As opportunities expand for postsecondary education, career options, and life choices for people with disabilities, those who counsel and advise students with disabilities must become aware of the facts. Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are pursuing education after high school. One study reports a threefold increase in the incidence of college freshmen with disabilities between 1978 and 1985. Anecdotal data suggest that this estimate is low. Legislation in the 1970s led to dramatic changes in physical, programmatic, and attitudinal access on American campuses; increasing numbers and types of schools now accept and accommodate students with disabilities. It is, however, the responsibility of the disabled student to request adaptations and to manage the necessary accommodations. Counselors have a role to play in helping disabled students and their parents to learn how to take this responsibility and be effective self-advocates. Project HEATH (Higher Education and the Handicapped) has a resource center which serves as an information exchange about education and training opportunities after high school for persons with disabilities. Project HEATH offers publications to help counselors advise students with disabilities in the areas of financial aid, vocational rehabilitation services, classroom access, testing, and opportunities for persons with specific disabilities. Expanding opportunities allow counselors and students with disabilities to put their disabilities in perspective when selecting a college. (NB)