Americans Going Abroad
Americans with all types of disabilities expand their world each and every day through participating in international exchange opportunities!
The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE) is your resource center for disability-related questions about your study abroad, work, volunteer, teaching or cultural program. We’ll support you with all the tips and strategies you need to get geared up and out the door on your next journey!
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Expand Your World
Teach English at a primary school in Kenya. Study the culture of indigenous populations in Australia. Intern at an international human rights organization. Americans with all types of disabilities are expanding their world through international exchange.
Now’s your chance to explore the world. Where will you go?
Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is your resource center for disability-related questions about your international study, work, volunteer, teaching or cultural program. We’ll help you with all the tips and strategies you need to get geared up and out the door on your next journey.
These free services and resources are made possible by the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE), a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The project is supported in its implementation by Mobility International USA.
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Filter by disability to find disability-specific resources below including personal stories, tipsheets, and best practices.
Personal Story Results
- Understanding The World From Multiple Angles
- Design Thinking in Stockholm, Sweden
- Taking up Space in France
- Navigating Disability Disclosure During Study Abroad in Iceland: When Not Disclosing Works
- Extern Feature 2024: Lizzy Cappelli
- Extern Feature 2024: McKenna Wirth
- Getting Unstuck: Study Abroad in Dublin with Hydrocephalus Leads to Career in International Education
- A Peace Corps Volunteer’s Disability Identity is an Asset in Service and Building Community
- Teaching By Doing: Leading a Group of Students to Croatia
- A Gilman Scholar Surveys Access for Deaf People in the Dominican Republic
- Continuing a Life of Service in Peace Corps Response
- Playing along on the American Music Abroad Program
- Impact Where it is Least Expected: A Watershed Moment in South Africa
- Where the Andes Mountains End and the Jungle Begins
- Externship Highlight: Precious’ Valencia Journey
- Exploring Evolutionary Biology and Bioinformatics in Vienna, Austria
- Moving with Intention
- Rethinking Identity Abroad
- Reflections on the Canal
- Finding Strength in Identity
- The Greatest Gift
- The Birth of a Super Hero in Syria
- Where the Andes Mountains End and the Jungle Begins
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The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange is a project of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, designed to increase the participation of people with disabilities in international exchange between the United States and other countries, and is supported in its implementation by Mobility International USA.