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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
JoAnne Malloy speaks to a table of Waypoint representatives with colleague Macey Muller listening in.
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
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Ashley Mulkern (NH-ME LEND 2023) Partners with Maine CDC to Improve Pediatric Mental Health Care Access
NH-ME LEND is delighted to spotlight a valued leadership partner, Maine’s Title V Program, Maternal and Child Health (MCH), located within the Maine C... Learn More
staff portraits of Shelly Mulligan, a woman with wavy shoulderlength graying hair in a dark gray turtleneck and blazer, Rosemary Caron, a woman with short brown hair wearing glasses and a burgundy suit jacket, with matching lipstick and a pearl necklace, and Rae Sonnenmeier, a woman with wavy chin length white hair wearing glasses, a grey blouse and black cardigan.
NH-ME LEND Honors Senior Faculty Members
This year NH-ME LEND will bid farewell to three University of New Hampshire faculty members: Rae Sonnenmeier, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Sh... Learn More
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Best wishes to the 2023 NH-ME LEND Cohort
This year’s NH-ME LEND cohort participated in two year-end events in May to showcase and celebrate their accomplishments: the annual Capstone Poster S... Learn More
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Ask Kathy: Nothing About Us
Could tell me what the phrase “Nothing about us, without us” means, and how it pertains to schools and school policies? Learn More
Kathy Bates (left) is a woman with a short blond bob and Amy Frechette (right) is a woman with short brown hair posing with her fluffy service dog Judah.
Autism on Screen
April was autism awareness month. My friend and colleague Amy Frechette who works at the Institute on Disability has Asperger’s Syndrome. We decided t... Learn More