The American Association of People with Disabilities is offering Summer Internship Program for the year 2016. Applicant must be any college student (degree and non-degree seeking), law student, graduate student, or recent graduate who self-identifies as an individual with any type of disability is invited to apply. AAPD provides stipend, transportation to and from Washington, DC, and fully-accessible housing. Internship application deadline is January 15th, 2016.
Field of Internship: Each intern is matched with a mentor who will assist them with their career goals. At the beginning of the summer, interns participate in a 1-week orientation session to learn about AAPD as well as the disability rights movement, meet the other interns, and participate in a variety of engaging workshops and events. As part of the AAPD network, interns also receive opportunities to attend events on Capitol Hill, conferences, community events, happy hours, and more.
Course Level: Internship
Internship Provider: The American Association of People with Disabilities
Internship can be taken at: USA (Washington DC)
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( votes)Eligibility: Any college student (degree and non-degree seeking), law student, graduate student, or recent graduate who self-identifies as an individual with any type of disability is invited to apply.
-You will not be required to disclose your specific disability; however, your application for this program will signify that you consider yourself a person with a disability. NOTE: This is a program run specifically for students with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), a national cross-disability organization. Those selected for this program will be involved in various disability-focused activities and associated with AAPD and fellow interns with all types of disabilities throughout the program.
Internship Open for International Students: US applicants are eligible to apply for this internship programme.
Is this paid internship? Yes, AAPD provides the interns with a stipend, transportation to and from Washington, DC, and fully-accessible housing.
Internship Description: Since 2002, the AAPD Summer Internship Program has developed the next generation of leaders with disabilities and offered host employers access to a talented, diverse workforce. Each summer, AAPD places college students, graduate students, law students, and recent graduates with all types of disabilities in paid 10-week summer internships in Congressional offices, federal agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations in the Washington, DC area.Each intern is matched with a mentor who will assist them with their career goals. AAPD provides the interns with a stipend, transportation to and from Washington, DC, and fully-accessible housing.
Number of awards offered: Not Known
Internship Duration: This is a 10 weeks summer internship programme.
Notification: Finalists will be contacted for formal telephone interviews. Interns will be selected for the program and notified in late February 2016.
How to Apply: 2016 AAPD Summer Internship Program Application ( WORD | PDF )
-Candidates for the AAPD Summer Internship Program must submit the following:
-Applicant Information from Section 1
-A resume in accordance with the guidelines in Section 2
-Responses to the three (3) essay questions from Section 3
-Contact information for three (3) references as outlined in Section 4
-Two (2) letters of reference as outlined in Section 4
-All documents must be returned to internship-at-aapd.com.
Internship Application Deadline: Internship application deadline is January 15th, 2016.
