--- title: 9 College Scholarships for Students With Learning Disabilities description: Special scholarships are available for students with ADHD, dyslexia, or autism. Here's a list, plus how to find others. authors: - name: Kim Clark url: https://money.com/author/kim-clark/ at_money_since: 2013 articles: 62 covers: - Education - Housing - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance social: - https://x.com/Money_College former_staff: true published: '2016-11-07T14:00:07.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T04:27:57.000Z' section: Education tags: - ADD - ADHD - affording college - Autism - College - Dyslexia - dyslexics - financial aid - learning disability - Paying for College - scholarships word_count: 245 canonical: https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![161107_ff_scholarships_learning_disabilities](https://img.money.com/2016/11/161107_ff_scholarships_learning_disabilities.jpg) More than 6 million young Americans—about 13% of students—have been diagnosed with some sort of learning challenge that makes school more of a struggle for them. Yet many of these students can succeed in college. And luckily, there are a growing number of scholarships to encourage them. Here are some, and a resource for finding more: Ranked by size of the awards: **Learning disabilities:** [National Center for Learning Disabilities](http://www.ncld.org/scholarships-and-awards/). Up to $10,000 ($2,500 a year). Deadline Nov. 13, 2016. **Learning disabilities:** [Marion Huber Learning Through Listening Awards](https://www.learningally.org/NAA/Application-LTL). Up to $6,000. Expected deadline: March, 2017. **Dyslexia or language learning disability:** [P. Buckley Moss Endowed Scholarship](http://www.mosssociety.org/page.php?id=69). Up to $4,000 ($1,000 a year for four years) for a student who has financial need and is pursuing visual arts. Expected deadline March, 2017 **Learning disability other than ADD or ADHD:** [Rise Scholarship.](http://risescholarshipfoundation.org/rise-award/) Must have a GPA of at least 2.5. $2,500. Deadline Jan. 31, 2017. **ADHD:** [Michael Yasick ADHD Scholarship](http://www.shireadhdscholarship.com/US/faqs.aspx). $2,000. Expected deadline March 2017. **Learning disabilities:** [Morelli Scholarship](http://parkcitycf.org/morelli-scholarships/). Up to $1,000. Expected deadline March 2017. **Learning disabilities:** [Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities](http://www.smartkidswithld.org/2017-fred-j-epstein/). $1,000. Deadline Dec. 31, 2016. **Autism:** [Feldman Royle Law Firm](http://www.feldmanroyle.com/autism-scholarships/). $1,000. Deadline Nov. 7, 2016. **Dyslexia:** [Judd S. Nemiro law firm scholarship](http://www.jnphoenixfamilylawyer.com/dyslexia-scholarships/). $1,000. Deadline Nov. 4, 2016. ***Related: Money and Get Schooled's list of scholarships, including those aimed at students who have overcome adversity.*** *This post was updated at 5:10 p.m. 11/7/16 to correct the deadline and link for the Smart Kinds With Learning Disabilities scholarship.* ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Education", "item": "https://money.com/education/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Paying for College", "item": "https://money.com/paying-for-college/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "9 College Scholarships for Students With Learning Disabilities" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/", "name": "9 College Scholarships for Students With Learning Disabilities", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-11-07T14:00:07.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/college-scholarships-students-with-learning-disabilities/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T04:27:57.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "9 College Scholarships for Students With Learning Disabilities", "articleSection": "Education", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/11/161107_ff_scholarships_learning_disabilities.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "161107_ff_scholarships_learning_disabilities" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kim Clark", "url": "https://money.com/author/kim-clark/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/kim-clark/#author", "image": "https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14-05-21_bio_author_clark.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C190px%2C190px&resize=640%2C640&quality=85&strip&ssl=1", "email": "Kim_Clark@Moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/Money_College" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-11-07T14:00:07.000Z", "description": "Special scholarships are available for students with ADHD, dyslexia, or autism. 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