These schools have acknowledged the need for a compromise until policy catches up with practice. In many of these schools, students with disabilities participate in all of the ceremonies and activities of senior year, including graduation, but do not receive their standard regular diploma until the age of 21 or 22 years. While this compromise is not ideal, schools and communities recognize the need to move forward with practice as one way of changing policy and regulations. It is crucial to address how students over the age of 18 are supported. The old practice of keeping students with disabilities in the high school building long after their same age peers have gone does not support the values of appropriate inclusion.
Typical students make a variety of choices.
They go to college part time or full time, they work part time or full time, they live at home or find an apartment with a roommate. Students with disabilities need to have the same choices. A Choice for Everyone H078C60074. Inc. All Rights Reserved.