The Neurodiversity Playbook: How One TinyCollege Is Teaching Others to Adapt

A few years ago, Nickole Milo began noticing a pattern at River Valley Community College: Each semester, more students were showing up to her accessibility office asking for academic accommodations, mostly for anxiety, attention-deficit disorder, and autism. The number of students approved for modifications like extra time on tests and assignments tripled in three years. Faculty members were willing to be flexible in how they assigned and graded students’ work, but they still had to meet the rigorous standards set by accreditors. Read More