Education for Students With Disabilities

Postsecondary education has been identified as animportant transition outcome for students with dis-abilities because of the impact of a college degree on future adult outcomes. Students with disabilities who graduate from college exhibit similar employment rates and annual salaries compared to their counterparts with-out disabilities (Madaus, 2006; National Center for Education Statistics, 2000). It is not surprising that these graduates also evidence more favorable outcomes than their peers with disabilities who do not graduate from college (Madaus, 2006). In light of such statistics for adults with disabilities, the National Council on Disability (2004) stated that “it should be more apparent than ever before that, wherever possible, higher educa-tion is key to the economic prospects and aspirations for independence of youth with disabilities ” (p. 68). Dat