APPLY NOW: Youth 18-24, go to COSTA RICA this summer!

MIUSA is excited to offer a 16-day exchange program to Costa Rica from June 27 - July 12, 2008 with a focus on youth leadership and cross-cultural
perspectives on disability rights.

Click here to apply! Applications accepted as space permits!

Sixteen emerging leaders will be exploring Costa Rica and participating in an exciting cross-cultural and cross-disability exchange program! They will become ambassadors of disability pride by sharing cross-cultural disability perspectives with members of the local community! Delegates will be developing leadership skills, building self-confidence, making friends, and learning Spanish! Delegates will also experience Costa Rican culture, food and customs by living with a local host family!

ELIGIBILITY

Participants must be:

• U.S. Citizens
• Ages 18 - 24 by June 27, 2008

MIUSA strives to organize programs that include people with and without disabilities and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. First time travelers with disabilities who are from a cultural minority and of low socioeconomic status are included every year. MIUSA exchange programs are inclusive of people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, or have cognitive,visual, physical, psychiatric, systemic, non-apparent, or other types of disabilities.

• ASL staff interpreters will be provided by MIUSA for the duration of the program.
• Materials in alternative formats will be provided for all scheduled program activities.
• Funding for Personal Assistants may be available for participants who need personal assistance during the program.