Disabilities Task Force Download Reports: (+) Recommendations to
New York State for strategies to increase access 2.
Institutional Commitment within Postsecondary Education The
number of students with disabilities enrolled in postsecondary
education has nearly tripled in the past 20 years. According to
a 1993 study of 700 students enrolled in 57 different colleges
nationwide, which appeared in the Journal of Applied
Rehabilitation Counseling, summer 1998 (Stebnicki, et al.), over
half expressed satisfaction with their accommodations and
services, physical accessibility of new buildings, availability
of special equipment, and classroom, curriculum and registration
modifications. Yet at the same time, many students still
described architectural barriers, limited availability of tutors
and notetakers, difficulty obtaining taped or Braille materials,
readers, sign language interpreters and other types of
assistance and equipment. Many students were actually unaware of
the services, or reported that when requested