"I have never before had the ability to speak with so many disabled people working on so many important issues, and the experience has reinforced my interest in finding a career that will allow me to work alongside other people with disabilities." - Elian Sorensen During his internship with the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Elian saw how lived experiences shape advocacy and witnessed disabled individuals contribute their unique perspectives to improve the lives of others. His AAPD internship cohort further highlighted the diversity within the disability community. Learning about their journeys, struggles for access, and fight for inclusion was a testament to the strength and resilience that exists. Perhaps most importantly, it fostered a sense of belonging. Prior to this, isolation often accompanied his disability. Spending time with other young disabled activists offered a sense of camaraderie and the importance of building connections within the community. #AAPDIntern #InternLife #YoungProfessional #FutureLeader #CareerGoals #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAwareness #InclusiveWorkplace #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityInclusion #Spoonie #AAPD
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Organization: Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) and LETA Solutions Location: Remote (Michigan-based). Please note that the funder requires documentation and evidence of time spent on the project. Duration: 8-12 weeks (8 - 12 hours a week), depending on the intern's needs Compensation: $16.50 per hour Are you passionate about positively impacting the lives of teen girls with disabilities, especially those who identify as BIPOC and/or part of the LGBTQ+ communities? Join the Her Power Program at MDRC and LETA Solutions as a Social Media and Public Health Intern. This internship offers a unique opportunity to work closely with women and girls with disabilities, engaging in projects that address critical issues surrounding mental health among teen girls. Through your contributions, you'll be part of a collaborative effort to dismantle oppression and promote inclusivity within the disability community. Her Power’s definition of women and girl-inclusive programs includes cis-women, trans-women, femme/feminine-identifying genderqueer, and non-binary folks. Since COVID, there has been a spike in depression and anxiety among teen girls, especially those with disabilities and part of the LGBTQ+ communities. Academic pressure, social media use, isolation, and societal expectations have exacerbated mental health disabilities. Studies have stated that teen girls are experiencing a crisis and experiencing mental health disabilities at an epidemic level. The research underscores the urgent need for targeted interventions and support systems to address these challenges. Research offers strategies such as promoting open conversations, providing education on mental health, and creating safe spaces for expression. By joining our internship program focused on creating a public health campaign, you'll actively address these pressing issues affecting teen girls with disabilities. Your role will involve crafting engaging social media content and developing activities that empower teen girls to analyze media critically and build resilient responses to the mental health crisis. Together, we can make a meaningful impact and work towards a healthier, more inclusive future for young girls. Apply now to be a part of this essential initiative! https://lnkd.in/gbCnFS_i
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Very important read about a number of issues, including employment and skills, faced by disabled people. At Liverpool City Region Combined Authority we are working hard to improve employment and skills outcomes for disabled people using supported internships, commissioned employment and skills programmes and our various programmes and points of contact. On our own, we can make some difference, but we need more employers to provide opportunities for disabled people. What employers have told us, is that many disabled employees are the most committed and diligent of workers. Each local authority across the City Region has a team working to connect disabled young people to supported internship opportunities with local employers, just search for your local authority and supported internships for details. #SupportedInternships #Disability #Neurodiversity #Equality #Inclusion #Talent #Skills #Jobs #Employment
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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities—and every day— I admire my @ChemonicsInternational colleagues worldwide who take deliberate and meaningful action to strengthen #DisabilityInclusion wherever they work. For example, check out this new blog post, written by my colleagues Rachel Chaikof and Ivan Plis, to learn what our teammates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Jordan have done to make their workplaces more #accessible & #inclusive through #internship programs. #IDPWD #16DaysOfActivism http://ow.ly/r7uZ1054ooW
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An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us - WHO, 2023. What if all our job creation initiatives, challenges and programmes are intentional about the inclusion of people with disabilities? What if every tech, products and services are designed with the intention of including people with disabilities as customers and consumers? What if our schools, churches, office buildings are design to welcome people with disabilities as students, worshippers, staff and guest ? What if our HR policies are develop to accommodate people with disabilities as both employees and leaders? What if our inclusion policies are beyond gender inclusion, financial inclusion but an equal attention is given to disability inclusion ? What if we make inclusion everyone's business? Disability rights are human rights. Together, we can create a more equal world where everyone can access education, employment, health care and full participation in society without stigma or discrimination.
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In a recent article by TODAY , two GICians shared impactful stories about our GIC Enable Programme (GEP). This initiative provides internships to individuals with disabilities, with potential for full-time employment. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/g5Ty2pth. Our Director of Human Resource & Organization, Peter Goh, initiated the GEP after discovering the employment hurdles encountered by a colleague's autistic sons. He felt that a company of GIC’s scale has a responsibility to help. His recent announcement of welcoming three more employees with disabilities this year signifies a notable advancement in our journey towards disability inclusion. Jonathan Tiong's journey from GEP intern to full-time employee exemplifies inclusion. His manager's gesture of involving him in a tradition for new joiners further highlights our commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment. GIC strongly believes in building an inclusive environment for diverse talents, including persons with disabilities. Learn more about the GIC Enable Programme (GEP) at: https://lnkd.in/g2_Mgwax #GIC #Finance #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #WorkatthePointofImpact
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Disabled people have a saying: "Nothing about us without us." This means that conversations about the disabled should always involve disabled people. Gone are the days when it was acceptable for a bunch of non-disabled people to dictate matters relating to disability. From a communications perspective, dignified storytelling entails intentionally holding space for the disabled voice to be heard. Don't talk about the disabled as if they aren't there, but let them speak for themselves. My employer GIC exemplifies "Nothing about us without us." I am directly involved in all public communications on disability. For example, for this news article on disability employment which featured our company, I handled media relations and social media (i.e. the post attached below). But what about disabled people who are not communications-trained like me, and don't have the requisite skillset to manage journalist queries and create social media posts? There are still things you can do as a communicator to tell the story of these disabled people responsibly. Interested to find out how? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gz5cawh #communications #diversity #inclusion #disability
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