A good Idea?

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A-lot of Colleges keep Records of which students are "Problem" Students, People with AS or similar, not simply bad behaving.
I think it would be a good idea if those students knew who the others were, if they (we) chose it.
It would let us make friends easily, We'd know each other's Downfalls, if you want to call it that, from the start, and we'd probably be simply more comfortable with them than shifting through NT's for decent friends. Even just by the college giving the students each others names, or E-mails or something.
and those who wanted to keep out of it can simply choose not to take part, and no-one will know.

I think that would help immensely, Easy way to contact similar minded people with similar problems right there in your college/uni

I think it's a great idea to allow students with similar disabilities at the same college to have the option to get acquainted with eachother

That would violate several privacy laws. Now if the university allowed people to selectively opt into such a system, I don't think it would be an issue.

It's illegal, in America it would violate the educational privacy laws.

Believe it or not, there are many students with disabilities who do not consider the disability part of who they are. They do not identify with their disability, or want others to know about it. People have the right to choose to disclose or not disclose.

We recently had a situation where I work where an email about some educational technology was CC'ed to a bunch of people., One student on the list does not publicly disclose his disability and filed a complaint with the Fed Government for violating his privacy.

You should see if your college has a chapter of Delta Alpha Pi. If not, start one.

DAP is an honor society for students with disabilities. You could also start a group for students with disabilities to meet and mingle. Then it would be perfectly legit.

http://deltaalphapihonorsociety.org/

I thought he was saying that both students would have to consent to giving their information to the other before the contact information was given. We would have the option to refuse to disclose any information. Would it violate any laws if that were the case?

Even though I don't consider myself to be defined by my AS, I still feel like I would like to establish contact with others who have it that go to the same college as I do. It would be nice to talk with people who understand some of the things I go through better than the average person would. I'd also feel a little less lonely. I've also found that, the few times I have had the opportunity to interact with others who have AS in person, I am better able to pick out features that separate me from the NT's that usually surround me that I wouldn't notice otherwise.