Accessing Higher Education: How Educators Can Help Students with Intellectual Disability to Think College

Think College and Urban Collaborative collaborated to host this webinar about access to college for students with intellectual disability. Dan Habib facilitated a panel of experts including Brenda Barrio, Assistant Vice-President for Research & Innovation at University of North Texas and faculty lead of UNT Elevar; Carla Johnson, Regional Transition Specialist at Texas Service Center Region 11, Mary Judge Diegert, Assistant Director at Center for Disability & Education at University of Rochester, and Derrick Wesley, Education Program Director at Directed Analytics. The panel answered questions about addressing the importance of college for students with intellectual disability, how educators can help support students in the transition from high school to college, how to create equity for students from marginalized communities, supporting families in choosing the right college, and much more.