School Grants: For Those with Special Needs
Everyone should have the right to an education.
That’s been a long standing belief in our nation.
So colleges and the U.S. Department of Education want to make sure that no one is left out based on a disability. Being blind, deaf, or if you have a learning disability shouldn’t hold you back from thinking you have every opportunity to succeed.
To give you even a better shot, there are lots of grants for students with disabilities. Here are a few that impressed us:
The Casey Martin Award, sponsored by Nike, was established in this pro-golfer’s name. The award goes to an athlete with disabilities or severe social disadvantages.
The Mary Switzer Research Grants are available through the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Service. If you are an outstanding student and studying a post-graduate degree, you can get up to $65,000 to complete research in the field of disabilities and special education. So you can carve the way for better education for all kinds of people with special needs.
The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation awards not-for-profit groups grants up to $5,000 to make it possible to offer arts and educational programs for disabled and special needs adults.
There are also grants for students who have fought serious illness or diseases. You already have enough physical and emotional stress that you don’t need to add financial stress to your list. Here are some of the ones we found:
The Ohio Chapter of the American Cancer Society gives travel grant money to supporting organizations that provide various activities for cancer patients and survivors.
The Meningitis Trust Foundation offers grants for education and special equipment that helps with daily living.
If you have a parent that died from breast cancer you are eligible for the Komen Foundation Awards. The Susan G. Komen Foundation is one of the most renowned and proactive organizations involved in the fight against breast cancer.
The Cancer Survivor’s Fund makes grant money available to survivors of cancer who need financial assistance to return to their dreams of a college education.
So don’t let anything hold you back. You’ve got the support you need to get the education you want and follow your dreams.
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