More intellectually disabled youths go to college
In this photo taken Oct. 19, 2010, Gabe Savage, right, Alex Schaffer, center, and Mallory Graves, walk across campus at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Mo. The three are part of a handful of students participating in a two-year program at the school tailored to students with mental disabilities. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)By Heather HollingsworthAssociated Press Writer / October 16, 2010
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WARRENSBURG, Mo.—Zach Neff is all high-fives as he walks through his college campus in western Missouri. The 27-year-old with Down syndrome hugs most everybody, repeatedly. He tells teachers he loves them.
"I told Zach we are putting him on a hug diet -- one to say hello and one to say goodbye," said Joyce Downing, who helped start a new program at the University of Central Missouri that serves students with disabilities.
The hope is that polishing up on social skills, like cutting back on the hugs, living in residence halls and going to classes with non-disabled classmates will help
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