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For people with disabilities, new figures suggest that the odds of having a job varies dramatically depending on where an individual lives. While 50 percent of people with disabilities are employed in South Dakota, just half as many are working in West Virginia.  Read More: Best, Worst States Named For Disability Employment

DURHAM, N.H. – March 4, 2016.  As job growth continues for people without disabilities, the two major economic indicators declined for people with 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: Despite Uptick in Jobs Growth, Numbers Dip for People with Disabilities

DURHAM, NH — Racial, ethnic and disability populations in New England have significantly lower rates of health insurance coverage, receive fewer preventive health services, smoke at higher rates and have less access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity as compared to whites and non-disability populations, according to the first-of-its-kind Health Equity Profile and Call to Ac  Read More: Report Highlights and Issues Call to Action around Health Disparities in New England

Dr. Susan Fox, Associate Director of the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire, has accepted the position of President and Chief Executive Officer at the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD). Dr. Fox will assume this leadership position on June 20, 2016.  Read More: Dr. Susan Fox Accepts Position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Westchester Institute for Human Development

Media Outlet: AP - The Big Story  Read More: Campaign signs get new life to help people with disabilities

Media Outlet: AP - The Big Story

 Read More: New Hampshire's primary hangover begins as candidates leave

Media Outlet: AP News

 Read More: Old Campaign Signs Get a Second Life

DURHAM, NH – As new year begins, the two major economic indicators send mixed signals about the employment of people with 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: As New Year Begins, Job Numbers Mixed for People with Disabilities

Despite last quarter losses, 2015 was overall a good year for people with disabilities in the workplace, according to this special year-in-review edition of the Trends in Disability Employment–National Update (nTIDE) report.  Read More: 2015 An Upbeat Year for People with Disabilities but Ends on a Downbeat

  DURHAM, N.H. - The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has received a $200,000 grant from the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation to support Dan Habib’s new film project, Intelligent Lives (working title).  Read More: Examining Perceptions of Intelligence: $200,000 Grant Supports New Film by Dan Habib of the UNH Institute on Disability