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Facts: LD

Facts: Increase in LD/ADHD at 2 and 4 Year Colleges. Tenfold" increase since 1978 (Norlander and Shaw, 1990)29% of the population of students (Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation and Outcomes: 1999. National Center for Education Statist

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Facts: LD

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    1. Facts: LD/ADHD Enrolled in 2 or 4 year Colleges Profile of Undergraduates in Postsecondary Education Institutions: 2003-04 (US Department of Education: NCES 2006-184, National Center for Educational Statistics: Institute of Education Science) 11% reported a disability 7.5% of disabled with LD and 11% with ADHD 16.8% in 1988 to 41.8% of disabled population in 2004 (Heath Resource Center Report, Ward, The Picture of College Freshman 2006)

    2. Facts: Increase in LD/ADHD at 2 and 4 Year Colleges Tenfold increase since 1978 (Norlander and Shaw, 1990) 29% of the population of students (Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation and Outcomes: 1999. National Center for Education Statistics) 1.8% to 2.3% of the total population of college students (US Department of Education: NCES 2006-184, National Center for Educational Statistics: Institute of Education Sciences)

    3. Facts: Graduation Rates of College Students with LD/ADHD 27 % without Disabilities vs. 16% with Disabilities (Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation and Outcomes: 1999. National Center for Education Statistics) LD: 1.2 % in 5 years, 2.4 % in 10 years (Murray et al, LD Research and Practice. 1990. 15 (3). 119-127) Students with disabilities had identical grades and graduation Rates, except they took longer to graduate (Academic Performance of College Students with and without Disabilities: An Archival Study, Canadian Journal of Counseling. 2005. 39 (2)

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