Be our Next Featured Traveler!

Tell us about your experiences as a person with a disability who has traveled overseas to study, volunteer, teach, intern, research or gain professional development. You could be featured on our website or other media to motivate others to go abroad! Use the form below to get started, and NCDE may contact you for more information!

You’re eligible to submit a story and/or traveler photos if you:

identify as a person with a disability (diverse types of disabilities welcome!)
participated in international exchange (study abroad, intern abroad, volunteer abroad, professional exchange, sports exchange, arts exchange, etc.)
traveled from the U.S. to another country or came from another country to the U.S. to do your exchange

First Name (required)

Last Name

Email (required). Your email will not be visible on our site.

Your country (Required)

City

State/province

Are you interested in any of the following? Please select any that apply.

Writing a personal story for NCDE Being interviewed by NCDE for a story Sharing travel photos, videos or other media for the NCDE website/media

Do you identify as a person with a disability? Please share (Required)

Briefly, what is your experience with international exchange? Please note what program/scholarship you went on, where and when you went abroad, purpose of the program, or other helpful details.

Are there any aspects of your experience that you would especially like to highlight in your story? (Sample topics include but are not limited to: meeting people in the host community, personal identity, disability-related accessibility and accommodations, independent living, working towards academic or career goals, raising funds to go abroad, etc.)

About you: Share a bit about yourself and your current interests, activities and work. How did you become interested in this international exchange?

We would like to include stories/media from people with diverse backgrounds and identities. If there’s anything you’d like us to know regarding your background or identities, please feel free to share it here!

Have you shared your international exchange experience elsewhere? Share the links to any blogs, online articles, or social media accounts that highlight your time abroad!

Photo (can select multiple)

May we include your travel photos on MIUSA's website and/or print publications? Please upload one to five high-quality photos that depict you during your international exchange. Maximum file size 2 MB per photo. Candid or action-oriented (i.e. unposed) photos are preferred, and uploading both horizontally oriented and vertically oriented photos is helpful. If you would prefer that MIUSA select photos from your public online photo album, please share the album link in the "Travel Links" field. Files must be less than 2 MB. Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.

Photo descriptions: If you uploaded photos, please briefly describe each one (e.g. who's in it, where it was taken, what's going on). This assists with accessibility for those with visual impairments.

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