Resources for Students with Disabilities
The Career Center is here to support you as you explore your interests, gain experience, and work toward your goals. Check out the following resources for career exploration, internship/job search, and more.
Tufts Student Accessibility and Academic Resources (StAAR Center)
Job and Internship Search Resources
- BroadFutures – Paid internships for students with learning disabilities
- Entry Point! – American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program that offers paid summer internship opportunities in STEM fields
- Lime Connect – Scholarship, internship, and fellowship opportunities for students and alumni
- Getting Hired – Job search website dedicated to bridging the gap between job seekers with disabilities and employers looking to hire
- AbilityLinks – Job listings, resume posting and mentoring opportunities
- disABLEDperson.com – Job listings for persons with disabilities
- EOP’s Diversity and Inclusion Career Center: A premier diversity online job board. We connect employers dedicated to hiring a diversified workforce with qualified job seekers in all career backgrounds
- Hire Heroes USA: Provides career placement assistance to returning veterans and specializes for those with any level of disability
- JobAccess: A place where people with disabilities can seek employment, confident that they will be evaluated solely on their skills and experience
- USA Jobs: Lists positions available within the US government; individuals with disabilities can use it in conjunction with the Selective Placement Program Coordinator (SPPC) directory
- Work Without Limits: A virtual gateway for job seekers with disabilities and employers looking to hire. Thousands of candidates and job postings are updated on a daily basis
- Summer Internship Programs – AAPD: AAPD’s internship opportunities are geared toward developing innovative leaders that will further the causes of the disability community
- Workforce Recruitment Program: Connects federal and private-sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities
- Bender Consulting Services, Inc.: Includes a job board for persons with disabilities
- Scholarships | DO-IT: Scholarship opportunities for students with disabilities
- Federal Jobs For Disabled Veterans | Jobs For Disabled People
- HireDS – Hire Disability Solutions
Employment Agencies/Placement Services
- Partnership Resources, Inc. – Job placement services for persons with developmental disabilities
- Workforce Recruitment Program – Recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private sector employers nationwide with students and recent graduates
- Hire Disability Solutions – Offers job listings and a resume board
- CareerOneStop – Career search resources from the U.S. Department of Labor
- Supporting Disabled Students & Graduates | My Plus Students’ Club
Advocacy and Professional Organizations
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- National Council on Disability
- Mobility International USA
- The Viscardi Center
- One More Way
- ADA.gov
- Respect Ability – Fighting Stigmas. Advancing Opportunities
- American Foundation for the Blind
- U.S. Business Leadership Network
- Association for Higher Education and Disability
- National Organization on Disability
Additional Publications and Career Information
- 2021 Disability Equality Index Report
- Diversity Management News and Updates – Diversity Inc.
- Disclosure of a Disability in a Job Interview
- Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace Why, When, What, and How
- How to Request Disability Accommodations During a Job Search
- Interviewing Tips for Applicants with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Job Accommodation Network
- Office of Disability Employment Policy | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
- CAREERS & the disABLED
- ABILITY Magazine
- Work Without Limits
