Here are some of our more popular links of interest to students:
Students.gov - This is a great site for students looking for information on college, careers, financial aid, the military, community service, and even travel!
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum – This site provides valuable information on the Maryland Youth Leadership Forum, a program for high school students with disabilities who have demonstrated leadership potential, academic success, and involvement in their school and community and provide them with training and experiences, role models and mentors to assist them in becoming tomorrow's leaders.
America's Career InfoNet Videos provides a wealth of video information on a wide variety of career clusters, skills, abilities, as well as various work options.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights provides information on your rights and responsibilities as a student entering post-secondary education.
Teen Workers provides valuable information to the working teen about keeping safe in the workplace.
National Science Digital Library – An on-line resource for science, math, engineering, and technology information.
Ahead – A site primarily for disability service providers, there are some excellent educational and disability resources here for parents and students with disabilities.
Connecticut State Department of Education - This site houses a number of documents for students with disabilities, to assist with such things as self-advocacy, transition planning, and understanding rights and responsibilities under IDEA.
Mind Your Own Business provides tips and general information for youth considering starting their own business.
NCLD-Youth is a youth-led resource, information, and training center for youth and emerging leaders with disabilities, and provides for materials to better prepare them for the transition to adulthood, and leadership.
Partners for Youth with Disabilities - a program designed to help connect youth with disabilities with appropriate mentors; also includes an on-line component.
Maryland Ask Us Now! - On this site you can: chat with a librarian 24 hours a day; apply for free library service if you are blind, visually impaired, have a reading disorder, or other physical disability that prevents you from reading standard print; and search our catalog of books in Braille, audio, and large print. The library also provides magazines, descriptive videos, adaptive workstations, and programs for teens.
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