This INCENSES me. If someone saw this very developmentally disabled girl on TV and wanted to help her, best find a really well paying yet simple job for her to do, something she could stick with for 30 years. Manning the phones or supplies at a small manual labor firm, construction, plumbing, anything like that. Make her the “sole” one of whatever she is, and pay her a bit more than she is worth, and expect growth from her, and as long as she is trying hard, keep her job secure for a couple years. Help her afford some training classes.
But freaking COLLEGE??
Not everyone and their dog needs to go to college!! She would feel like a failure there, and it would not give her a job anyway! If she is 17 and can’t read, she is NOT MOTIVATED enough to do any kind of study. The guy would be better off throwing his money off the freeway.
It’s insulting to regularly abled students, it’s hurtful to other kids with disabilities (she is clearly at the very least, “learning disabled.”). I have a precious son with an IQ below 90 and he is brilliant compared to her.
Never underestimate a college administrator wanting a “star” to attend their college.
Second, never underestimate professors rationalizing giving passing grades to incompetent students when political correctness is involved.