ALLEN PARK, Mich. – As he sits in class at Eastern Michigan University, a flood of images streams from Tony Saylor's vibrant, creative mind down through his pen and onto paper. Often, his doodling ...

Can a learning disability give your teenager an advantage when applying to colleges? You might consider that an absurd question. Colleges, after all, are looking for students with the highest grades ...

Self advocacy: Know yourself. Know what you need. Know how to get it. There are significant differences between high school and college, including how you access disability-related supports.

Identifying and applying to “best fit” colleges can be challenging for most college-bound students. But it can be particularly perplexing for students with learning disabilities. When these students ...

When Andrew Van Cleave thought about what he wanted to do after high school, this son of two university graduates came up with the same answer many his age come up with: go to college. Until the past ...

Dr. Miranda Melcher co-authored this post. There are many differences between the support that a student who is neurodiverse and/or has learning differences (LDs) received in high school versus what ...

If you're entering college as a student with a disability, the first thing you should know is that you're not alone. In a study of approximately 11,000 young adults with disabilities, nearly 20 ...

Psychology classes at many universities pay little – if any – attention to disabilities, creating a missed opportunity to educate young people on interactions with this population, researchers say. In ...

Allegations of a complex and illegal scheme by wealthy families to get their children into top universities has students with disabilities, their families, and advocates worried about the backlash. In ...

Synetra Hughes, Suzanne Kucharczyk, Stacey Moore, Michael Stoker and Mary A. Wyandt-Hiebert were honored for their commitment to promoting accessibility here at the university and in the community.

University of Maryland student Shreya Vuttaluru could have picked any topic to spend months investigating. She chose one that saw her pushing automatic door buttons across campus and considering what ...