Scholarships and Financial Aid for Blind and Visually Impaired Students


The following organizations provide scholarships or maintain scholarship information useful to students with vision impairments:

American Foundation for the Blind (800-232-5463 or www.afb.org)

Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (877-492-2708 or www.aerbvi.org)

American Council of the Blind (800-424-8666 or www.acb.org)

National Federation of the Blind (410-659-9314 or www.nfb.org)

The 2006 edition of FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES is available from the HEATH Resource Center at 800-544-3284 or www.heath.gwu.edu/.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (800-221-4792 or www.rfbd.org) offers scholarships and has recorded titles on financial aid, including EVERYONE'S MONEY BOOK ON COLLEGE by Jordan E. Goodman available in DAISY and 4-track cassette formats.

The U.S. Department of Education publishes FUNDING EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL: THE GUIDE TO FEDERAL STUDENT AID. Read the 2006-2007 edition of the guide online at http://studentaid.ed.gov or call 800-433-3243 for more information.

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