Ohio鈥檚 15 public colleges and universities will each have a full time counselor dedicated to helping students with disabilities.
agency says 1.6 million Ohioans identify as having a disability 鈥� and many of them go to college.
鈥淎nd these universities are finding more and more students coming from high school on IEPs, which is an Individualized Education Program. And so they need that additional assistance," said OOD director Kevin Miller.
Miller or have disabilities, and he added that many of them may have come to college but not graduated because they couldn't get the help they needed.
Miller said will help with career exploration, assistive technology, and accommodations for internships and jobs 鈥� with the goal of getting those students into positions where they can make higher salaries and have greater independence.
Ohio's 15 colleges and universities are all participating in the .
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