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National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange Brochure

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This newly updated and enhanced, full-color brochure offers concise, easy to read, useful information about the National Clearinghouse on Disability & Exchange mission, services, publications and partners. To get your free brochures, contact the National Clearinghouse on Disability & Exchange at clearinghouse@miusa.org or Tel/TTY (541) 343-1284.

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 NCDE Brochure

National Clearinghouse on Disability & Exchange 

Mobility International USA

Building bridges between the international exchange and disability communities

 

What We Can Do for You

Free Advice, Tips and Referrals

  • Choosing a program to go abroad or to come to the United States, problem-solving disability questions, connecting to resources

Technical Assistance and Training

  • Consultation on participant issues, legal and policy information, outreach materials, and organizational strategies for inclusion
  • Volunteer
  • Study
  • Teach
  • Research
  • Intern

www.miusa.org/ncde

 

Increasing the participation of people with disabilities in international exchange

Established in 1995, the goal of the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange is to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the full range of international educational opportunities.

The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and administered by Mobility International USA.

Since 1981, Mobility International USA (MIUSA), a nonprofit, disability-led organization, has been working to empower people with disabilities around the world through international exchange and international development.

Publications

A Practice of Yes!

  • Working with Overseas Partners to Include Students with Disabilities

A World Awaits You (AWAY)

  • Journals of Success in International Exchange for People with Disabilities 

AWAY Topics

  • Targeted guides on the latest trends

Building Bridges

  • A Manual on Including People with Disabilities in International Exchange Programs - $24.95

Preparing for an International Career

  • Pathways for People with Disabilities 

Rights and Responsibilities

  • A Guide to National and International Disability-related Laws for International Exchange Organizations and Participants 

Survival Strategies for Going Abroad

  • A Guide for People with Disabilities
"I wasn't expecting everything to go perfectly, but I was ready to embrace the challenge. Being Deaf, I was ready to face anything just like everyone else." – Erikson Young, Former Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and exchange student in Costa Rica who is Deaf

All publications are available for order or free download online (unless otherwise specified) and in alternative formats. Shipping and handling charges apply for hardcopy orders.

www.miusa.org/publications

Discover a World of Opportunities

Tipsheets and Accessibility Checklists

  • Guides on specific disabilities, making accommodations and traveling internationally with a disability

Funding and Scholarships

  • Funding opportunities for specific disabilities, countries or interests

Disability Organizations Worldwide

  • Searchable database of organizations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe

Success Stories

  • Stories by and about people with disabilities who have successfully studied, volunteered researched, interned or worked abroad

www.miusa.org/ncde

Roundtable Consortium

An advisory board comprised of highly respected disability and international exchange organizations

AFS Intercultural Programs

Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange

America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc.

American Association of People with Disabilities

Association on Higher Education And Disability

AYUSA Global Youth Exchange

Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange

Council on International Educational Exchange

Council on Standards for International Educational Travel

Cross Cultural Solutions

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Disabled Peoples' International

Institute of International Education

International Education and Resource Network

NAFSA: Association of International Educators

National Council on Independent Living

National Council for International Visitors

National Youth Leadership Network

PACER Center

Partners of the Americas

Sister Cities International

SIT / World Learning

United States Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

University of New Orleans - Training, Resource and Assistive Technology Center

World Institute on Disability

Youth for Understanding

 

Mobility International USA

132 E. Broadway, suite 343

Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA

Telephone/TTY: +1 (541) 343-1284

Fax: +1 (541) 343-6812

Email: clearinghouse@miusa.org

www.miusa.org/ncde

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