Meet Ali Williams, a junior at New York University, who will share the challenges she faces as a student with learning disabilities and the knowledge she has gained from her experiences transitioning from high school to college.

You will benefit from Ali’s inspirational story as she shares:

  • Her roller-coaster ride from high school to community college to Landmark College to NYU
  • The services she received from the Department of Rehabilitation and the College Disability Program and her tips on navigating these systems
  • What she wished she knew ahead of time
  • The accommodations, modifications, assistive technology and study strategies she finds useful as a college student
  • The importance of self-acceptance, self-advocacy, goal-setting and motivation

Tuesday, August 13, 2013
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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