Ep 3: Casual Ableism talks...with 10,000 Able Interns

Casual Ableism talks...

Hi friends and welcome to Episode 3. Casual Ableism talks… with 10,000 Able Interns. In today’s episode we are joined by our first guest, Sami Dar, co-founder of 10,000 Able Interns.

This episode has been transcribed and is available to ⁠⁠read as a blog post on our website, you can read it here⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://casualableism.com/10000-able-interns/

10,000 Able Interns is one of the 10,000 Interns Foundation’s https://10000internsfoundation.com/ programmes. The 10,000 Interns Foundation champions underrepresented talent and promotes equity of opportunity. They run two programmes that help them meet their mission: The 10,000 Able Interns programme, and the 10,000 Black Interns programme, both offering students and grads paid internship opportunities across a range of UK industries.

In this episode we will be hearing from Sami Dar about the 10,000 Able Interns programme, what it is, how it started, and how you can apply for a place.

We also discuss a whole range of topics:

• Access to work,
• workplace ableism,
• disability representation in the workplace,
• shifting perceptions of disability,
• advice for applying for jobs and internships.

If you'd like to learn more about the 10,000 Able Interns programme, then visit the 10,000 Interns Foundation website https://10000internsfoundation.com/ .

You can also follow them on Instagram @10000AbleInterns, https://www.instagram.com/10000ableinterns and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/able-interns/.

Thank you so much for listening to this episode. We really hope that you enjoyed our discussion with Sami Dar!

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