[Blind-international-students] a neat opportunity

[jan wright]

Way to go Anmol!!!!
Congratulations!
I'll keep this link & resources!
Thanks.




On 8/3/10, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thought this would be of interest to members of this group.
> I did submit article for Mobility International USA in December of 2009 and
> was awarded $50 for my story. Just some some advertisement! If anyone wishes
> to read my article it is still available on MIUSA's webcite
> www.miusa.org
> While there check out MIUSA and all the cool opportunities it offers for
> international students studying in the United States and Americans with
> disabilities who wish to travel abroad. The webcite also has a link which
> provides rights of international students with disabilities studying in the
> United States and fellowship and scholarship opportunities available to
> international students in the United States.
>
> $50 Offered for Stories on International Exchange Experiences
>
> Due September 1.
>
> If you are a person with a disability and have either studied, worked or
> volunteered abroad, the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange
> (NCDE)
> would like to hear from you.
>
> There are three different ways to share:
>
>
>
> Personal Essay - NCDE's submission guidelines and writing tips are in a
> downloadable writing guidelines Word document. NCDE can post the personal
> essay on the Stories & Blogs web page and/or edit it and help to locate a
> publication to submit it to.
>
> Blog - Please refer to this online resource Blogs: Steps on How Exchange
> Travelers with Disabilities Can Create a Blog  for more information about
> what
> we are looking for in a blog submission. You can send the link to add to
> NCDE's website by filling out the online Become a Blogger submission form
> linked
> from this page.
>
> Featured Person Profile - If you want to be a featured person on the NCDE
> website and are willing to have peers contact you for advice about going
> abroad,
> then you can fill out the online Form to Become a Featured Person. There has
> never been a international student who has been a featured  person and it
> would be good if there was one who could serve as a mentor for other
> international students with disabilities.
>
> Examples of personal essays, blogs and featured people profiles on the above
> web links will give a sense of the type of experiences NCDE includes.
> Personal
> essays should:
>
> Be between 750-1000 words in length,
>
> Include the author's 50 word biography
> Include two captioned photos.
> NCDE staff is happy to engage in a collaborative writing process with
> authors, and will edit all articles. If you want further direction in your
> writing
> or would like to submit a story for editing, email clearinghouse at miusa.org.
>
> Requirements:
>
> Submissions must come from people with disabilities residing in the United
> States, which includes people from other countries currently having an
> international
> exchange experience in the United States.
>
> Submissions are due by Wednesday, September 1, 2010.
>
> People whose stories, blogs and featured person profiles are accepted will
> be sent a form to submit by September 15 to receive the $50.
>
> People will be provided only one payment of $50 regardless of if they submit
> more than one of the essays, blogs, and featured person forms.
>
> International experiences must entail work, study, volunteer, or research
> abroad.
> Submissions must come from people with disabilities. A person with a
> disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that
> substantially
> limits one or more major life activities including anxiety, arthritis,
> asperger's, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disorder, deafblindness,
> diabetes,
> dyslexia, HIV, lupus, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, etc.
> NCDE looks forward to receiving submissions by September 1, 2010 to be
> considered for the $50.  Inquiries may be sent to clearinghouse at miusa.org or
> via
> telephone or TTY at (541) 343-1284. The NCDE is administered by Mobility
> International USA and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
>
> Anmol
>
> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps
> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze
> among flowers.
> Hellen Keller
>
>
>
>
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