ChairScholars Foundation - Links and Resources

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Scholarships and Financial Aid

FastWeb – Useful database for finding the right scholarship to suit your needs.

CollegeBoard – This site is a good tool for establishing an action plan for college application. Requires membership, but it’s free.

SallieMae – Several scholarships are available for low-income and minority groups.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation  –helps exceptionally promising young people reach their full potential.

Fundsnet Services – A directory of fundraising and grant sources

Johnson Scholarship Foundation – This foundation supports scholarships for disadvantaged people attending specific colleges.

Federal Student Aid  - access the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

JM Rubin Foundation  –provides scholarships for students who are residents of Palm Beach County, Florida.

National Children's Cancer Society – offers college scholarships to young people with cancer, or childhood cancer survivors.

Disability.gov – has scholarship information and also provides easy access to comprehensive disability related information and resources.

College Scholarships.org – could be useful for finding additional scholarhips.

Incight Education - up to 100 scholarships to students with disabilities given annually.


Online Communities and other resources

• Disability.gov
  
  
• Disaboom.com
  
  
• American Association of People with Disabilities
  
  
• Office of Disability Employment, United States Department of Labor
  
  
• AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct.gov
  
  
• United Cerebral Palsy
  
  
• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
  
  
• Families of SMA
  
  
• National Spinal Cord Injury Association
  
  
• Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, Paralysis Resource Center
  
  
• Amputee Coalition of America
  
  
• Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
  
  
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  
  
• National Association of the Deaf
  
  
• American Foundation for the Blind
  
  
• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
  
  
• National Family Association for Blind-Deaf
  
  
• National Children's Cancer Society
  
  
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  
  
• VoiceNation - Special Education Resource
  
  
• Disability Friendly Colleges
  
  
• Endependence Center Inc. - Disability Advocacy Services
  
  
• CogniTech Cafe - Assistive Technology Resources for Individuals, Families & Professionals
  
  
• Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
  
  

769 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AWARDED SINCE 1992!!