IntroductionEnrolling students with disabilities in college requires counselors and educational staff to become familiar with the educational experience. It is important to fully understand this population, including faculty attitudes and issues facing students with disabilities throughout their educational careers. To meet the needs of all students we must be compassionate toward this population (Lynch, R. T., & Gussel, L. 1996). College counselors are invaluable to the success of these students as with their help these students will reach their highest potential by understanding the situations of students with disabilities and the things that prevent them from reaching their fullest abilities. Today's college students with disabilityStudents with disabilities are growing more and more among two-year and four-year universities. By 1998, the total number of students with disabilities had risen to 10.5 percent of the postsecondary student population. (Wilson, K., Getzel, E.E., & Brown, T., 2000). Disabilities range from learning difficulties, speech, vision, hearing or orthopedic disorders. Most people with learning disabilities have more than one type of disability. Some types of learning disabilities can affect a person's ability to concentrate or focus and can cause someone's mind to wander (Lynch, R.T., & Gussel, L. 1996). There are many other learning disabilities that can make it difficult for an affected individual to read, write, spell, or solve math problems. Nearly four million school-age children and adolescents have learning difficulties, and at least twenty percent of them suffer from a type of disorder that makes it difficult to concentrate (Lynch, R. T., & Gussel, L. 1996). Learning in college is considered a student for...... middle of paper ......lopment, 74 (4)Quinn, P., (1995) "Neurobiology of Attention Deficit Disorder." In K. G. Nadeau, ed. A Comprehensive Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults: Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment. New York: Brunner and Mazel Press.Sills, Caryl K., (1995) “Success in Learning Disabled Writers Across the Curriculum.” College Teaching 43 (Spring 1995): 66-72. Smith, Carl B. (1992). "Helping children overcome reading difficulties." ERIC Digest, ED 344190.Vogel, S.A. and M. Moran. (1982) "Written language disorders in teaching disabled college students: a preliminary report." In Coming of Age: The Best of ACLD. Eds. W. Cruickshank and J. Lerner. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, Wilson, K., Getzel, E.E., & Brown, T. (2000) Improving Postsecondary Campus Climate for Students with Disabilities; Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 14(2000), 37-50