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Do you think more people with developmental disorders should attend college?
edit such, as down syndrome, Williams syndrome ect as well not only autism
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpVgj2jDdSY[/youtube]

Last edited by MONIQUEIJ on 05 Aug 2010, 6:43 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Good video And yeah, there's no reason why people with autism should be held back from attending college/university. Some people on the milder end of the spectrum might not have too many difficulties adapting to uni life, but in our age of diversity and equality, every university and college should have adequate support for people with autism. If they don't, they're failing as an educational establishment imo.

btw, it's developmental, not developed mental

thank you i fix it

Autism is not a mental disorder, its a disorder of the brain, not the mind, there is a difference. Our perceptions and processing are skewed, which may lead to 'mental' issues like depression and anxiety, but Autism in and of itself is not a disorder of the mind, but a permanent condition of the brain. A developmental disorder, not a mental illness.

i never said it was a mental illness did I and i was also asking do you think people with
developmental disorders such, as down syndrome, Williams syndrome ect as well not only autism.

Less people in general should go to college:


Seven Reasons Not to Send Your Kids to College



I wish I would had been given this advice years ago instead of wasting years of my life in a university

I can't think of one reason why people with the aforementioned disorders (or any others) shouldn't attend college if they want to.


This doesn't guarantee they will succeed in college ofcourse. People without any of these disorders aren't guaranteed to succeed at college either.

There are no guarantees in life save one.


I would be interested to know why the one person (so far) who voted no feels that people with said disorders should
not attend college.


Considering what some people with Down Syndrome, for example, have achieved why would you feel college should
be off-limits to them???

Can you be so sure this person with Down Syndrome
couldn't succeed in college???

http://www.sujeet.com/


I mean maybe he doesn't have what it takes to be an astrophysicist or something, but how many of us do???

Well....if Hitler ever spoke the truth...i'd say the following quote from him is more or less accurate.

"I could never, for anything in the world, live in a country like America. A nation whose entire conception of life is based on the most grasping commercialism".


So the suggestions in this article make perfect sense in a society that largely views higher education and knowledge general as little more than a means to an economic end.

Surely autodidacticism is an option (and a much cheaper one ofcourse) for those who are passionate about learning for
it's own sake.

Still...many require the structure that the classroom environment provides.

anyone else have a take on this

I think, that's a very good video. We need to put the message, that people with autism, are capable of being mainstreamed, in a college setting.

How I see it is that people who have the intelligence and motivation to get a degree shouldn't be prevented from going to college by disabilities, social class, finance, etc. But college isn't for everyone, so I'd say it's not simply about more people with disabilities going to college, but more about whether the person wants to and is cognitively capable of getting a degree with the right support in place. It's about removing barriers.