SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID RESOURCES

Scholarships specifically designated for students with
disabilities are extremely limited. Students are urged to read 
the publications listed in the Selected Resources section of 
this paper and to pursue the scholarships available for 
qualities other than disability. Listed below are organizations 
which offer the few disability specific scholarships that have 
come to HEATH staff attention.

Alexander Graham Bell
     Association of the Deaf
3417 Volta Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 337-5220 (voice/TT)


American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street, N.W., Suite 720
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 424-8666 (3:005:30) or (202) 467-5081


American Foundation for the 
     Blind
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
(800) 232-5463 or (212) 620-2000


Association for Education and
     Rehabilitation of the Blind
     and Visually Impaired
206 North Washington Street,
Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-1884


Bridge Endowment Fund
Scholarship Office
National FFA (Future Farmers
     of America) Center
P.O. Box 15160
Alexandria, VA 22309-0160
(703) 360-3600


Blinded Veterans Association
477 H St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2694
(202) 371-8880
(for children and spouses of blinded veterans)


Central Intelligence Agency 
     (CIA)
Office of Student Programs
     (Internships)
P.O. Box 1925
Department T Room 220
Washington, DC 20013
(703) 281-8365

Christian Record Braille
     Foundation
4444 South 52nd Street
Lincoln, NE 68506
(402) 488-0981


Council of Citizens with Low 
     Vision (CCLV)
5707 Brockton Drive-No. 302
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317) 254-0185 or (800) 733-2258


Electronic Industries 
     Foundation (EIF)
919 18th Street, N.W.
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 955-5814 (TDD 955-5836)
Contact Marcie Vorac
(technical or scientific field)

Foundation for Exceptional 
     Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
(703) 620-1054

Foundation for Science and Disability, Inc.
Rebecca F. Smith
115 S. Brainard Avenue
La Grange, IL 60525
(for science students with a disability studying for a Masters
Degree)

The Geoffrey Foundation
P.O. Box 1112
Ocean Avenue
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
(207) 967-5798
(offered to hearing impaired auditory-verbal children and
students)
Graduate Fellowship Fund
Gallaudet University 
     Alumni Association
Alumni Office
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 651-5060 (Voice/TT)
(limited to Ph.D. students who are hearing impaired)


Immune Deficiency Foundation
3566 Ellicott Mills Drive
Unit B2
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(limited to those with
primary genetic immune
deficiency)


Jewish Braille Institute of 
     America
110 E. 30th Street
New York, NY 10016
(offered to students who wish to become rabbis, cantors or
Jewish educators)


La Sertoma International
1912 E. Meyer Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64312
(816) 333-3116
(limited to graduate students who are preparing to assist people
who are blind)


Lighthouse, Inc.
800 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(legally blind students)
National Association of the 
     Deaf
Stokoe Scholarship (supports research related to sign language
or deafness)
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 587-1788 (voice)
(301) 587-1789 (TT)


National Captioning 
     Institute, Inc.
Dr. Malcolm J. Norwood
Memorial Award Panel
5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1500
Falls Church, VA 22041
(703) 998-2400 (Voice/TT)
(limited to students studying for careers in communication
and/or media technology)


National Federation of the 
     Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314


National Federation of Music
     Clubs
Music for the Blind 
     Department
55 Janssen Place
Kansas City, MO 64109


National Hemophilia 
     Foundation
110 Greene Street
New York, NY 10012
(800) 42-HANDI


National 4-H Council
7100 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 961-2800


Opportunities for the Blind
P.O. Box 510
Leonardtown, MD 20650


The Presidents Committee on
Employment of People with
Disabilities
1331 F Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 376-6200


Recording for the Blind
20 Rozelle Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 452-0606


Spina Bifida Association of
     America
4590 MacArthur Boulevard, NW
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007
(800) 621-3141 or (202) 944-3285

Trapshooting Hall of Fame
College Scholarship Fund
Chairshooters
Doc and Alicia Keim
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
(212) 305-5559
Contact: Hugo A. Keim, M.D.


Venture Clubs Student Aid
     Award and Venture Clubs
   of Americas
Handicapped Student Scholarship
1616 Walnut Street, Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 732-0512


Very Special Arts
Education Office
John F. Kennedy Center for
     the Performing Arts
Washington, DC 20566
(limited to students age 10-21 studying selected musical
instruments