On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, eight participants from around the Middle East visited the Institute on Disability (IOD) as a part of the International Visitor Leadership Program at the U.S. Department of State.  Read More: Institute on Disability Welcomes Delegation from the Middle East

WEST ORANGE, N.J. – September 4, 2015.  Read More: nTIDE Jobs Report: As Labor Day Approaches, Americans with Disabilities are Working but Slowing their Search

Susan Fox, PhD, Associate Director of the IOD, has been appointed to two prestigious national committees. This summer she served as the Policy Consultant to the Aging, Retirement, and End of Life strand of the National Goals in Research, Practice and Policy working meeting.  Read More: Dr. Susan Fox Appointed to National Boards

Luke Kalb, a Ph.D. student from Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, recently received the National Institute of Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship.  Read More: Doctoral Student Receives Fellowship to Measure Impact of Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability

DURHAM, NH - More Americans with disabilities continue to find jobs, while employment holds steady for the general population, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).  Read More: nTIDE Jobs Report: Employment Gains Continue for Americans with Disabilities

New Yorkers with disabilities can celebrate many advances on this 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act: bus lifts that allow people to travel the City; reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities working with government employment programs and students sitting for college entrance exams.  Read More: Researchers at IOD prepare data for New Study Revealing Significant Disparities in Status for New Yorkers with Disabilities

DURHAM, NH - While employment gaps still exist, Americans with disabilities are engaging in the workforce at a faster rate than Americans without disabilities, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).  Read More: nTIDE Jobs Report: Growing Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

 Read More: Lucille Zeph, LEND Program Co-Director Retires from University of Maine

 Read More: Institute on Disability Research Director Andrew Houtenville featured on C-SPAN

Durham, NH - The economy continues to grow as more Americans with and without disabilities enter the workforce, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD).  Read More: nTIDE Jobs Report: Americans with Disabilities Continue to Enter the Workforce