Can Vocational Rehab help with any of the costs?  They helped me with my
college tuition.

        Kathy S.

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From: "Judi Kloper" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:40 AM
Subject: college grants/scholarships


> Hello,
> I am writing for my son, Dana, (as well as for ourselves, his
parents....who
> pay the bills!!), in regards to scholarships and grants.
>
> Dana, if you recall from my posts in the past, is 19 with quad. cp and
> bilateral hearing loss.  He has amazed all of us with his determination,
and
> hired assistants and moved into the dorm at the local university.  He has
> advocated for himself through all of last year and into this year, and is
> really feeling independent, though he is totally dependent on others for
his
> care and safety.
>
> He came home from the dorm the other day and we scanned the web looking
for
> info on scholarships and grants for people with disabilities going to
> college.  We found just a few, geared towards the college he goes to.
Some
> that we otherwise found are for 'children of....." some group or company,
and
> there are a lot for people from Canada.
>
> If any of you can recommend websites or names of grants, etc, that are
geared
> towards individuals with physical disabilities, would you be so kind as to
> let us know what they are?
>
> I just paid one quarter's tuition and room and board....and we are more
than
> $3000 poorer!
>
> Yikes!
>
> Thanks for any advice and assistance.
>
> Judi Kloper in Oregon, mom to Dana Tarun, age 19
>
> __________________________________________
> Thou hast made me known
> to friends whom I knew not.
> Thou has given me seats in homes not my own.
> Thou has brought the distance near
> and made a brother of the stranger.
> -Tagore