After your studies

Below are some careers and disability related websites that may be useful to students and graduates:

Action for Blind People - Organises locally based training courses and acts as a specialist employment agency for blind and visually impaired people

Association of Disabled Professionals - Encourages improvements in the education, rehabilitation, training and employment opportunities available to people with disabilities

Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students - Provides support for blind and partially sighted teachers and students

British Association of Teachers of the Deaf - A professional association offering support to trainees and qualified teachers of deaf people

British Stammering Association - Offers advice and support, for example with interview techniques and information for employers

Changing Faces - Supports those with facial disfigurement and includes a guide to successful interviews with advice and support

Disability Now - Monthly newsletter on disability related issues

The Great Papworth Project - Offers salaried employment and training to graduates in IT

MIND - Supports people and works with employers to develop good practice in employing people with mental health difficulties

National Autistic Society - Specialised employment scheme for people with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Opportunities for People with Disabilities - Aims to help people with disabilities find employment in the UK

Royal Association for Deaf People - Information for Deaf people including current vacancies, working from home and employment issues

Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) - Offers advice on employment and work related issues

Royal National Institute for Blind people (RNIB) - Information for blind and partially sighted students including careers advice

Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) - Employment and learning project provides an information and support service to deaf and hard of hearing people

National Bureau for Students with Disabilities (SKILL) - Promotes opportunities for those with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK

Students First - The experience of disabled students in higher education

Deaf and Creative - University of Wolverhampton Project promoting deaf graduate expertise to potential employers in design and media