Disabled Students
Disability results from the interaction between an individual’s health, cognitive, and/or sensory condition and personal and environmental factors including time-pressured environments, inaccessible transportation and public buildings, negative attitudes, and limited social support. For more info, read the Association on Higher Education and Disability’s Statement on Language.
If you wish to receive information about career-related events and opportunities and self-identify as a disabled student, please sign up on Handshake (self-identified diversity interests are only accessible by CPD and Thayer ECS staff and all information will be kept confidential).
Below are resources our CPD team has collected to help support Disabled Students. You’ll find many more helpful resources in our Handshake Resource Library. Our CPD Career Coaches can also provide additional resources, support, and advice customized to meet your unique interests. Schedule an appointment on Handshake.
Access currently offered DEI events in Handshake by clicking here, or use the Filter feature in events and click the label “dei-focused”.
- Dartmouth Accessibility
- Student Accessibility Services (for Undergraduates)
- Job Accommodation Network
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association: Resources for Managing ADHD)
- Project Hired: Non-profit offering free assistance resources
- MentalHealth.gov
- LimeConnect: Attracting, preparing and connecting high potential students with employer partners
- Workforce Recruitment Program: Contact the CPD for information on how to get involved with this Federal Hiring program
- abilityJOBS: Requires registration to see listings
- AbilityLinks: Includes available accommodations, many positions in healthcare
- Bender Consulting Services, Inc.: Offers a virtual career fair for individuals with disabilities, among other services
- DisabledPerson: Includes full-time positions, Internship Listings, and workplace strategy advice
- Getting Hired: Inclusive positions from employers across industry sectors from Fortune 500 to the Red Cross.
- Disability:IN is a nonprofit resource with a network of over 300 employer partners
- What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment: Includes information on government services and examples of how to self advocate
- Understood by Us: Content for People who Think and Learn Differently
- Attitude Magazine: For ADD/ADHD
- Amplitude Magazine: For amputees
- DIVERSEability Magazine
- A Guide to Job Interviews for Students with Aspergers and ASD
- Neurodiversity Hub
- 7 Resources for People with Disabilities to Break Into Software Engineering Careers
- National Deaf Center Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)
- Studying American Sign Language
