Donna,
You have just hit on an important element of student development that is all too frequently overlooked. While the student is in the postsecondary setting, we provide a kind of "safety net" by having someone assigned to make sure the student is receiving equal access. What too often happens, though, is that we are not as good (or don't take the time) to make sure that students learn how to manage their disability-related needs on their own while we are still around to help. The disability won't go away when they move on to the world of work. Logically, the accommodations need to move on with them... but they have to learn how to ask for them, because in the world of work no one is going to come looking to help. We always encourage disability service providers to think of student development as an important adjunct to what they do. If I am still providing the same level of support to a graduating senior as I provided to that student when they walked through my doors as a first semester freshman, something is wrong with the system!
Dr. Jane Jarrow