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Universities, colleges see students with disabilities as a growth market

Feb 04, 2009

Universities, colleges see students with disabilities as a growth market www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=09d03b44-fc1c-42ab-a1c2-4522b7d9aa27 (ottawacitizen.com).

More than half of Carleton University’s disabled students have invisible problems, like learning disabilities. Legislation, including the Humans Rights Code and the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, require post-secondary institutions to make accommodations for disabled students, and the province provides the funding.

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