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Research and explore opportunities for students with disabilities here!
Student Accessibility Resource Center: An on-campus space dedicated to creating an accessible, inclusive, and sustainable learning environment where disability is recognized as an aspect of diversity that is integral to our campus community and society.
Counseling and Wellness Center: A free, on-campus safe space to voice mental health and wellness concerns with a professional counselor.
Office of Student and Community Life: An office equipped to provide students with general counseling and academic advising.
Connect Ability: A Hartford-based organization that works to remove barriers that prevent individuals with disabilities from employment.
Disability Rights Connecticut: A Hartford-based advocacy organization that hosts multiple programs and resources that work to “eliminate the barriers that people with disabilities face in exercising their civil, legal, and human rights.”
MARC Community Resources: Organization and services created to further support and empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
CTGov: Disability Services: An overview of the different Connecticut-government-provided services for individuals with disabilities.
Job Accommodations Network: Network designed to “help people with disabilities enhance their employability” and showcase their skills to employers.
Workforce Recruitment Program: “A recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private sector employers nationwide with college students and recent graduates with disabilities” to create employment opportunities.
Mobility International USA: A non-profit organization based in Oregon with programs and a variety of networks aiming to advance the rights and inclusion of individuals with disabilities.
AAAS: Entry Point!: A network built for students with disabilities who express a talent for and interest in a STEM career.
Career AbilityJobs: A simple job board dedicated to the employment of people with disabilities.*
Ability Links: A simple, nationwide job search tool featuring job positions that provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
Getting Hired: A job board tailored to supporting the employment of individuals (including veterans) with disabilities.
Inclusively: A job board and search resource that “empowers and employs people with disabilities by using personalized Success Enablers (accommodations) to provide candidates and employers with inclusive solutions.”*
Disability Employment Resource Guide: A guide that covers important topics including job seeking strategies, acts and government resources, language, groups and associations.
*Resource requires an online account.
We Connect Now: A multi-functional blog dedicated to supporting college students with disabilities through stories, news, and the study of existing laws and regulations.
Equal Opportunity Publications: A website with a job board and information about career expos dedicated to the inclusion of diverse identities such as women, people of color, and people with disabilities.
Bender Consulting Services: A consulting company that specializes in disability employment, including “recruitment, workplace mentoring, strategic planning, training, and digital accessibility.”
ResumeBuilder.com: This guide includes important insight such as laws that protect the rights of people with disabilities, workplace discrimination, and harassment to ensure that they receive a fair chance at achieving their career goal.
