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American Academy of Pediatrics

Hidden Disabilities Diagnoses Up But Some Students Remain Unreported At Iowa Colleges, Universities

By Ben Rodgers | April 28, 2015

When Donna Musel started work as Buena Vista University’s disabilities coordinator only two students with illnesses requested classroom accommodations to help them do their college studies. “Now I have quite a few more than that,” Musel said this spring.

ADHD

Little-Recognized Illnesses Follow Iowa College Students To The Classroom

By Kate Hayden, Steffi Lee, Megan Quick and Ben Rodgers | April 21, 2015

Illnesses students hide from public view challenge them in college, but also the colleges that have to accommodate those students, a special IowaWatch/Simpson College journalism report reveals.