Fig 1.
Representative Lifelong Learning with Friends science courses.
Examples of 7 of the 52 past LLWF courses that exemplify the range of science courses across sophisticated academic topics. See File 1 in https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.18738/T8/H7LOBC for more information.
Fig 2.
Pre- and post-course survey responses of Lifelong Learning with Friends participants and program growth.
Prior to volunteering with LLWF, college students were anonymously surveyed regarding their prior experience with people with IDDs (A). In anonymous post-course surveys, volunteers were asked to rate enjoyment and convenience of LLWF as well as whether their expectations of people with IDDs changed (B). In parallel, adults with IDDs were anonymously surveyed with their family members on enjoyment of LLWF as well as potential benefits to adults with IDDs (C). LLWF enrolment and courses have grown in number since its inception in 2010 with a dip during the global COVID-19 pandemic and transition to offer both online and in-person courses (D). Note that LLWF has utilized slightly different versions of surveys, which accounts for the variation in sample sizes. See Files 2 and 3 in https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.18738/T8/H7LOBC for more information.