{"id":270262,"date":"2017-09-28T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=270262"},"modified":"2017-10-18T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:38:27","slug":"different-kind-college-tour-accessibility-270262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/different-kind-college-tour-accessibility-270262\/","title":{"rendered":"A different kind of college TOUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/news\/community-engagement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bug-community-engagement.jpg\" alt=\"Community Connections: A Newscenter series highlighting the ties between the University and its communities.\" width=\"450\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-277062\" \/><\/a>A model of inclusive higher education, <strong>Transition Opportunities at the University of Rochester<\/strong> (TOUR) has made a college experience accessible to hundreds of young adults ages 18 to 21 who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>TOUR is a partnership between two University offices\u2014the Rochester Center for Community Leadership and the Institute for Innovative Transition\u2014and the regional organization Monroe One Boces.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of special education teachers, employment specialists, and trained University undergraduate peer mentors, students in the TOUR program participate alongside their matriculated peers in college courses and campus activities, and access transition and independent living education, vocational training, and internships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing I like best is becoming friends with people I\u2019ve met,\u201d says Spenser McGuckin, who was enrolled in the TOUR program the past two years. \u201cIt makes me feel like I\u2019ve matured a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" style=\"color: 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