Participant Advising

Advising Students with Disabilities: A Perspective From Pakistan

 

Best Practices: Study Abroad and Disability Services Collaborations

Learn how award-winning institutions, Lehigh University and University of Pittsburgh, create collaborative practices between disability support and education abroad offices to better serve students with non-apparent disabilities.

Coming to the U.S.A.

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing International Exchange Participants

Suggestions for finding, funding, contracting and advocating for sign language interpreters or other communication services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing exchange participants.

Disability Disclosure and Study Abroad: Understanding the Issues

A guide for education abroad professionals on practical issues of student disability disclosure.

Disability Tipsheets

Answers to common disability questions when planning for an international exchange experience - from necessary electrical conversions to air travel advice to disability specific overseas strategies.

Forms to Assess the Disability-Related Needs of Exchange Participants

Not sure what specific disability information factors into preparing for the exchange destination? Use these easy to follow forms to to help in planning ahead for program accommodations.

Funding Questions

Listings of scholarships, fellowships and places to find funding for overseas exchanges. Also funding tips for access-related accommodations and services.

Health and Travel Insurance Considerations for People with Disabilities

Does your participant insurance policy have exclusions for pre-existing conditions? Learn questions to investigate and examples of how some programs budget for the costs of broad coverage as it relates to disability issues and people with pre-existing conditions.

Improving Opportunities for Low-Income Students

Strategies showing how to find resources, choose programs and budget for going abroad regardless of financial need.

Mental Health-Related Disabilities: Tips for Exchange Programs in Making Accommodations

Options for arranging accommodations for people with mental health-related disabilities such as depression, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, borderline personality disorder, seasonal affective disorder, etc.

Mobility Disabilities: Tips for Inclusion in International Exchange

Tips and strategies for providing accommodations to individuals with mobility disabilities and planning ahead for inclusive programs.

One Advisor to Another: How to Transfer Core Advising Skills When Working With Visually Impaired and Blind Students

An Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University coordinator shares her experiences on sending and receiving two blind study abroad students in Australia and the overall approach in advising these students.

Providing Information in Alternative Formats

Details on who needs print materials in large print, electronic text, audio cassette or Braille and how to create these alternative formats. Also resources and tips on making websites compliant with accessibility laws.

Respectful Disability Language

A guide for using appropriate disability language and terminology

TOEFL Testing Arrangements for People with Disabilities

Want to attend a university in the United States? Get the Who, What and Where on arranging disability-related accommodations for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and Test of Spoken English (TSE).