From the [Memphis, TN] Commercial Appeal:Colleges are increasingly welcoming students with disabilities. A national survey of college freshmen last year by UCLA found that 3.3 percent reported having a disability, up from about half a percent in 1983.
New technology, federal laws and increased awareness are helping colleges support students with such conditions as autism, Asperger’s, attention deficit disorder, hearing deficits and other learning and behavioral disabilities.
"… Professors are slowly altering long-held teaching methods to ensure that class lectures and assignments are accessible. These adjustments may be as simple as printing handouts on light blue paper, because some autistic students with visual sensitivities find black text on white paper jarring."
Maxine Ford, the recently retired director of disability services at Southwest Tennessee Community College, said the college has seen a “tremendous increase” in the number of students with disabilities such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), hearing impairments, and autism.
"Students with disabilities typically require more tutoring and take longer to earn their degrees, according to the University of California, Los Angeles, which tracks college trends nationwide. Its national freshmen survey found that last year 3.3 percent of college freshmen reported having a disability. In 1983, only a half percent of freshmen reported having a disability."
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