of hearing, ages 14-adult. The instructional goal of the training is to enhance students' understanding of skills needed for successful transition from secondary to postsecondary education.
Legal Rights

Transition and Your Adolescent with Learning Disabilities: Moving from High School to Postsecondary Education, Training, and Employment (PDF file requires Adobe Acrobat) by Sharon Townsend from the Transition Coalition
Association on Higher Education and Disability provides brochures on topics such as Section 504 (legal rights), accommodations, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
From the Office for Civil Rights in the U. S. Department of Education - Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
College Students and Disability Law” by Stephen Thomas is about Section 504, ADA, qualifying as a ‘person with a disability’, admission, accommodations, and dismissal is one of many resources at LDOnline
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights - Post Secondary Education

Searching for Colleges

Students.gov - Student gateway to the U. S. government: Preparing for College has pages and pages of information.
U. S. Department of Education's web site on Finding a College.
Hobsons College View with a college search engine and virtual tours of many colleges.

Financial Aid Resources

Creating Options: A Resource on Financial Aid for Students With Disabilities is a PDF file on financial aid available from Heath Resource Center at George Washing ton University.
FinAid is a comprehensive financial aid Web site focuses on postsecondary school funding and lists funding sources for students with disabilities
Financial Aid Guides and Resources at ScwabLearning.org

Other Resources


The Journey Begins by R. Cary Westbrook, Excerpt from Learning Disabilities and College: Strategies for People that Rock Our World

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