L’Università si apre ai non studenti: un progetto di partecipazione e di apprendimenti per giovani con disabilità intellettiva in una Università italiana

This paper aims to set at the center of consideration post-secondary education for young people with intellectual disabilities. It deals with documentation about an innovative pilot project that supported the participation and learning of young people with intellectual disabilities in an Italian University. The study faces some crucial issues related to the accompanying processes towards adulthood of young people with intellectual disabilities. The investigation employs a theoretical and regulatory framework, a rigorous documentation through interviews to the actors of the project and an in-depth analysis on the choices of organizational and didactic activities. Such experience is intended to be an opportunity to reflect on the ways the University, as it happens elsewhere, can also be a promoter of change supporting inclusive processes.