Category: College Preparation

Accessibility and College Tours: A Conversation with Elizabeth Ralston

Accessibility and College Tours: A Conversation with Elizabeth Ralston Top: Elizabeth Ralston. White woman with grey hair. Bottom: Annie Tulkin middle aged woman. Read hair glasses.

Annie Tulkin connected with Elizabeth Ralston to discuss the accessibility of college tours. Elizabeth is an accessibility consultant and a person with hearing loss. She also happens to have a child, with hearing loss who is engaged in the college search process and going on tours. Annie connected with Elizabeth after reading her LinkedIn post […]

Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Transition to College: Annie Tulkin & Dr. Andrea Malkin Brenner

Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Transition to College: Annie Tulkin & Dr. Andrea Malkin Brenner Annie Tulkin (left) smiling and Andrea Brenner (Right) smiling

Annie Tulkin (Accessible College) and Dr. Andrea Malkin Brenner (Talking College) had a conversation about “How to Prepare Students with Disabilities for College”. They shared tips, insights, and resources to help guide students and families in their preparation with the transition to college.  Dr. Malkin Brenner created the  Talking College™ cards. They  are the original […]

A Conversation with Claire Forrest

A Conversation with Claire Forrest Claire Forrest, smling, blnig shoulder length hair, glasses, vibrant shirt. Small picture of the front of her book "Where You See Yourself" in the bottom corner. It's a depiction of a teen who uses a wheelchair.

Annie Tulkin (Accessible College) spoke with author Claire Forrest about her book, “Where You See Yourself.” In the book, Effie is a high school student with cerebral palsy who is navigating the transition to college as a wheelchair user. The book follows Effie’s college search process and her relationship with her long time crush!   “Where […]

A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Cohen-Solomon: Ehlers-Danlos Hypermobility, POTS, and Chronic Health Conditions in College

A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Cohen-Solomon: Ehlers-Danlos Hypermobility, POTS, and Chronic Health Conditions in College Dr. Sarah Cohen-Solomon, blue sweater, black shirt, shoulder length brown hair and glasses

I had a conversation with Dr. Sarah Cohen-Solomon, a pediatrician at P.R.I.S.M Spine and Joint  in Sliver Spring, Maryland where she primarily supports young adults with Ehlers-Danlos Hypermobility Syndrome (hEDS), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), and other chronic health conditions. Dr. Cohen-Solomon shared her experience as a student with hEDS and discussed her educational journey […]

Planning for College: Maintaining/Finding Healthcare & Mental Health Providers and Discussing College Accommodations

Planning for College: Maintaining/Finding Healthcare & Mental Health Providers and Discussing College Accommodations Zoom screen picture. Annie Tulkin top left, Scott Marken-top right, and Adrienne Frumberg below.

Annie sat down with Adrienne Frumberg (Lighthouse Guidance) and Scot Marken (EdRedefined) to go over two important topics as students prepare to head to college in the fall: Topic 1: Maintaining/Finding Healthcare & Mental Health Providers: What To Do If You Are Going to College Topic 2: College Accommodations: How To Use Them & What […]

Requesting Accommodations in College

Requesting Accommodations in College Zoom screen: top left-Annie. Top Right-Adrienne. Bottom middle Scot

Annie sat down with Adrienne Frumberg (Lighthouse Guidance) and Scot Marken (EdRedefined) to talk about what students should be doing to request accommodations in college. The summer is a good time to request accommodations for the fall for first year students, and it’s a good time for returning students to think about how things went […]

Where are Students with Physical Disabilities and Health Conditions Going to College?

Where are Students with Physical Disabilities and Health Conditions Going to College? graduation cap. Black with a gold tassle

Where are the students you support who have physical disabilities and/or health conditions going to college? This is a question I get a lo. The answer is simple –EVERYWHERE.  The best school for a student with physical disability and/or health condition is the one they research, vet, and select. All colleges are required to provide […]

Preparing Students with Disabilities to Connect with Faculty Members: A Conversation with Dr. Mary Hums

Preparing Students with Disabilities to Connect with Faculty Members: A Conversation with Dr. Mary Hums

Annie Tulkin sat down with Dr. Mary Hums a Professor of Sport Administration at the University of Louisville. Mary has been a professor for 30 + years. She is also a person with the physical disability. Annie and Mary talked through:  The best way for a student to disclose their disability to a professor and […]

Luna Fera: A Journey to College

Luna Fera: A Journey to College Annie Tulkin on the left wearing a green and white tropical shirt. Luna Fera on the right wearing a black tank top. Both women are smiling.

Annie Tulkin chats with her former client, Luna Fera, a first year student at the University of Oregon (UO). Luna received the Neilsen Foundation scholarship to support her education at UO. Annie and Luna had been working together for nearly two years prior to Luna heading to college. They discussed  Luna’s college search process and […]

A Conversation with Chaz Hayden

A Conversation with Chaz Hayden Annie Tulkin: woman with glasses and faux hawk hair. She is making a fun, surprised, smiley face. She is holding a book with lots of colors on the front "The First Thing About You" by Chaz Hayden

Annie Tulkin sat down for a chat with Chaz Hayden to talk about his novel “The First Thing About You,” in which the main character, Harris, is a 15 year old boy with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) who is navigating moving from California to New Jersey, entering a new school, and hiring a new nurse. […]