Myths about People with ID and College

  1. College is a "privilege."
  2. If our current students/teachers see a person with an intellectual disability taking classes, it will make it seems like our school has no or low academic standards.
  3. These students won't be able to do the work or even understand what's going on.  They won't learn.
  4. They'll never fit in or be accepted by the rest of the student body or teachers.
  5. They can't do this by themselves.  The help they'll need will be very expensive and time consuming and we don't have the personnel here.
  6. This time in college won't really help at all if they don't get a degree.
  7. We'd be doing this only out of the goodness of our hearts to help these students.  There is no benefit for our school.
  8. These students would be taking seats from others who might really need the class.
  9. The university has to report data related to college completion rates. These students would hurt the university because they probably would not finish a degree program.
  10. The student won’t be allowed any accommodations and so they will not succeed.
  11. The faculty won’t know how to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities.
  12. These students need functional skill instruction to help them get and keep jobs. Taking a “Concepts of Lifetime Fitness” class or a “University 101” class won't help them in the future.
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