Community Engagement
Community Engagement encompasses resources which promote community membership and integrate instruction with first-hand experience for students with intellectual disability’s inclusion, participation, and membership in communities of their choice. There are College Life resources regarding the available clubs and activities within an institution, Self-Advocacy resources for students to access, negotiate, and join local and chosen communities, and Service Learning resources where students are encouraged to get involved and give back to their communities.
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National Center for College Students with Disabilities
The NCCSD is based at AHEAD and is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
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DREAM: Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring
DREAM (Disability Rights, Education Activism, and Mentoring) is a national organization for and by college students with disabilities, supported in our work by our sponsoring organization, the National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) and based at the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).
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Campus Life: Joining Clubs and Organizations
Provide college students with disabilities knowledge and resources regarding campus club and organizational membership.
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Bull Buds: Making a Difference
Article about student organizations seeking to connect USFSP students with their campus and community.
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Building Community Through Service-Learning
Provides a framework for inclusion of students with intellectual disabilties in higher education.
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Service Learning Directory - USFSP
This directory serves as an example for how individual programs could have their information listed and distributed. Information obtained from this publication may or may not be accurate.
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UCF Office of Experiential Learning
Departmental website designed to help enhance academic study and student competency through experiential learning. Ensures all students have access to and include experiential learning courses in their academic programs to apply course content and gain relevant academic, personal and professional knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
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Best Buddies
Best Buddies is an international organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
The Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST, is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to improving education through Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
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Florida Independent Living Council Contact List
This comprehensive list provides persons with various contact information regarding referrals, training, and peer support.
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What's a Plan Got To Do With It, Got To Do With It?
Participants will explore the value of having a PLAN before working with various agencies during transition.
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Wayfinder 3 App
Wayfinder 3 App is an accessible travel support system (application) for individuals with cognitive support needs (compatible with all devices), by Ablelinktech. Ablelinktech is a technology company that provides remote support applications for individuals. For more information, email [email protected].
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Intelligent Lives Movie on America Reframed
INTELLIGENT LIVES is an award-winning documentary following three young adults with intellectual disabilities: Micah, Naieer and Naomie, who, with the support of family, educators and colleagues, work toward a future marked with increased inclusion and independence. Their lives challenge staid notions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college and the workforce. It is a film of possibility, normalcy, and dignity.