FYI. College Scholarships for Individuals with Parents with Disabilities

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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), a

non-profit organization, is pleased to announce the 2006 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 2006

Up to ten separate $1,000 awards will be given out in Summer 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:

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