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disABLEDperson,
Inc. Spring 2025 National
Scholarship for College Students with Disabilities
It
is important to create a registration on our site www.disABLEDperson.com
and become a community member so click on "Sign
up now" to do so.
disABLEDperson,
Inc. announce our Spring 2025 National Scholarship Competition for
College Students with Disabilities! This competition begins on January 6,
2025,
and ends on March 15, 2025 for the award of $2000.00 (two thousand
dollars)! Details at www.disABLEDperson.com
To participate, follow these simple steps: Write an essay with no
more than 1000 words (prompt can be found HERE. Next, you need to register for the competition.
To do so
click on “Register for this Scholarship” link. Fill out the form completely and paste your essay into the
form.
A few reminders: Please keep in mind that the form must be filled out
completely. We cannot accept incomplete or fraudulent forms. Correct
spelling and grammar
is important. Please submit carefully edited drafts
only.
In order to qualify, 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. We will accept students who are not attending school full-time
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). Unfortunately, we are not able to award
scholarships to
high school students.
Upon winning, the student will prove disability and matriculation
through their Disability Student Services department. We define
disability as described
under the ADA: “A physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such an
individual. A record of such an impairment
or being regarded as having
such an impairment".
Be sure to submit your entry before the March 15, 2025 deadline. The
winner will be announced on our website on March 31, 2025.
All decisions
made by disABLEDperson, Inc. are final.
The
Essay Prompt: If you can meet any famous person or
celebrity from the disability community who would you want to meet and
why?
Note: any essay exceeding 1000 words will be
disqualified.
disABLEDperson,
Inc. a 501 (c ) 3 Charity whose mission is to reduce the high
unemployment rate of people and veterans with disabilities.
We accomplish
this through our 2 national job boards:
www.disABLEDperson.com and Job Opportunities for Disabled
Veterans or www.JOFDAV.com .
disABLEDperson,
Inc. PO Box 230636 Encinitas, CA. 92023-0636 #760-420-1269
info@disabledperson.com
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