College-bound kids with learning disabilities get help

Colleges and universities across the nation are increasingly offering programs such as Project Access to help prepare incoming students who have learning disabilities. Since 2001, the number of such programs has increased tenfold, from 22 to more than 250 today, says Debra Hart, the director of education and transition for the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

A 2008 survey by the federal government showed that more than 200,000 college students nationwide have been diagnosed with a learning disability, such as dyslexia. The Department of Education now offers grants to post-secondary schools to establish transition programs for students with learning disabilities who want to go to college, and Hart predicts that the number of such programs is "only going to increase."

By Erin Banco, USA TODAY

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