Sources
Financial Aid Information for Students with Disabilities
Leadership
The ADA - What does it mean to you?
Project PAACS
http://www.msprojectstart.org
A Desk Reference Guide for Faculty, Staff and College Students with Disabilities
Anne R. Thompson, Ph.D., Director
Leslie Bethea, M.S., Coordinator
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5740
(800) 582-2233
AHEAD
http://www.ahead.org
Association on Higher Education and Disability
PO Box 21192
Columbus, OH 43221-0192
(614) 488-4972
CH.A.D.D. of Greater Orange County
http://www.chadd.org
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
PO Box 5876
Whittier, CA 90607-5876
(714) 490-7022
Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.efa.org
National Office
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785-2267
Local phone: (301) 459-3700
Toll-free: (800) EFA-1000
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
http://www.easi.cc
EASI Corp
PO Box 818
Lake Forest CA 92609
Phone (949) 916-2837
E-mail: info@easi.cc
Learning Disabilities Association
http://www.ldanatl.org
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
(412) 341-1515
HEATH Resource Center
http://www.acenet.edu
Section 504, The Law & Its Impact on Postsecondary Education
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-1193
(800) 544-3284
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
http://www.interdys.org
Orange County Branch
1801D East Park Court Place, Suite 101
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-564-0777
Los Angeles Branch
4379 Tujunga Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604
(818) 506-8866
California State University, Long Beach
Disabled Student
Services
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840
(562) 985-5401
The Ohio State University
http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu
Office for Disability Services
150 Pomerene Hall
1760 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1297
(614) 292-3307
San Diego State University
Disabled Student
Services
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/sds
Providing Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
A Policy Guide for Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-0579
(619) 594-6473
ENTRY POINT Internship Program
http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint
A wonderful program of internship opportunities for college students who have disabilities
and are majoring in computer science, engineering, a field of science, or mathematics. (Some
students in certain business fields may also be considered.)
- AAAS manages the program and serves as matchmaker, linking students
with employers.
- Paid summer internships for students with disabilities.
- Offers are made directly by employers, through their regular
internship programs. (These are not "special" or "segregated"
programs.)
- Employers include IBM, NASA, Texas Instruments, Seagate Technology,
Lucent Technologies, Procter & Gamble, the National Science Foundation.
- Internship sites across the U.S.
- Employers provide competitive pay, on-site mentors, assistive
technology as required.
- Some employers provide housing assistance for interns who relocate
for the summer.
- No cost to the university.
- Students with any type of disability may qualify.
- Qualifying students must:
* Be full-time undergraduate or graduate students
* Major in Computer Science, Engineering, a field of Science, or
Math (Some students in certain Business fields may be considered,
particularly those in Management Information Systems.)
* Have B-average GPA or higher
* Be a U.S. citizen or hold a right-to-work permit
Back to top
|
