Recruitment
Suggestions on how to expand your outreach and make your programs welcoming to potential applicants with disabilities.
- A Recruitment Guide to Outreach to People with Disabilities to Increase Diversity in Your International Exchange Programs
- Adapted from ‘Building Bridges: A Manual on Including People with Disabilities in International Exchange Programs’ © 2006 Mobility International USA and the National Clearinghouse on Disability & Exchange
- A Three-Year Effort to Increase Study Abroad Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
- American University won a NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) award in 2008 for their efforts increasing students with disabilities participation in study abroad.
- Building Bridges Around the World (U.S./Argentina)
- Learn how one Rotary club made its international youth exchange inclusive of blind students through specific outreach and the community's assistance.
- Building Youth with Disabilities Awareness of International Exchanges
- Parents, educators and people who work with youth are in the most direct positions to give youth with disabilities the information and encouragement that they need to pursue international opportunities.
- Disability Culture and Outreaching to People with Disabilities Overseas about Exchange Opportunites in the USA
- Do you have questions about cultural differences related to disabilities and how they may impact who applies for opportunities to the U.S. and how disability-related accommodations differ?
- Disability Statistics on International Exchange and Foreign Language Courses
- Statistics showing the percentage and types of disabilities of international students on U.S. college campuses and U.S. college students with disabilities studying abroad or taking foreign language courses. Alternative format available by contacting clearinghouse@miusa.org.
- Encouraging and Recruiting People with Disabilities of Racial and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds to Go Abroad
- Resource lists of international exchange organizations' diversity projects and U.S. disability and higher education organizations focused on those from ethnic or racial minority backgrounds.
- Free Postcards: Travel with a Purpose
- 6" x 9" full-color postcard for international exchange offices and disability organizations.
- Free Poster: International Exchange is for Everyone
- 15.5" x 24" full-color poster for international exchange offices and disability organizations.
- Free Screensaver: Travelers with Purpose
- Photos selected from Mobility International USA’s Travelers with Purpose photo contest can be downloaded online to install on a computer or requested on a CD.
- Lessons to Learn From NCDE’s Survey of Frontline Staff
- What happens when people with disabilities contact an international exchange or disability organization in search of information on how to pursue their interests in studying, interning or volunteering overseas?
- Website Accessibility Resources
- Various tools used to access websites for people with disabilities and to evaluate the accessibility of websites for use by people with disabilities.
