Pathlitics for Independent Educational Consultants
Guide Every Student with ADHD or a Learning Difference to Their Right College Fit.
Over 21 percent of students identify as having ADHD or a learning difference. Pathlitics is the specialized research platform that gives you the data to advise this significant demographic with precision and ease.
By combining institutional support data for 600+ colleges with 500+ firsthand reviews from students who learn differently, Pathlitics empowers your practice to serve these families more effectively. This provides you and your families the proprietary knowledge needed to vet institutions in minutes rather than hours.
By Amy Kopelman, Founder of Pathlitics | Last Updated: April 2026
700+ Colleges + Programs | 500+ Verified Reviews | 1,000+ Users | NewSchools Venture Fund Recipient
Client needs are changing. Your tools should too.
More applicants are identifying as having ADHD or learning differences (LDs). Families are increasingly seeking specialists who can navigate this complexity, but providing high-touch guidance is incredibly time-intensive.
Getting reliable, current answers has meant diving deep into fragmented college websites, piecing together support information that may already be out of date. Pathlitics solves this problem by providing a centralized professional resource.
Access specialized information through firsthand reviews
Hearing directly from students who learn differently is the most effective way to understand a college's actual support environment. These reviews go beyond surface data to answer critical questions: Do they feel the environment is right for them? Are they able to be themselves and feel supported? Is the disability office responsive when situations arise?
You gain immediate clarity on specific accommodations received, such as priority registration or waived language requirements. Without this, students would not have insight into the potential supports until after they have committed.
Additional supports that make a real difference
Beyond standard accommodations, Pathlitics identifies high value resources like executive function coaching for time management and organization, tutoring, and comprehensive programs. Knowing which colleges offer these tools and how accessible they are is often as important as the accommodation level itself.
A rapidly changing landscape
New college support programs are emerging faster than any static resource can track. Pathlitics captures them as they appear, so you always have current information without the research burden.
Sifting Through The Abyss of College Support Research
Finding reliable information on disability services has become a huge endeavor. One parent question can lead to an afternoon lost in a black hole of buried webpages and contradictory information.
This exhaustive search for executive function or learning difference support pulls your focus away from the high-touch student strategy that defines your practice. And, this falls short of understanding what the actual experience is for students who learn differently.
Every hour spent navigating fragmented websites is time taken from essay coaching and student advisement. Pathlitics organizes the technical and experiential research into one central hub. This allows your expertise to remain focused on the mentorship that your families value most as they navigate the college process for their neurodivergent students.
One hub. 600+ colleges. Every support system.
Pathlitics is the comprehensive research hub built for families of students with ADHD, learning differences, and autism, and for the professionals who serve them. While your current tools manage your business logistics, Pathlitics provides the proprietary insights needed to vet colleges for students who learn differently.
With 700+ colleges and summer programs, 500+ verified reviews from students with lived experience, and continuous updates, you no longer have to manually verify if a program still exists or has been updated.
What You Get Access To
Firsthand Student Reviews 💬
500+ reviews from college students and recent grads with ADHD and learning differences. They describe academics, support quality, professor responsiveness, social life, housing, and campus culture. Through the reviews, you understand what accommodations have actually been extended to other students, such as priority registration or waived language requirements. Hearing from near-peers about the transition is often more effective for students than the advice from parents or advisors.
Powerful Search and Filtering 🔍
Filter 600+ colleges by location, major, and Support Level Ratings (1 to 4). Our proprietary system helps you match students with the appropriate support level, from standard ADA accommodations to comprehensive programs. While Levels 1 and 2 cover what many of your students need, Pathlitics provides the firsthand insights required to vet the quality of support at every level.
Support Summaries 🗒️
Each college profile includes an overview of the supports provided, the percent of students registering with disability services, and the documentation each school requires. Everything in one organized summary, continuously updated as programs change.
Co-Create College Lists 🫶
Collaborate alongside families while your advising time stays focused on strategy and 1:1 work, not manual research across hundreds of college websites.
Direct Connection with Current Students 🤝
You and your families can send questions directly to current students at specific colleges. Receive real answers from someone who shares their experience with ADHD or learning differences.
Pre-College Resources 📚
In addition to colleges, Pathlitics, includes summer programs, gap year options, and readiness resources for 9th graders through graduates. For IECs working with families early in the process, this adds specialized data to support them at every stage.
Continuously Updated 🔁
New reviews added monthly. Updated programs and policy changes are tracked. You always have current information.
Webinars and Ask an Expert Resources 🧑🏫
Monthly sessions with transition specialists focus on the experience of students who learn differently. These resources provide your clients with extra support that supplements your professional advice.
What Experts are Saying
This is the game-changing service that students with learning differences have needed for so long. With Pathlitics, students and their families can finally identify colleges that truly offer the support systems and culture they need to thrive. The student reviews stand out most of all, making Pathlitics the resource we trust most to help students find the best fit colleges for their learning style and needs.
Eric Karlan, Co-Founder, Ivy Experience
I can't speak highly enough about it. It's made a huge difference in how we work with students.
College Counselor, Independent School
Pathlitics gave my daughter agency and empowered her in her search. Not only did we have access to information typically provided by an expensive college advisor, but she loved the ability to read real student experiences. This allowed her to go beyond the marketing material to figure out what informed questions she could ask on visits to make her decision. I have recommended it to so many people.
Lindsay Kruse, Parent of 12th grader (Class of '26)
Multiple Ways to Partner with Pathlitics
We offer flexible ways for IECs to partner with us. You can use Pathlitics in concert with your families to collaborate on building each list, or use it to supplement your own internal data for advising work.
If you specialize in working with families of students with learning differences, ADHD and autism, we offer strategic ways to collaborate.
How It Works
Schedule Your Demo. 30-minute walkthrough to see support levels, student reviews, search functionality, in action.
Choose Your Model. We'll walk through which option aligns with your practice and how you work with families.
Get Set Up. Receive quick onboarding and platform training. You will be up and running with your families within a day.
Serve More Families. Cut research time dramatically, provide data-backed college recommendations, and confidently guide families of students with ADHD, learning differences, and autism to schools where they'll thrive.
Ready to See Pathlitics in Action?
Schedule a 30-minute conversation and demo with us to see how IECs are using Pathlitics to effectively serve more families with ADHD, learning differences, and autism without the research overwhelm.
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Built by a Parent for Students who Learn Differently
Pathlitics was created by Amy Kopelman, who spent 20+ years in product management and is a parent of a student with learning differences. The resource she needed didn't exist, so she built it. Pathlitics is used by 20+ independent schools that educate students with learning differences and twice-exceptional (2E) students.
Milken-Penn GSE Semi-Finalist 2025 | ESSA Tier IV Building Evidence | NewSchools Venture Fund Recipient 2024