Future Uncertain For College Programs Serving Students With Disabilities

18th November, 2019

22 November 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop]

It was day one of orientation for the 15 students in Utah State University’s program for students with intellectual disabilities, and the group was playing a game of get-to-know-you bingo. Courtney Jorgensen, pen in hand, wandered the courtyard, searching for the unlikely individuals who didn’t use Facebook and didn’t like dessert.

“I know one we both have!” Jorgensen’s new roommate, Jessica, exclaimed, marking an X in a box in the left column. “We both love to dance.”

It was a bittersweet moment for Casey and Dean Jorgensen, Courtney’s parents, who live two hours away from the college, in Grantsville, Utah. They’d always hoped that their daughter might

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