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Students walk to class on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022.

Texas colleges provide job training for students with disabilities. Here’s how to access it.

Students with disabilities can find success in college, live independently and get jobs with the right kind of help. Here are college programs that provide support.


Julia Gault, a junior in the Aggie ACHIEVE program, talks with another student during office hours at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022.

Resources during and after secondary school

Joe Tate, a program director, teacher and disability advoate at E4 Youth, teaches students with developmental disabilities about disability advocacy and becoming personal care attendants in the Biomedical Engineering building at UT Austin on Nov. 29, 2022. The students were part of a workforce development program at UT Austin called E4 Texas, an inclusive job training program open to students with developmental disabilities.

Job training programs

20-year-old Ayala Montgomery, a student studying disability advocacy and becoming a personal care attendant, seen outside the Biomedical Engineering building at UT Austin on Nov. 29, 2022. Montgomery and her classmates were part of a workforce development program at UT Austin called E4 Texas, an inclusive job training program open to students with developmental disabilities.
Ayala Montgomery, 20, volunteers at AGE of Central Texas in Austin, Texas on December 2, 2022. Montgomery was part of a workforce development program at UT Austin called E4 Texas, an inclusive job training program open to students with developmental disabilities.

Comprehensive transition programs

A list of available course to students in the Aggie ACHIEVE program at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022. Students take one non-credit course per semester, as well as a Physical Education non-credit course, while they pursue their certificate.
Effrosyni Chatzistogianni, an academic graduate assistant with the Aggie ACHIEVE program helps Christian Anguiano, a junior in the program, during an office hours at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022. Aggie ACHIEVE is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have exited high school.

How to find the best fit

Heather Dulas, the program director of Aggie ACHIEVE, looks at the costs and fees that students can expect to pay within the program, compared to the tuition costs of a degree-seeking Texas A&M University student at the university's campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022. Aggie ACHIEVE at Texas A&M University is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have exited high school.
Students walk to class on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022.

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