While we gladly provide service to all students, we do specialize in students with disabilities of all types. Even though we have placed some of our clients in Ivy League schools, there are excellent schools for students with disabilities. These schools tend to be less well known and might be overlooked without a knowledgeable guide. Let Ruth Brodsky Consulting be your guide.

Ruth’s career in Special Education in both the public and private sectors, along. With the in-depth research she has undertaken on colleges suitable for students with disabilities makes her the ideal guide. But there’s more; there’s her firm core belief that all students are entitled to advance their education to the limits of their potential. She understands the stress that school can create in each of these students, and how they have to work harder than their peers just to keep up with a fastmoving class.

Contrary to popular opinion, many of these “disabled” students are very intelligent and possess the ability to learn at the college level. But they each have a problem that makes it harder for them to learn than their peers.

In the case of students with mobility issues, the problem is clear, but the solution can be more complicated. Finding schools willing and capable of adjusting housing and class scheduling to meet the student’s needs can be harder tan it seems. Campuses that are filled heavily with steep hills, and dorms without elevators, are not the right fit. Nor are schools that rigidly dictate specific courses at specific times, as it may interfere with getting to other classes. Havin g someone who has navigated this problem before is extremely helpful.

Students with eyesight, or hearing face different, but similar problems. Does the school provide enough of the necessary services for each individual disabled student? Does the school have and offer current technology and assistance working with technology? Is the faculty available to work with undergraduate students? Having the answers to these questions can save a great deal of anguish.

Many of the students we work with have gone through school with the labels, learning disabled, or ADD or ADHD. In addition to academic issues, they often have to deal with being cut off from their peers socially. In addition to many of the problems discussed above, these students need an environment where they can not only succeed academically, b ut thrive socially.

If you are trying to find the right fit school for disabled student, you’re in the right place. Let Ruth Brodsky Consulting help guide your way.