The Disability Resource Center regularly posts news and current events that would be of interest to those who are interested in issues related to people with disabilities in the Chicago, IL area. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html The American Association of People with Disabilities is searching for college students with disabilities to apply for the:2010 AAPD Summer Internships in Washington, D.C. Each year, AAPD coordinates two summer internship programs for college students with disabilities wanting to spend a summer working in Washington, DC. AAPD summer interns receive a living stipend, accessible housing, and travel to and from Washington, DC. Currently-enrolled undergraduate college students with any type of disability pursuing any type of undergraduate degree are encouraged to apply. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/60j7Hx http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html#dc The Acadamy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation has created the Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship. It is a $10,000 scholarship given to a college student filmmaker who sheds light on people with disabilities. The award will be given to a writer producer or director who is disabled, to a producer whose piece focuses on people disabilities, or to a piece that features a person with a disability as one of the main characters. The deadline is January 13, 2010. For more information go to the Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship Web site. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html#arbus “Living with a disability is difficult. Acknowledging this difficulty is not a defeat, I have learned, but a hard-won accomplishment in learning to live a life that is not disabled. The difficulty for people with disabilities has two parts really—living our ordinary, but difficult lives, and changing structures, beliefs, and attitudes that prevent us from living ordinarily”-Nancy L. Eiseland, The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994.) p. 13. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/quotes.html Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing both scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. For more information, and to apply, go to www.limeconnect.com, and don’t delay - applications must be received by June 1, 2009. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html#google ENTRY POINT!, a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), offers outstanding paid, 10-week internships and semester co-ops in major companies throughout the United States. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html#entrypoint Have you considered participating in a study abroad program or an internship this summer? If you'd like to combine these experiences, we hope that you'll apply for a Washington Center intern abroad program in one of four exciting cities--London, England, Oxford, England, Quebec City, Canada or Sydney, Australia. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/disability_resources/current.html#abroad