Commonwealth Honors Program Faculty Forum

Diversity in the Honors Program

Recruiting and Supporting Students with Disabilities

Friday 11.18.05

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Resources

Teaching for Inclusion

• LD Online ABC's of LD, What is a Learning Disability? 

• LD Online Guide to Postsecondary Education Information

• University of Connecticut Universal Design resources, FacultyWare Project

• UMass Lowell Office for Disability Guidelines for Faculty

• UMass Lowell Counseling Center Dealing with Distressed Students and Disruptive Behavior

• University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Students with Learning Disabilities

• Monash University (AU) practice guidelines for teaching students with disabilities

• CITRL (Wisconsin, Penn St, Michigan): Inclusion resource for  Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics

• AHEAD:  The Association on Higher Education and Disability

• NCSET (2004) Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities

• NCSET (2004) Psychiatric disabilities in postsecondary education

Disability Law, Rights, Responsibilities

• Thomas, S.B. (2000). College Students and Disability Law
• New England ADA and IT Technical Assistance Center
• UMass Amherst: Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Q&A
• Americans with Disabilities Act:  ADA Overview
• US Office for Civil Rights: Students with Disabilities Rights & Responsibilities in Transition to Postsecondary Education
• NCSET (2002) Postsecondary Education Supports and Accommodations

Data

• National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NLTS2, US DOE):  Post-HS paths for youth with disabilities, complete report

Books

• Mooney & Cole (2000) Learning Outside the Lines
• Quinn, P.O. (2001) ADD and the College Student

More coming. Suggestions welcome!!

last updated 10/05/05