The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its 2025 Fall Internship Program Cohort!
The Fall Internship Program, now in its third year, builds on the success of AAPD’s Internship Program model to develop stronger disability identities within students and recent graduates with disabilities, so they can better shape the future of our workplaces and communities. Due to the fully virtual and part-time opportunity, our Fall Internship Program provides more flexible opportunities for disabled students and recent graduates to access meaningful employment, gain leadership skills, and connect to the broader disability community.
During the program, AAPD provides interns with a competitive wage, technology support, mentorship, and many networking and educational opportunities. Interns also participate in AAPD’s Disability Advocacy Certificate Program and learn about effective advocacy methods and key issues within the disability community. The Fall interns met in-person at the end of July during the week of the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, prior to the start of the internship, to build connections and get to know each other (and some of the summer interns!).
ID: A group of AAPD interns wearing masks are gathered around the yellow AAPD sign at the AAPD office.The interns in the group are diverse in their races, genders, and disabilities.
During their visit to DC in July, the AAPD AAPD interns attended many disability community events and activities, such as:
- Welcome Dinner with fellow fall interns and the AAPD Internship Staff
- Disability Object Talk with curator Katherine Ott at the National Museum of American History
- AAPD’s American with Disabilities Act Anniversary Celebration with NCIL
- Disability Trivia
- Dessert Social to network with AAPD staff
- Professional headshots by Jeevan Portraits
The 2025 Fall Internship Class is:
- Ahna Guillaume (he/they) – National Black Justice Collective
- ileim moss – Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
- Jason Green (he/him) – Caring Across Generations
- Joshua Blackwell (he/him) – Unlock Access
- Kemper Gingerich (he/him) – Center for Democracy and Technology
- Maddox O’Rourke (he/him) – World Institute on Disability
- Makayla Allen (she/her) – Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
- Marrow Kilgore (they/them) – Project LETS
- Nicole Reyes (they/she) – New Disabled South
- Rocío Díaz (she/her) – National Disability Rights Network
You can read the Fall 2025 Intern’s full bios and learn more about them here.
The 2025 AAPD Fall Internship Program would not be possible without the generous support of Arconic Foundation.