In order to qualify for the disABLEDperson Scholarship, the student must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 years accredited college or university in the United States of America. They must be a matriculated student and attending school full-time and U.S. citizen. Part-time status is acceptable as long as the part-time attendance is due to their disability and not their financial situation (minimum of 6 credits for undergraduate, 6 credits for graduate). This is not available to high school students. Applications open towards the end of December.
DisABLEDperson, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce the high unemployment rate of individuals with disabilities. We’ve been doing this since 2002, and to date we have more than 300,000 jobs available for searching. Unlike other disability job boards, we don’t send out spiders to aggregate job listings from other web sites. We work ith proactive employers to secure available positions. DisABLEDperson Inc. is an organization that also conducts scholarships for college students with disabilities.