Texas A&M Launches New Program For Students With Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities

This fall  Texas A&M will launch academic courses in Higher Inclusive Education and Vocational Experiences ( Aggie ACHIEVE) , the state’s first inclusive, four-year postsecondary education program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Aggie ACHIEVE  is a certificate-based inclusive higher education program for young adults with disabilities to expand their interests and prepare them for employment.

Aggie ACHIEVE is the brainchild of Dr. Carly Gilson, assistant professor of special education in Texas A&M’s College of Education & Human Development. Gilson is using a process called “person-centered planning,” whereby students and their families . . .