1. Special Topic Resource
CPV for Youth
with Disabilities
Special Topic Resource
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2. Overview 1- What is a Disability?
2- Being a College Positive Volunteer for Youth and Adults with Disabilities
-Inspiration, community, and civil rights
-Disability Friendly Colleges
-Funding & scholarship opportunities
4- Campus Compact’s One-Pager on CPV for Youth with Disabilities
5- Questions and Comments
Talking points:
-You’ve been making a difference by volunteering as a CPV for K-12 youth and/or adult learners. Thank you so much for your service!
-Today, we are going to highlight college access and success resources that are designed specifically for youth or adults with disabilities.
-This population can encounter barriers when planning for and attending college. As a CPV, you can help equip these youth and adults with resources that will help them successfully overcome any barriers that they face.
-This presentation was created with the assistance of Cathy McAdam of DiversAbility. She has helped Michigan Campus Comapct gather the information to create this presentation and the one-page resource you will receive today. We’d like to note that this one-pager is a quick resource guide and is not meant to be all-encompassing.
Here is the general overview (refer to the slide).
Discussion questions:
Does anyone have any questions before we begin?

3. What is a Disability? Mobility & Physical Impairments
Cognitive & Learning Disability
Psychological Disorders
Spinal Cord Disability
We often think of disability as someone who is in a wheelchair or someone who has a learning disability.
Disability is an umbrella term that includes many, many differences as well as varying degrees of severity. Keeping this in mind, if you are working with youth with one or more disabilities, it is a good idea to do some of your own research about it and what resources there are available specific to the disability as well as specific to your state.
How is ”disability” defined by the ICF?
A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.
*Note: sometimes disabilities are “invisible” and cannot be immediately noticed.
*About 8% of people in 2011 have a disability in the U.S. population aging 18-64)  that is nearly one in 10 people!
(Nazarov, Z, Lee, C. G. (2012). Disability Statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics (StatsRRTC). Retrieved March 2, 2015 from
Invisible Disability
Head Injuries
Hearing
Vision

4. Being a CPV to youth/adults
with disabilities
The transition to college is an exciting yet challenging time in a youth’s life. The College Positive Volunteerism curriculum extends the content to include some useful points for mentors working with disabled youth.
Those with disabilities can have hardships ranging from:
-Activity
-Participation
-Body Structures
-Body Functions
-Personal Factors
-Health Conditions
-Activity Limitations
-Functional Limitations
-Environmental Factors
-Participation Restrictions
-Vision
-Hearing
-Thinking
-Learning
-Movement
-Mental health
-Remembering
-Communicating
-Social relationships

5. College Resources for Youth and Adults with Disabilities
CPVs can be powerful resources to youth and adult learners as they explore their post-secondary options
Those with disabilities may not know that there are resources available to help them overcome college access barriers
CPVs who are knowledgeable about these resources can be great college ambassadors for the youth and adults they serve
Talking points:
-As you know CPVs are resources, not experts. You don’t need to know it all to share college access and success resources—you just need to know how to connect the youth and/or adults you serve with the resources they need!
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6. Inspiration, community, & civil rights

7. Inspirational College Access Resources
There are a number of online resources that CPVs can use to inspire youth and adult learners with disabilities to explore their college dreams
- Visit the National Youth Leadership Network
for more voices of young leaders with disabilities:
- Testimonials from college students with disabilities:
Talking points:
-These resources are meant to be inspiration and empowering to college-seeking youth or adults with disabilities. If those you serve feel discouraged about their ability to success in college, these resources can be very helpful in demonstrating that they can reach their college and career goals.
-Encourage them to find a supportive community!
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8. College Access FAQs and Civil Rights
The Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) compiled a list of college questions frequently asked by youth and adults with disabilities:
The U.S. Dept. of Education created a guide outlining the rights and responsibilities of individuals with disabilities as they transition to college:
transition.html
Also available for free in printed format. Can be ordered from the website.
Talking points:
-Despite of the laws that protect individuals with disabilities from graduation, some still face unfair treatment because of these disability.
-These resources can help you inform the youth or adults you serve about their rights when seeking post-secondary education, and also answer some of the questions that youth and adults with disabilities have about college.
Discussion questions:
-Have you had any experience in being a CPV with youth or adults with disabilities? If so, how could you use these resources in your service with them?
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9. Disability-Friendly Colleges

10. Resources for Youth and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
The website has compiled many resources for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities. This site contains many features that will help these individuals think about, plan for, and receive a post-secondary education, including:
Checklist on Applying for College – Found under the “Getting Started Tab”
Educational Coaching – Advice for seeking and working with an education coach
Helpful Hints – Tips on how to succeed in college as a student with a disability
Financial Aid - Both traditional and non-traditional financial aid options are described
Other Education Options – Post-secondary options beyond 4-year college are discussed
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11. Disability-Friendly Colleges
All post-secondary institutions are required to provide accommodations to student with disabilities
Some campuses place a very strong emphasis on being inclusive of all students. The following sites compile lists of campuses that strive to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
BestColleges.com
Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities
Colleges with Experience in Serving Autistic Students
Talking points:
-It is important to stress with youth and adults you serve that all campuses are required to provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities if that student discloses their disabilities to the institution.
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12. Funding & Scholarship Opportunities

13. Scholarships for Youth and Adults with Disabilities
There are several online databases with scholarships for individuals with disabilities:
Disabled World
world.com/disability/education/scholarships/
List of funding opportunities provided by MSU
Affordable Colleges Online: College Guide for Students with Disabilities
Talking points:
-These links provide youth and adults with disabilities to search for scholarships related to many of their characteristics, not only search for scholarships for people with disabilities generally.
-If you have time, go through a couple of the links in your presentation!
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14. CPV Resource

15. Campus Compact’s One-Page Resource
Campus Compact created a one-page resource outlining the resources discussed in this presentation
This portable resource can be used while you are volunteering with youth and/or adults with disabilities
Talking points:
-This resource is also available on Michigan Campus Compact’s website, visit: activities-for-youth-with-disabilities/
**Special thanks to Cathy McAdam of DiversAbility for her input and assistance during the creation of this document and presentation**
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16. Thank you!
For more information, visit:
-This is the link above is to the CPV Toolkit.
You can also show them how to get to the main CPV page without the link:
1) Go to Campus Compact Website
2) Scroll all the way down and click “Featured Initiatives”
3) Click on “College Positive Volunteerism”

17. Questions