{"id":21345,"date":"2022-07-27T10:41:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/bridget-brown-featured-as-a-guest-blogger-on-inside-think-college-blog\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:41:57","slug":"bridget-brown-featured-as-a-guest-blogger-on-inside-think-college-blog","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/bridget-brown-featured-as-a-guest-blogger-on-inside-think-college-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget Brown featured as a guest blogger on Inside Think College Blog"},"template":"","news_categories":[16,11],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-21345","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-ahs-in-the-media","news_categories-student-news"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p>Co-Operative Career Experience Certificate student Bridget Brown was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkcollege.net\/blog\/bridget-advocates-for-inclusion\">featured as a guest blogger on &#8220;Inside Think College Blog<em>,&#8221;<\/em><\/a> a nationally-curated blog with personal perspectives in the higher education and I\/DD fields.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget and <a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/disability-human-development\/directory\/jensen-jordyn\/\">Jordyn Jensen<\/a> traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for greater inclusive opportunities in higher education, employment, and intellectual and developmental disability communities. 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