Disabled Students - Supplemental Sources of Financial Aid

Each listing has its own criteria but deadline dates, selection conditions, application processes, and other details change more quickly than we can update this page. Please contact each individual source for complete, up-to-date details.

American Council of the Blind
ATTN: Scholarship Committee
1155 15th Street NW #1004
Washington, D.C. 20005
202.467.5081, ext. 20
cmonk@acb.org

Student must be legally blind and a U.S. citizen or resident alien. Approximately twelve scholarships are awarded per year ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each.
Deadline: March 1

American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
Scholarship Committee
ATTN: Associate Director of Program Services
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
212.502.7600

A variety of scholarships are available to students who are declared legally blind in both eyes. Only one application needs to be submitted for all scholarships.
Deadline: March 31

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Scholarship Awards Committee
3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, D.C. 20007-2788
202.337.5220
financialaid@agbell.org

Applicants must have been diagnosed with a moderate to profound hearing loss prior to acquiring spoken lanuage. Applicant's hearing loss must be bilateral and in the moderate to profound range. Applicants must be accepted at or enrolled in an accredited law school or masters/doctoral program in public policy or public administration as a full-time graduate student.
Deadline: May 1

Michigan Commission for the Blind
P.O. Box 30652
Lansing, MI 48909
517.373.2062 or 800.292.4200

Scholarships are available for blind students with visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction or a limitation of his or her vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance of not greater than 20 degrees.

Deadline: Contact Michigan Commission for the Blind

National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program
Scholarship Committee
ATTN: Mrs. Peggy Elliott, Chairwoman
805 5th Ave.
Grinnell, IA 50112
641.236.3366

Each year the National Federation of the Blind gives a broad array of scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships must be (1) legally blind and (2) studying in a post-secondary institution in the U.S. All scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence, service to the community, and financial need.

Deadline: March 31

The University of Michigan Services for Students with Disabilities
664 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.763.1082

A variety of scholarships are available to current University of Michigan students with disabilities who register with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office. Students will receive information as long as they are registered. Scholarships are not restricted by type of disability, and as such are also available to students with "non-physical" disabilities such as learning disabilities.

U.S. Department of Education
800.433.3243
The DOE has produced two cassette recordings giving information on postsecondary student financial aid for visually impaired students. Contact the DOE for free cassettes.

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