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Career Readiness Internship Summer Program (CRISP)
CRISP is a five-week summer internship program for neurodiverse students (ages 16-24) interested in tech careers. Participants are selected based on merit and must have previously engaged in Tech Kids Unlimited programs.
Participants gain hands-on experience by working 20-22 hours per week on projects at one of our worksite partners. In addition to their internship, participants receive career readiness training through Tech Kids Unlimited, developing essential skills such as networking, collaboration, and portfolio building.
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Worksites Partners
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Interns Placed
TKU virtual and in-person CRISP interns
Projects Interns Have Worked On
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 Worksite Partners
These are some of our past worksites. We sincerely thank our worksite partners for their incredible efforts 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