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October 08, 2005
Disabled students given new chance for college
The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Community College were selected by the National Down Syndrome Society to use Steve and Laura Riggio's grant to create programs giving disabled students the chance at education after high school.
It's clearly not a traditional role for postsecondary education.
But the idea of developing lives beyond loading bags at a cash register or stuffing envelopes has gained momentum - largely through grass-roots demand, partly through backing from the U.S. Department of Education, said Madeleine Will, director of New York-based NDSS.
Posted by Michelle at October 8, 2005 11:15 PM