TKU CRISP

Career Readiness Internship
Summer Program

The Career Readiness Internship Summer Program is for neurodiverse college-age or college-bound Tech Kids Unlimited students and alumni with advanced tech skills. For 6 weeks over the summer, students are placed in an external internship at an organization or company we match them with for 3 days per week. The other days are spent with TKU staff learning career readiness skills such as networking, collaborating with peers, portfolio building, and more. Students are paid a stipend for their work.

35+

Work Sites

50+

Interns

TKU staff with some 2022 CRISP students.

Internship Tracks

Website Design & Updates

Refresh an older website built in HTML, CSS, and Javascipt using code

Refresh visuals and reorganize a website using a web builder (e.g. Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, etc.)

Social Media & Art Production

Create graphics, copy, or short videos, and schedule social media posts

Transcribe audio recordings

Polish and edit audio recordings (e.g. podcasts)

Resize, edit, and format images

Research

Catalogue digital items (such as items for sale via ecommerce, event information in a database, articles posted on a blog)

Research tasks (e.g. compiling a list of programming languages taught in schools)

Our Community Partners

We extend our gratitude to community partners for their incredible work and invaluable support.

Thank you!

Testimonials

An intellectual disability diagnosis/Neurodiversity does not determine a person’s ability to learn and perform a job. There is absolutely a future where employment of neurodiverse people will be more mainstreamed.

– ConEdison Supervisor 

Neurodiverse people have a place in our workforce.

– Heightsites supervisor

The most important learning experiences I had during CRISP were the supportive learning environment, the peer relationships formed through discussions and the training that addressed real-life concerns. 

– John, CRISP participant, age 19

I  would definitely recommend Crisp and TKU to others, and how great of an impact they have been in my life. I am very grateful. 

– Leilah, CRISP participant, age 20

What is Neurodiversity?