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Follow the link below to see the full story of Walt Gray, one of CPP alumni.
http://www.southernliving.com/culture/walt-gary-alabama-crimson-tide-superfan-video Campus Life: UA’s CrossingPoints Gives Those with Intellectual Disabilities a College Experience10/6/2016
Here is an article from Over the Mountain Journal. Click the link below to read the article.
http://www.otmj.com/crossingpoints-university-of-alabama/ Blog
http://trottercobb.com/blog/sadandhappyascanbe 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. Also, here’s yet another link: http://trottercobb.com/blog/2016/8/1/cooking-spaghetti University of Alabama News introduces The CrossingPoints Summer Bridge Program. Please check this article below.
Link: http://ow.ly/UCNk303WzJl 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 taking part in a unique, summer-long, college transition program. -See More At http://abc3340.com/news/local/program-gives-students-with-intellectual-disabilities-college-experience-on-uas-campus http://wvua23.com/crossing-points-offers-students-a-leg-up-with-education-employment/
News Title : CrossingPoints Celebrates Graduation
From : Druid City Media Date : 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 at the University of Alabama that she was able to become a confident and happy young woman. Thursday, at the Ferguson Center ballroom on the UA campus, Cooper, along with six others, graduated from CrossingPoints, a transition program for young adults ages 18-21. - See more at: http://druidcityliving.com/index.php/community/schools/item/1061-crossingpoints-celebrates-graduation#sthash.xGonD5rb.dpuf 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 special education and multiple abilities in UA’s College of Education, recently received the grant to enhance CrossingPoints. https://www.ua.edu/news/2015/11/crossingpoints-to-begin-2-5-million-expansion-program-on-ua-campus-2/ 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. -See More At http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150926/news/150929751 |
