Access

A Parent's Guide for Disabled Children & Children with Special Needs Who Want to Finish College

By: College4Pay

Narrated by: Chaleeya Yeh

Length: 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Discover everything you need to know to help your child succeed and thrive in a college environment...

Starting college is an exciting and daunting prospect - but for students with disabilities, the process of enrolling and participating in classes comes with unique challenges.

Do you find yourself wondering who will advocate for your child?

Are you confused by the accommodations and opportunities available to them?

You're not alone.

Millions of parents each year face the perplexing, sometimes contradictory policies of colleges and universities when it comes to disability accommodations. In fact, of the 69.6 million families in the United States, more than 20 million have at least one family member with a disability.

This means that millions of parents have been in your shoes, trying to do what's best for their child and set them up for success.

Financial aid, residence halls, dealing with professors, and more…it can feel overwhelming at times, and that's where this guide comes in.

Packed with relevant information about university policies, legal rights, and accessibility options, you'll find the answers to your most pressing questions about your child's college experience.

In Access, here is just a fraction of what you will discover:

• How to access campus resources that will help your child navigate day-to-day requirements and manage exams and projects
• The most popular accessibility apps that will make it easier than ever for your child to stay on track, take effective notes, and study well
• What accommodations and rights your child is entitled to as an enrolled student, and how to make the most of them
• An overview of tuition assistance programs designed to help make college an affordable reality
• Crucial considerations you should take before enrollment, such as physical accessibility on campus

And much more.

The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that around 11 percent of US undergraduate students have a disability - every one of those students deserves to have a rich and fulfilling college experience.

Rather than spending hours and hours navigating university policies and trying to decipher what is relevant to your child, take the guesswork out of the equation.

Uncover everything you need to know to help them take on this exciting next stage in their life!

College doesn't have to be a struggle. Help prepare your child by scrolling up and clicking the “Add to Cart” button right now.

©2021 Ouida McAfee (P)2021 Ouida McAfee

Essential for parents of Disabled students

This guide is essential for Parents of disabled students. It offers excellent resources for parents to get access to disability resources for their perspective College student. It also helps to simplify what could be an overwhelming amount of information bia wuick teference guide. Highly recommended.

Enlightening

Rarely do we think of access to education as anything other than physical access to a building and its facilities. The book clearly describes the ways parents of children with disabilities are challenged but also provides a step by step process to overcome the challenges. More importantly, it identifies ways we can advocate in support of reducing if not eliminating the challenges.

Vital guide for parents and students

If you’re looking for useful details on how to navigate all in one place, this is one book that you need in your collection. Thanks Dr. McAfee for assembling these insightful tips for families!

Insightful and Empowering!

This book gives insight into statistics, resources, and real-life examples on how to get the most out of the college educational system to receive the best support for a disabled college student.

Extraordinary and Poignant for Students & Parent

This is one of the best written parent's guide published for special needs students and students in general who are serious about being successful in earning their college degree. This book is written with clarity and straight forward language that lays out key information for college success for all students. It plucks out key detailed information that is not usually available for special needs students to access in order to make solid decisions for preparation to enter college, choose the 'right' college, and for successfully matriculate through a program of study that leads to a degree. The book is backed with clear examples of potential barriers that students might face and it is backed by detailed statistics to support these various situations. IT IS A MUST READ FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND STUDENTS IN GENERAL WHO ARE INTENDING TO GO TO COLLEGE. Great book by Dr. Ouida L. McAfee!