Paul F Cockburn asks whether internships are good news for disabled people looking to improve their employment prospects…
Chelsea is profoundly deaf and has learning difficulties. In the summer of 2012 she started a supported internship, working in the Print Shop at the University of Surrey. During the internship, Chelsea gained experience of collating, proof-reading, quality-checking, using folding and binding machines and taking customer orders. She then progressed on to an Apprenticeship at the Print Shop, which she successfully completed, and now works there full time.
Chelsea is one of the success stories from a new internship programme aimed at young people…
First published by Access, #10 (October/November 2013)
