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Posted by
JLoTuesday, August 31, 2010
If kids haven't already gone back-to-school, they soon will over the next week or two. Another summer come and gone, another year of multiplication flash cards for elementary school kids, decorating lockers for middle and high school students, and buying only the best gadgets, like single-cup coffee makers, for your new dorm room for college students.
Back-to-school days, some love it, some hate it, and for some there are challenges not everyone has to think about. For those going back-to-school in a wheelchair, preparation is a little more than just buying notebooks and pencils.
We wrote this back-to-school piece last year so it's time to share it again. Whether your child is is grammar school or going to college, the story gives some tips and tricks on what back-to-school means on wheels.
Here's some advice from Back-to-School: What it Means When You're in a Wheelchair.
Corey Mineo, (pictured) a 21-year-old senior psychology major at the University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver), knows about living a college life in a wheelchair firsthand. Diagnosed at age one-and-a-half with Muscular Dystrophy and Charcot Marie Tooth, Mineo urges that preparation is the most important aspect of getting ready for college.
Before attending UC Denver, Mineo studied at a local college. "I decided to go to a two- year community college (Colorado Mountain College)," explains Mineo, "It is much more personal and really helped me to transition. I didn't feel it was best to go right into a big university. It was a big step, it helped build a drive to go to the next level."
Read it all here.
Wondering where the most accessible colleges are? Here's a top ten list. Some of the universities are featured in our story too.
Janelle
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