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<Title>Transitioning to college from high school and home</Title>
<Tagline>Freshman is ready to go solo.  Mom/parent not so much.</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">Transitioning to college from high school is a big shift, for students and parents.  <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney/episodes/miguel-llapa-death-sex-money" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Anna Sales speaks with Miguel Llapa, a rising college freshman with a disability</a>. "As I got older, I started to feel more dependent when I wanted to be independent. Because I was always in and out of the hospital, I always had someone with me. I always had someone accompany me, which I loved. But after some time, you know, I started to grow, to feel like I wanted to test things out on my own."<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney/episodes/miguel-llapa-death-sex-money" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Miguel, alongside his mom, talks about his excitement about heading off to college and living independently for the first time - in conversation with his mom during this Death, Sex and Money podcast (linked) episode</a>.  -<a href="null" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Transcript available at the link</a>.<div><br></div><div>UMBC encourages students (graduate and undergraduate) with any health condition that may qualify as a disability to partner with <a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Disability Services</a> to explore the accommodation process. Incoming and returning students may <a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/accommodations/registering-with-sds/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">register for accommodations online 24/7 (link)</a>.  The SDS <a href="https://umbc-accommodate.symplicity.com/public_accommodation/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">registration form is linked here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Those returning to campus can look at campus accessibility updates on UMBC's most recent <a href="https://about.umbc.edu/files/2021/08/2021-UMBC-accessible-routes-map.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">2021 Accessible Route Map.</a>  Facilities Management has been busy while faculty, staff and students were remote - beyond upgrades such as installing hospital-grade air filtration systems.  Additional assisted doors have been installed in several academic buildings, accessible door handles have been added, and five (5) elevators are being replaced: two in Fine Arts, two in Sondheim, and one in Biology's Schwartz Hall, so the campus is welcoming new upgrades as well.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The post is accompanied by a photo of a musician with brown forearms holding mallets that are poised to play a marimba.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Campus maps get updated from time-to-time, and the most recent accessible route map is posted to the <a href="https://about.umbc.edu/visitors-guide/campus-map/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Campus Maps page</a> within Visit UMBC, to better inform people, especially those who are coming to campus for the first time.</div><div><br></div><div><div></div></div></div></div>
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<Summary>Transitioning to college from high school is a big shift, for students and parents.  Anna Sales speaks with Miguel Llapa, a rising college freshman with a disability. "As I got older, I started to...</Summary>
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<PostedAt>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:22:12 -0400</PostedAt>
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