A student participates in life skills class at a postsecondary program for those with intellectual disabilities at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (Emilie Eastman/Capital News Service/TNS)

Seventy-one disability advocacy groups are calling on federal education officials to argue that funding available under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and through vocational rehabilitation should be used to pay for transition programs offered on college campuses for students with intellectual disabilities. More than 250 colleges and universities across the country, including the University of Delaware, offer such programs.