| I just read an interesting article on about college and | | | | disabilities are entitled to a free public education until |
| vocational offerings for students with cognitive | | | | age 21. Until recently, that mostly meant an extended |
| disabilities. You might have to sign up for a free | | | | stay in special-education classrooms at a public high |
| subscription to the to get the entire article, but it is well | | | | school, but recent clarifications of the law have |
| worth the trouble. According to the article, The opening | | | | allowed states to use money earmarked for lower |
| of college campuses comes as an outgrowth of the | | | | education for appropriate postsecondary programs |
| Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 1975. That | | | | instead. Some of the postsecondary programs offer |
| law mandated that public schools educate children of | | | | certificates, associate degrees, and vocational training. |
| all intellectual abilities and, whenever possible, in regular | | | | The article includes personal stories of students with |
| classrooms with same-age peers. Now, coming of age | | | | Down syndrome who are attending college and the |
| expecting full inclusion from kindergarten through 12th | | | | challenges that they face academically and socially. |
| grade, students and their parents are asking to | | | | The main thing is that they are being given the |
| graduate to similar opportunities. By law, children with | | | | opportunity to accomplish as much as they can. |