Higher Education – Page 5

DREAM Shares Advice for College Students with Disabilities

DREAM (Disability Rights, Education Activism, and Mentoring), is a national organization for and by college students with disabilities. DREAM is open to higher education students of all types, including graduate students, part-time students, and those who are auditing higher education courses. It is open to students of all ages with any kind of disability.

DREAM has just released new video – advice for college students by college students.

DREAM is supported by our sponsoring organization, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD), which is based at the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).

Don’t Have ADHD? Meds Won’t Improve Grades

The National Resource Center on ADHD (NRCA)^** August 17, 2017 ADHD Weekly, reports that the rumored effects of taking stimulant medication as a as a study or test-taking aid in their quest for higher grades is a false promise.

According to researchers, these medications cannot be seen as improving academic achievement, instead, the medications address the symptoms that prevent the student diagnosed with ADHD from achieving the student’s potential. For the individual without ADHD or ADD, stimulant medication has no positive benefit as a study or test-taking aid.

To read the entire article, visit: Don’t Have ADHD? Meds Won’t Improve Grades

^**The NRCA is a program of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Autism in College Students Fact Sheet

The Autism Spectrum Navigators program at Bellevue College (Bellevue, WA), has as its mission, the provision of access services for autistic students that lead to successful academic outcomes while providing educational opportunities that increase self-knowledge in the areas of executive functioning, self-regulation, social interaction, self-advocacy and career preparation.

The Navigator’s program has developed the following resource: Autism in College Students Fact Sheet