Special Ed students transition from high school to college
By DRAEDON LEDBETTER
The transition from high school to college can be stressful for any student, but the stress can be more overbearing for students with disabilities.
According to federal data, a third of special education students that enroll in a four-year college or university graduate within eight years. Special education students enrolling in two-year schools or community colleges don’t fare much better than those who enroll in four-year schools which is a total of 41 percent of special education students.
According to nces.ed.gov, a specific learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spe...