Micah's college experience is exactly what McGuire and Shaw are looking for. This semester he'll spend some of his time in one of the focus groups organized by the two researchers. The participants will identify trouble spots for those with learning disabilities, and they'll share the teaching strategies and methods they have found helpful in their college courses. They don't learn through osmosis or peripherally. Often it's a matter of taking an experiential approach in instruction, by anchoring an abstract concept to something more concrete.
Students are better able to relate to it then.