Students with intellectual disability should be able to engage in the same robust, authentic college experiences as their peers without disabilities. As opportunities for inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) for students with intellectual disability have grown, the field has worked to understand the application of evidence-based practices in…

Unified Sports is a program through the Special Olympics in which athletes with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) have the opportunity to play sports and socialize with students who do not have an ID (Zhang et al., 2022). Introduced in 1988, Unified Sports is either embedded within a high school or university environment and is typically student-led…

This study examined components of inclusive postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual disability correlated with employment upon program exit, through secondary analyses of student-level data obtained from the Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID) National Coordinating Center…

During the past decade, numerous postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disability have emerged as have standards to improve the quality of those programs. We used the Think College Standards for Inclusive Higher Education to develop a family survey to evaluate and improve programs. Overall, family responses were positive for most…

Poor social skills is a leading factor why individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lose their jobs. Fortunately, the use of technology has made learning and teaching social skills more seamless and integrated in employment contexts. We conducted a multiple-probe-across-participants single-case experimental design study…

The purpose of this practice article is to describe group counseling conducted with young adults with intellectual disability enrolled in a comprehensive transition program at a university in the southern United States. There are very few guidelines available for counselors working with young adults with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this…

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of virtual reality, an emerging technology, to teach college-age students with intellectual disability and autism to acquire science vocabulary words relating to human anatomy. One student with autism and two students with an intellectual disability participated in a multiple baseline across skills…

The knowledge and attitudes of faculty and instructors greatly influence the experiences of all college students, including college students with ID. As the number of institutions of higher education enrolling students with ID grows, faculty and staff must be prepared to support the learning needs of all of these college students. We conducted…

College options for students with intellectual disabilities continue to grow. However, there is a gap among students and families about available college opportunities. This study provides evidence of a weeklong summer academy that bridges the gap between high school and college. Results showed the summer academy increased participants' awareness…

Inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs provide new opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Despite advances, prior research has found that postsecondary education access is inequitable, and therefore it is necessary to evaluate whether advances in IPSE programs have benefitted all individuals with ID. An…

With growing opportunity for students with intellectual and developmental disability to access a variety of inclusive higher education programs comes an increased need for program implementers to evaluate practices and outcomes alongside participants. This mixed-method, exploratory study examines self-determined goal setting, goal attainment, and…

This practice article describes one inclusive postsecondary education program's pilot intervention to increase communication amongst caregivers and inclusive postsecondary staff. This pilot intervention aimed to address and alleviate the difficulty caregivers might experience as their young adult with an intellectual or developmental disability…

Independent access to text is important to employment and critical for postsecondary success; however, literacy deficits make access to text challenging for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Limited access to employment policies and procedures leaves individuals at a disadvantage. This study examines the text comprehension of employee…

Using a three-round Delphi survey, researchers explored parent perspectives regarding the personal competencies students with intellectual disabilities (ID) needed to be better prepared for participation in an Inclusive Postsecondary Education program (IPSE). An expert panel comprised of parents of students with ID in IPSE programs participated.…

Although there is research demonstrating benefits of inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs for students with intellectual disabilities (ID), much less is known about IPSE students' classroom-related, non-academic thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors, sometimes referred to as academic enabling behaviors, including interpersonal skills,…