Internships
Emerging Leaders
The National Business & Disability Council’s Emerging Leaders Summer Internship Program for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities has begun. Applications are being accepted. If you are a student who would like to participate in the 2012-2013 program stay tuned for upcoming details for the summer of 2013 at www.emerging-leaders.com. If you are a company or government agency that is interested in hiring interns with disabilities, please contact Laura Francis at: (516)465-1519 or by e-mail at: lfrancis@viscardicenter.org.
Entry Point
Entry Point! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement ofScience (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Studentswith Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science,and some fields of Business. For more information click here Entry Point!
American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD)
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is proud to announce the creation of the 2009 AAHD Scholarship Program.
The AAHD Scholarship Program will support students with disabilities who are pursuing higher education. Preference will be given to students who plan to pursue undergraduate/graduate studies in the field of public health, health promotion, or disability studies, to include disability policy and disability research. Royalties from the Disability and Health Journal will fund the first year of the AAHD Scholarship Program.
Please visit www.aahd.us to read more about the Scholarship Program and to download the application.