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While our young adult daughter  with a disability did not have the option of going to college, a key issue is what are the college years going to lead to in terms of a job?  This is where I do think making a connection with the local Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) for the young adult right after high school if really no direction or during the college years makes sense.   There will be no tutors on the job or extra time to perform a task.   While I know an Associates Degree of Bacheolors Degree can definitely be a plus in getting into the job market, for these young adults, you are going to have to have the education at some point tied to a real "workforce" setting and job.
If one can either with DARS or the other private resource get an evaluation done of interests, skills needed and present abilities then while in a post high collegiate setting, one might start testing the waters on a career path way through some unpaid internships and/or volunteer work.

What DARS or other private providers can provide is an entre into a work setting and evaluation to help put accommodations in place which might assist a person with a disability to learn a job and keep a job.  If one can private pay and can find the right setting, then the training could even start full-time with gradual fading and the follow-along support could be as needed.  But again, to start to explore while one is in school or during winter and summer breaks is a good idea.

We used DARS to get our daughter trained for her job which is as a Dining Room attendant in a busy college dining room during the academic year 10 years ago part-time.  However, we also used a private job coach starting three years ago to train her first to work in a senior program at lunch time and about 15 months ago in a small cafe run by a non-profit.  She actually does  a lot more in terms of skills in the volunteer job.  Both her paying and volunteer job equal about 17 hours a week.  The same approach could be applied to any field with a higher level of skills training.

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