For anyone with a disability and college age kids - please distribute
widely
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
Please distribute widely!
College Scholarships for Individuals with Parents with Disabilities
In recognition of the more than nine million parents with disabilities
in the U.S. and their families, Through the Looking Glass (TLG),
non-profit organization, is pleased to announce the 2006 College
Scholarship Fund specifically for graduating high school seniors who
have parents with disabilities.
Scholarships funds are available to graduating high school students who:
1. demonstrate academic and personal achievement;
2. have grown up with at least one parent with a disability; and
3. will be a high school graduate or graduating senior by Summer 2006
Up to ten separate $1,000 awards will be given out in Summer 2006. These
awards are one of several projects of Through the Looking Glass'
National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities. This National
Center is funded by the National Institute on Disability Research and
Rehabilitation (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education.
More information and application forms are available on Through the
Looking Glass' website: www.lookingglass.org
<http://www.lookingglass.org/> Forms may also be requested by calling
1-800-644-2666.
Founded in 1982, Through the Looking Glass (TLG) is a nationally
recognized center that has pioneered research, training, and services
for families in which a child, parent or grandparent has a disability.
Since 1998, TLG has been funded by NIDRR as the National Resource Center
for Parents with Disabilities. The overall goal of this national center
is: To increase knowledge regarding parenting with a disability and
support more accessible and disability-appropriate resources for diverse
parents with disabilities and their children. The Center's services and
activities include: national toll-free information and referral;
technical assistance and consultations; professional trainings,
workshops and presentations; national library and resources
clearinghouse; publications and training modules; a national
parent-to-parent network of parents with disabilities; international
newsletter; website and bulletin boards; and regional and statewide
systems development.
Darlene Bubis, MFT
Family Clinician; Website & Outreach Specialist
Through the Looking Glass
2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 848-1112 ext. 172
(800) 644-2666 ext. 172
Website: http://www.lookingglass.org <http://www.lookingglass.org/> /
<http://www.lookingglass.org/>
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