[NABS-L] Seeking International exchange alumni with disabilities

[MIUSA Clearinghouse]

Greetings

This is Justin from MIUSA. I am hoping that you might be able to help a
participant of our Access To Exchange Externship. Please see the details of
what she is looking for below. If you are an alumnus of an exchange program
with a disability, please consider reaching out. If you think you might
know an alumnus with a disability of an international exchange program,
please forward this request to them. To learn more about the externship go
to www.miusa.org/externship

Hello, everyone! I hope you're doing well. My name is Abena, and I recently
graduated from the University of Virginia.  During the past semester, I had
an incredible opportunity to study abroad in the beautiful city of Bilbao,
Spain. I am currently an Access to Exchange Extern with the National
Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange.  Externs develop and carry out an
outreach project to support NCDE's goal of increasing the participation of
people with disabilities in international exchange. For my externship
project, I plan to create a series of audio interviews via Zoom. Each
interview will delve into the unique stories of individuals with
disabilities who have embarked on journeys to various countries.

Through these interviews, we will explore their personal experiences of
disability in the host countries, covering aspects such as accessibility,
cultural attitudes, and anything else that arises during our conversations.
To bring these interviews to life, I plan to animate the audio recordings
and share them on the MiUSA website.

It's crucial to me that this project reflects diversity in multiple
aspects. I aim to showcase a wide range of representation in terms of the
exchange program, location, and the disabilities experienced by the
individuals featured. If you're interested in being interviewed for this
project and sharing your stories about educational travel as a person with
disabilities, please  reach out to me at asa4nu2virginia.edu or +1 540 406
2708.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Abena Appiah-Ofori

Thank you for your support with this request!

Sincerely