[Athen] numbers of disabled students in higher education

[Pat Brogan]

Table 1: Types of disabilities in new undergraduate students, HEATH Resource
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-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Prof Norm Coombs
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:30 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] numbers of disabled students in higher education

 

Thanks.  Very good.

Norm

At 05:58 AM 6/24/2009, you wrote:


>Norm,



> 



> 



>Last week you are looking for some statistics about college students.



> >From the generosity and my surprise the Department of labor/office of



>disabilities provided me with the following information.  A hope you'll



>find it useful.



> 



>Sara wrote:



> 



>Dear Kenneth,



> 



>Thank you for your email. The general number is around 10-11%. I



>remember that statistic from my grad school days (not too long ago) and



>asked a colleague of mine who recommended the NLTS2 report. They



>estimate that of the college population 11% of students have



>self-identified as students with disabilities. Here is the link to the



>NLTS2 website for your reference: http://www.nlts2.org/index.html and



>here is also another chart to back up the about 10% number:



>http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt214.asp.



> 



>I hope that this helps and good luck!



>Best,



>Sara



> 



>Sara Mahoney



>Business Development Specialist



>Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy



>Office: 202-693-7901



>mahoney.sara at dol.gov



>Web: https://wrp.gov/



> 



> 



> 



>Kenneth Elkind



>Adaptive Technology Specialist



>University of Massachusetts - Boston



>IT-ED Tech Operations



>Healey Library /UL/ 032



>617-287-5243



>Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu



> 



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