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This is a link to Mr. Trotter Cobb’s blog who has written quite a bit about CrossingPoints and his son, Trotter’s experience in CrossingPoints Summer Bridge.

Here is an article from Over the Mountain Journal. Click the link below to read the article.  

University of Alabama News introduces The CrossingPoints Summer Bridge Program. Please check this article below.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Students with intellectual disabilities are getting the chance to experience what it is like to be a college student. It is part of the University of Alabama’s CrossingPoints’ Summer Bridge Program. Ten students from across the southeast are calling Lakeside East on UA’s campus, home, for the next couple of months. They are…

News Title : CrossingPoints Celebrates GraduationFrom : Druid City MediaDate : 05-12-2016​Jamaica Cooper had a negative attitude and was doing anything to try and fit in.Cooper, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, struggled to accept whatever physical limitations she had. She was different, and that was OK. But it wasn’t until she enrolled in CrossingPoints…

Dr. Mutua has been chosen as one of the 2015 Women Who Shape the State. She is being recognized by AL.com as someone who has made a difference not only in her community but across the state of Alabama. Dr. Mutua will be recognized in Birmingham in November. Congratulations!

From: UA news TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — CrossingPoints, a student transition program on The University of Alabama campus, is growing in both size and reach through a $2.5 million grant to help create a bridge to higher education for those with intellectual disabilities.Dr. Kagendo Mutua, professor of severe and profound disabilities and transition in the department of…

From Tuscaloosa News Finding a job in today’s economy is hard enough, but it can be even harder for adults with disabilities. Betty Shirley, a grandparent of a man who has Down syndrome, said many adults with disabilities never go to work after leaving the public school system. But one Tuscaloosa organization is changing that.