List of Education Grants for the Physically Disabled
The last thing you want is to graduate college swimming in debt. Grants and scholarships can help you achieve your educational goals without any obligation to pay them back. And your physical disability won't hinder you from qualifying for these grants. In fact, your disability makes you eligible for a variety of grants inaccessible to other types of students, which may increase your chances of becoming a recipient.
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Incight Scholarship
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The Incight Scholarship is renewable for four years and pays $500 per award year to students with physical, cognitive, learning and other types of disabilities. You must be a full-time college student at a trade school, vocational school or university to obtain this award. Apply for this grant at Incight.org.
1800 Wheelchair
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The 1800 Wheelchair scholarship awards two $500 scholarships each year to undergraduate students. You must keep a GPA of at least 3.0 and complete a 500-word essay to be considered for the award. Though this scholarship is awarded to both disabled and nondisabled students, the essay themes usually revolve around disability topics. Apply at 1800wheelchair.com/scholarship.
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Foundation for Science and Disability
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If you're a disabled graduate or professional student and you are enrolled in a math, science, medicine, technology or engineering program of study, you may be eligible for this grant. The award is $1,000 per student, and the grant is available to both fourth-year undergraduate students who have been accepted into a graduate program and current graduate students. Go to stemd.org to apply.
Grants for Visually and Hearing Impaired
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If you are fully blind in both eyes, you may qualify for the National Federation for the Blind Scholarship Program (nfb.org), which awards 30 scholarships between $3,000 and $12,000. If you are low-vision, you may qualify for one of the Council of Citizens with Low Vision International's scholarships (cclvi.org), which pays grants to both undergraduate students and graduate students. If you are hearing impaired, you may be eligible for an Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (agbell.org) scholarship, which awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 per student.
Federal Grants
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Disabled or not, the federal government helps those who demonstrate financial need to attend school. The basis for government aid is the Pell Grant, which awards up to $5,550 per student, per award year, based on the level of your financial need and the cost of your school. If you are Pell Grant eligible, you may also be eligible for some of the government's other need-based and merit-based grants. Apply for all of these in one place: FAFSA.ed.gov.
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