Students with Disabilities
Your identities can be an important part of your career, and may influence how you explore your options, prepare your story, decide on opportunities, or approach your career goals. TC NEXT is dedicated to providing information and resources that can support you as a student with a disability. The below resources can help you answer questions regarding identity disclosure, accommodations, evaluating potential employers, the job search, finding community, understanding your legal rights, and more. For additional resources, use your TC credentials to access the Resource Library on the Career Resource Portal.
Lime Connect represents the largest network of high potential university students and professionals who happen to have disabilities in the world. We are a global not for profit 501(c)(3) organization that’s rebranding disability through achievement. We do that by attracting, preparing, and connecting these high potential university students and professionals – including veterans – who happen to have all types of disabilities for careers, scholarships, internships, The Lime Connect Fellowship Program, The Lime Connect Foundations Program and full time careers with our corporate partners – the world’s leading corporations.
AbilityLinks “helps persons with disabilities find jobs. It is a well-established and valued part of the disability and business community. AbilityLinks connects a dynamic talent pool of applicants with disabilities to a network of employers that value disability inclusion.”
abilityJOBS is dedicated to providing “a place where people with disABILITIES can seek employment, confident they will be evaluated solely on their skills and experience. Posting your resume and searching jobs are free.”
Entry Point!, a signature program of the AAAS Project on Science, Technology and Disability, is a national effort to discover and develop talent among undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who demonstrated a talent and interest in pursuing a STEM career. The primary goal of the project is to increase the diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce at the professional level. Entry Point! recruits, screens, and refers qualified candidates to company and university research program partners for 10-week summer internships.
Workforce Recruitment Program works to connect “employers with highly motivated postsecondary students and recent graduates with disabilities.”
Neurodiversity @ Work Employer Roundtable “is a collection of employers committed to neurodiversity-focused hiring initiatives.”