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Three briefs from Think College that share important information on how Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers are being used to support participation in postsecondary education (PSE) programs. 

For the last 40 years, there has been a Disability Policy Seminar (DPS) in the nation’s capital, organized and hosted by numerous disability organizations. This powerful event cultivates champions on Capitol Hill and advances the grassroots movement for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This year, due to current circumstances, events are being offered ONLINE. 

It’s a new year and we are excited! In order to clarify goals and priorities for 2020, we took a look back on our accomplishments in 2019. For a team of 15 people, we covered a lot of territory:

The Accreditation Workgroup held an all-day meeting in Washington DC on September 11 focused on finalizing model accreditation standards for postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disability (ID). Congress required the National Coordinating Center to create this Workgroup of experts when the Higher Education Act was reauthorized in 2008.

The 2019 State of the Art Conference on Inclusive Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability will be held in Reno, Nevada on November 13 and 14., 2019.

Teams of students and staff from Highline College, Ohio State, University of Delaware, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and University of Wisconsin/Edgewood College joined over 1000 attendees at the

Congratulations to Maximo Pimentel, from Boston, Massachusetts, whose essay regarding his Young Adults Leaders Fellowship at the

There is no possible way to individually acknowledge all the stories, photos, and announcements about students with intellectual disabilities graduating from college this Spring - but we sure wish

Known by a variety of different titles, such as peer support, academic coach, or social support, peer mentors provide a range of supports in and out of the college classr