TLG contributes to study that includes real life stories of parents with disabilities

TLG and its National Center on Parents with Disabilities and their Families substantially contributed to the National Council on Disability's groundbreaking policy study “Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children. ” The report was submitted to President Obama and Congress. This study is infused with real life stories of parents with disabilities to provide a comprehensive overview of factors that support and obstruct Americans with all kinds of disabilities from exercising their fundamental right to begin and maintain families.

Hear a podcast of TLG’s Ella Callow featured on NPR’s Talk of the Nation regarding this National Report.

We are no longer accepting scholarship applications for the 2013 Through the Looking Glass Scholarships for Students of Parents with Disabilities. The deadline for all applications was that the application needed to be postmarked March 11, 2013.  If you sent your application on time, we will eventually get back and notify you of your application status.  This may take a few weeks as we have a very small staff to handle many hundreds of applications.  Also, if you mailed in your application on time but you did not email your essay, please email your essay to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Be sure to put your name in the subject line (LAST NAME, FIRST NAME). As long as your application packet was postmarked on or before March 11, your application will be considered.

Scholarship winners will be announced around November 1, 2013.

We expect to offer new college scholarships in 2014.  Check back on our website after January 1, 2014 for complete information and a new application form.

For additional Scholarship Resources, go to

http://lookingglass.org/scholarships/51-additional-scholarship-resources

How many parents with disabilities are there in the U.S.? Estimates of the numbers of U.S. parents with disabilities vary between 4.1 million to 9 million. The different estimates reflect different national data sources (American Community Survey, the National Health Interview Survey, the Survey of Program Participation) each of which determines and defines disability somewhat differently. Estimates of the number of parents with disabilities also vary according to whether the estimate includes parents whose children do not live with them or children who are 18 years or older. See United States data with State by State and County by County

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