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‘The choice should be there.’ More colleges enroll students with intellectual disabilities

Posted on June 25, 2018

Originally published June 25, 2018 by The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Student with disabilities meets her professor and adviser.
Emily Scott, meets with her adviser, Courtney Lloyd, and professors Monica Lepore, co-director of the program and Claire Verden at West Chester University. She’s one of two students with intellectual disabilities, who will be enrolled at West Chester full-time for the first time this fall. (DAVID SWANSON/INQUIRER)

More colleges are joining other institutions of higher learning, such as the University of Delaware, in offering programs to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Post-secondary financial aid is making some of that possible.

Read the full story from The Philadelphia Inquirer here.

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