I think that some of the commentary here justifies the need for an institutional approach to helping students with disabilities. It is a human condition to have an opinion. And opinions can be the basis for prejudices; the internal justification to treat someone as less than someone else based on their appearance or a label assigned by someone else. My college years are way behind me. I don't consider myself as disabled, but technically I am. And if I were in college at this point in my life, and if my disability truly prevented me from doing something in the timeframe that was set for my other able-bodied peers, then the college had better respect that. Because if I were in college, I'd be paying for that education. It's not the same as a career or a job, where I'm performing a task or service in order receive compensation. I'd be the person footing the bill. I'd be the customer. I'd have a right to receive the education even if that meant the college had to accommodate my disability.