Their Time Has Come: Youth with Disabilities Entering Adulthood

by Valerie Leiter and Valerie R. Leiter

Book Overview

The lives of youth with disabilities have changed radically in the past fifty years. Youth who are coming of age right now are the first generation to receive educational services throughout childhood and adolescence. Disability policies have opened up opportunities to youth, and they have responded by getting higher levels of education than ever before. Yet many youth are being left behind, compared to their peers without disabilities. Youth with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813552486
• ISBN13: 9780813552484
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary