D.A.N.C.E. on Campus

This program is designed to get typical young adults on college campuses and those with disabilities together to work on projects and interact as peers. It gives students working on degrees that directly involve working with people with disabilities, an opportunity to get hands-on experience. It gives students of the A.R.T.S. Academy an opportunity to be on campus interacting with typical students. This is an experience they would not otherwise have due to their intellectual challenges. Though unable to compete mentally, they are very capable of appropriate behavior and social interaction with typical young adults. This experience will breakdown barriers and make both groups accessible to one another.

No matter what field they are in, college students will need to have diversity training to be successful. We are no longer allowed as a society to exclude people because of their differences. Future community and business leaders will need to know how to make inclusion successful. The more experience they have with it the better their opportunities for success.

This program may be set up by semester. Each semester will have components for learning, for all involved, through exposure to one another as they work on projects together.

Performing arts activities lend themselves to a variety of learning experiences, and it is a fun way to get things rocking! A lot of conversations take place in the process of developing a performance.

Typical students can become involved in many ways. They become teachers, empowering them and giving them experience in leadership.














































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