Category: Advocacy

Resources from the National Center for College Students with Disabilities

As part of its mission, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) is to provide assistance to colleges and universities, including faculty and disability ​services providers. NCCSD is the only federally-funded national center in the U.S.for college and graduate students with any type of disability, chronic health condition, or mental or emotional illness.

At the NCCSD site you can:
– Find free information for students, parents, families, high school and college faculty and staff in our  NCCSD Clearinghouse.**  Though not exhaustive, the NCCSD has collected their favorite resources about disability and higher education in one place. https://www.nccsdclearinghouse.org/
The Center’s Coronavirus – Covid-19 and College Students with Disabilities, page is updated frequently and has general information about Covid-19 and information on different topics ranging from mental health, housing, food insecurity, online classes/online learning and much more.
**(Higher education faculty and staff with disabilities can use the NCCSD, too.)

Why You Should Register For Disability Accommodations at College

Research shows that use of accommodations is one of the factors correlated with success at college for students with disabilities. Research also shows the numerous reasons students don’t register with disability service offices.  To address this, in a recent blog post,learning specialist, Elizabeth  Hamlet  encourages students with learning disabilities or ADHD to register for accommodations with their schools disability services office even if they don’t think they will need them.  She encourages students to consider how accommodations might help them and keep an open mind.

The complete post is at: Why You Should Register For Disability Accommodations at College. (https://www.ldadvisory.com/register-disability-accommodations-college/)

A PDF of the information is available at  https://www.ldadvisory.com/wp-content/uploads/Why-You-Should-Register-for-Disability-Accommodations-at-College.pdf

Elizabeth Hamblet is a consultant, speaker and a learning specialist at Columbia University, where she helps students with time management, organization, reading, and study skills.

College Students with Disabilities Must Know Their Rights and Responsibilities

The importance of students knowing their responsibilities and rights has been discussed in different ways, here at WinAhead’s World. However, the topic is an important one and worth revisiting now and then.

Elizabeth Hamblet an author, consultant and a learning specialist at Columbia University,  has written an informative and useful blog post about what college students with disabilities need to know. It’s worth reading.   “College Students with Disabilities Must Know Their Rights and Responsibilities”

Elizabeth’s main website  LDAdvisory.com, has resources and information for families and students, college students and more. Her blog may be found at: https://echamblet.wixsite.com/ldadvisory