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Meg Grigal; Clare Papay; Caitlyn Bukaty; Belkis Choiseul-Praslin; Cate Weir; Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: Since 2010, there has been significant growth in the United States in the number of students with intellectual disability accessing higher education, driven by federal legislation and funding. Currently, over 340 institutions of higher education provide programs of study for students with intellectual disability. Of these programs, 134…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Educational Finance, Inclusion, Postsecondary Education
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Scanlon, Geraldine; Doyle, Alison – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: The principal destinations for school leavers with intellectual disabilities from special schools in Ireland are further education (FE) through providers such as the National Learning Network or training and employment (TE) within adult day services and rehabilitation centres. In 2015, a number of inherent barriers to participation in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Students with Disabilities
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Heslop, Pauline; Abbott, David – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This article describes research undertaken between 2004 and 2006 about the issues faced by 15 young people with a wide range of learning difficulties in out-of-area residential schools and colleges at transition. The process of transition planning was hampered by the distance between the school/college and the "home authority" of the young person;…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Transitional Programs, Residential Schools, Young Adults