Written News Items
Transitioning From High School to College with Learning Differences
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the next level of the game when it comes to your education: college. This next stage will be an exciting one, but it will also bring its share of challenges. As a high school graduate, you’re undoubtedly a clever scholar who knows your way around the education system. But one of the challenges of success in college is recognizing how it differs from high school. The following chart will help you recognize some of the differences between high school and college and how to navigate those differences.
What I Would Tell my Younger Self
In 2010 I graduated from high school and moved to Austin, Texas where I started College Living Experience. I didn't know what to expect when I got there, it was scary and challenging, but only because I made it that way. At the time, I thought I knew everything about life and I didn’t need to learn anything, boy was I wrong. As a result, I did not listen to others’ advice and I wasted a lot of time instead of making good use of the program and the CLE staff.
Transitions: A Holistic Approach
Change is hard. Although change is one fact of life on which we can always count, that does not make the transition from the comfortable and familiar to that which is new and scary any easier. This is true for people of all different backgrounds and personalities, and can be especially true for individuals with disabilities.
UBER, LYFT & the Disability Community
Just the good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm. Beats all you never saw been in trouble with the law since the day they was born Staightenin' the curves, flattenin' the hills. Someday the mountain might get 'em but the law never will. Makin' their way The only way they [...]