One Top Firm/disABLEDperson Inc.’s

Welcome to the information detailing our One Top Firm Scholarship Competition, administered by disABLEDperson Inc. for the spring of 2007. This is disABLEDperson Inc.’s forth scholarship competition. Our first 2 competitions were nationally based, the third competition as per our donor’s request was for disABLED college students living in and attending colleges or universities in the state of California. This competition, however, will be nationally based as per One Top Firm. www.onetopfirm.com. Please visit our website at www.disABLEDperson.com and click on the scholarship page or simply click, www.disABLEDperson.com/articles/scholarship.asp

We had close to 1000 scholarship essays from over 600 colleges and universities for each of our competitions. All in all, a great debut! disABLEDperson Inc. will like to tell all that we are in the process of raising more money so that we can hold multiple competitions and increase our scholarship amount. We are doing our best to support our community with their needs. Wish us luck!

Please pay attention to the rules of this scholarship competition. They will be strictly enforced. Any essay that does not follow all the rules will be disqualified. If your essay is sent as an attachment, or you do not send the required information, your essay will not be considered. Sorry, it simply is too much work.

The essay question for the One Top Firm/disABLEDperson Inc.’s Spring 07 Competition is:

The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies such as the Internet and those without, in other words, those who are able to use technology to their own benefit and those who are not (Wikepedia). Given that definition, in your opinion, has the technology surrounding the Internet, the computer itself and the World Wide Web reached a level of inclusion for all people with disabilities?

 “Scholarship Competition Rules”

1)      All required information and essay should be sent in the body of an email to disabledpersons@aol.com. Do not send any attachments because we will not open the attachments and your email will be deleted. If all the required information is not present, your email will be deleted. Also, hard copies will not be read.

2)      Proper spelling and grammar is imperative. As college students, you need to hold yourself to a high standard. Chronic misspellings and bad grammar will hurt your chances of winning.

3)     You need to be enrolled as a full time student in a 2 or 4 year accredited college or university in the United States of America to be eligible. Prior to the winner being awarded the scholarship, that individual will have to present to disABLEDperson Inc. an unofficial transcript from their school.  If the winner can not demonstrate full time enrollment in a 2 or 4 year accredited college or university in the United States, then disABLEDperson Inc. will award the scholarship to another student.

4)      Students must be citizens of the United States of America and enrolled in a 2 or 4 year accredited college or university in the United States. Please be prepared to demonstrate citizenship if we ask.

5)   The winner will have to offer proof of their disability. This can be done simply by the applicant being registered with the Office of Disability at their respective institution and having the Office of Disability sending us an email to that effect.

6)     The definition of disability that One Top Firm/disABLEDperson Inc. uses for its scholarship competition is; A disadvantage or deficiency, especially a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area. Something that hinders or incapacitates.

7)    The length of the essay must not exceed 1000 words. Essays exceeding that number will be disqualified.

8)       All decisions made by One Top Firm/disABLEDperson Inc. are final.

Required Information: You must present to us in the body of an email either as a heading to your essay or at the end your full name, address, email address, phone number, school, major, age and GPA. Also note if you are physically impaired, mentally impaired, visually impaired, hearing impaired, etc...

 Failure to present any of this information will result in disqualification.

 The information accumulated during this competition may be used for statistical purposes.

The essay question for the One Top Firm/disABLEDperson Inc.’s Spring 07 Competition is:

The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies such as the Internet and those without, in other words, those who are able to use technology to their own benefit and those who are not (Wikepedia). Given that definition, in your opinion, has the technology surrounding the Internet, the computer itself and the World Wide Web reached a level of inclusion for all people with disabilities?

The Scholarship Competition will begin on November 15th 2006 and end January 15th 2007. The winner will be announced February 15th 2007.

disABLEDperson Inc. 760-420-1269.
Email- disabledpersons@aol.com
URL- www.disABLEDperson.com