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 2005 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 2005.
Up to four separate $1,000 awards will be given out in Summer 2005. (A new round
of awards will be given out in 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 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/