Disability Issues
The Disability Issues in Psychology Portfolio seeks to use the knowledge and science of psychology to improve the lives of people with disability identities.
Tools
- How to Pay for Translation Services
- Writing for Publication: An Essential Skill for Graduate Students with Disabilities
- What Psychologists Should Know About Disability
- Working with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
- In Other Words: Providing services to those who speak other languages or are hard of hearing
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Caregivers
Educators and Supervisors
- Interviewing applicants with disabilities for doctoral and postdoctoral internship positions
- The ADA and internships: Your responsibilities as internship and postdoctoral agency directors
- Providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in internship sites and postdoctoral internship positions
- Supervising trainees with disabilities
- DisABILITY Resources Toolbox (DART) for practitioners, psychology training directors, and faculty
DART toolkits cover topics including students with disabilities in the social and behavioral sciences; legal issues with ADA, Section 504 and FERPA; reasonable accommodations explained; recruiting students with disabilities; training students with disabilities in testing and assessment; as well as other resources.
Students
- A guide on how to get scholarships and grants for students with disabilitiesopens in new window
- American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
- Discrimination against interns with disabilities
- Free books for students with disabilities
- Adjusting to college
- Organizations that support people with disabilities
- Resource guide for psychology graduate students with disabilities
Practitioners
Last reviewed: September 2023Date created: 2008