Self Determination

Think College interviewed Jessica Otty for our November 2020 monthly newsletter when she was a sophmore at Utah State. 

Think College interviewed Noelle Anglade for our April 2021 monthly newsletter when she was a sophmore at the College of New Jersey. 

Think College interviewed Lawrence Sapp for our March 2021 monthly newsletter when he was a freshman at University of Cincinnati.

Click here to read the interview.

Think College interviewed Peach Chinratanalab for our June 2021 monthly newsletter just a few weeks after she graduated from Next Steps at Vanderbilt University.

Think College interviewed Elise McDaniel for our May 2021 monthly newsletter. She is a student in the FUTURE program at University of Tennessee. The coordinator of the FUTURE program was also interviewed. 

Think College interviewed Antonio Contreras for our January 2020 monthly newsletter when he was a first-year student at Georgia Tech EXCEL. 

This resource is available in English and Spanish. Click here to view the Spanish language listing for this resource.

Think College interviewed Ethan Sagear for our January 2021 monthly newsletter. Ethan is a student at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.

This toolkit is designed to help people (e.g., parents & caregivers, teachers, siblings, service providers) who support teens and young adults on the autism spectrum as they set and pursue self-determined goals. Teens and adults on the autism spectrum may also find this toolkit helpful. This toolkit may also be beneficial to people who support individuals with a range of disabilities.

Successful completion of college requires more than attending to coursework, it also requires the development of foundational skills and personal competencies such as working with others in a collaborative manner, effective communication, problem solving, and self-direction skills. These same skills are also needed to support future career success.

Article absract: Our nation currently has a total of 264 postsecondary education programs that are specifically designed to serve college students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) on college and university campuses. The total number of these programs has experienced an increase of approximately 67.5% in the past six years, and this new population of college students will continue to grow.