Every year, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) hosts a Summer Internship Program for students with disabilities.

AAPD’s Summer Internship Program offers college students, law students, graduate students, and recent graduates with disabilities the opportunity to work in public service for ten weeks on Capitol Hill, at federal agencies, nonprofits and for-profit businesses. This ten week experience gives interns the opportunity to gain invaluable hands-on experience in the workforce. Interns receive a stipend, travel to and from DC, and fully-accessible housing.

Past placements include:

•    Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
•    Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
•    Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
•    Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY)
•    Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
•    Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
•    House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
•    Representative F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
•    Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
•    U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
•    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
•    The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
•    Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
•    National Disability Rights Network
•    U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

The 2013 AAPD Washington, DC Summer Internship Program for Students with Disabilities is generously sponsored by Walmart and the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF).

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.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a program run specifically for students with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation’s largest cross-disability membership 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.

•Applicants chosen for the AAPD Washington DC Summer Internship Program release all information contained in their application for use on the AAPD website and in public press releases, including releases to the program funders and potential employers.