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Ask Kathy: A Great IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides diverse learners with opportunities to grow, while building skills in empathy and acce... Learn More
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IOD's NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program featured on NHPR
New England workers face extra hazards from heat and few specific workplace protections
The IOD's Karla Armenti and Liu Yang with the NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program provide insight into data on heat and work-related illness i... Learn More
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National Research Consortium on MHIDD Call for Proposals
Applications due September 15; also accepted on rolling basis
The NRC is seeking innovation research grant applicants with a focus on improving the health and well-being of individuals with MHIDD service needs. Learn More
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Ask Kathy: 5 People Extremely Important to the Disability Rights Movement
Here is a list of five people that I think have been extremely important to the disability rights movement and my thoughts about underrepresentation. Learn More
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Link Center Steering Committee Members Named
Micah Peace Urquilla, Research and Training Assistant for the National Center for START Services named to the Link Center Steering Committee Learn More
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The ADA and Disability Pride
July is Disability Pride month, which also commemorates the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Whether you grew up with a disabilit... Learn More
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A Seat at the Table
Kathy Bates explores the belief that people who have disabilities should take an active role in the management of organizations with a disability clie... Learn More
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Your Health New Hampshire with Lynn Carpenter & Macey Muller
IOD's Project Director Macey Muller guest on Your Health New Hampshire
IOD's Project Director Macey Muller speaks about the Building Futures Together program on Your Health New Hampshire. Learn More
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Embrace NH Bus Tour Takes UNH Leaders to Manchester
Four Queen City stops spotlight partnerships, opportunities
UNH leaders left the post-commencement quiet of campus and spent a full day in New Hampshire’s largest city May 24, visiting Manchester to hear the wa... Learn More
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Deb Genthner Accepts New Role at the University of New Hampshire’s College of Liberal Arts
Deb Genthner, Project Coordinator of the NH Leadership Series at the UNH Institute on Disability (IOD), has accepted the position of Program Coordinat... Learn More