Specific Resources For Students With Disabilities

Print Resources

The Career Center focuses mainly on Web Resources for students, though if you prefer print material we recommend the following.

Books

• Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities, by Sharon F. Kissane
• Computer and Web Resources for People with Disabilities, by The Alliance for Technology Access
• Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities, by Dr. Daniel J. Ryan
• Job Strategies for People with Disabilities, by Melanie Astaire Witt and Joyce Lain Kennedy
• Keys to the Workplace: Skills and Support for People with Disabilities, by Michael J. Callahan and J. Bradley Garner
• Learning a Living, by Dale S. Brown

Magazines

• Careers & the Disabled

Web Resources

• American Association of People with Disabilities
  AAPD offers links to sites with information on finding jobs, career strategies, and networking.
  http://www.aapd-dc.org/docs/sites.html
• JanWeb
  A free service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, JanWeb is an international consulting service for people with disabilities. This is not a job-placement center, but rather an organization that offers career advice.
  http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu
• National Arts and Disability Center
  National Arts and Disability Center offers great networking opportunities world-wide!
  http://nadc.ucla.edu
• Resources for the Disabled
  Skidmore College provides links to job listings, career guides, and other resources.
  http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/career/disab.htm
• USAToday
  USAToday provides links to services, career resources, networks, and job-sites for people with disabilities.
  http://www.usatoday.com/careers/special/minlinks.htm#disab
• WeMedia
  WeMedia guides to careers, education, money, and daily news. Click on "Careers."
  http://www.wemedia.com
• Jist.com
  Jist.com offers links to career strategies, resources, job-search engines, and resources for financial planning and healthy life-style for people with disabilities.
  http://www.jist.com/special_needs.shtm
• University of Southern Mississippi Disabilities Resources
  USM Disabilities Resources provides links to resources, career tips, employment opportunities, publications, and job-search engines.
  http://www.cpp.usm.edu/Additionallinks/disability_resources.htm
• Employment Resources for People with Disabilities
  Provides employment information and job vacancies worldwide for people with disabilities. There is also information on companies that are currently hiring.
  http://www.disserv.stu.umn.edu/TC/Grants/COL/listing/disemp
• Hiring Students with Disabilities
  A guide for employers hiring students with disabilities.
  http://www.yorku.ca/careers/employers_hiredisability.htm
• Diability Resources
  http://disserv3.stu.umn.edu/index2.html
• Disclosing Disabilities
  Northwestern University's Career Services tackles the issue "Deciding When, If, or How to Disclose Your Disability."
  http://www.northwestern.edu/careers/students/apply/disclose.htm
• abilityjobs.com