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For years, community colleges have been just that nearly as much about community as college. But as one expert tells me, tough decisions have to be made in a tough economic climate and academics come first.
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At colleges in Orange County and around the state, some tax-supported classes are disappearing. Other community outreach classes that were underwritten by taxpayers are being reclassified so enrollees must foot the full cost.
According to Keith Shackleford, dean of Irvine Valley College's School of Kinesiology, Health and Athletics, adaptive classes designed to help people with disabilities could be repeated almost indefinitely in the old world.
I've worked with the Challenged Athletes Foundation for seven years, cycling, running and swimming side-by-side disabled athletes. For a challenged child or adult being surrounded by hundreds of others in similar situations creates a new normal.
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