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10 Things Everyone Should Know About People With Disabilities And Employment
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With Crossover Between Autism and Mental Health, Diagnosis Can Be Tricky
“There’s a ton of overlap,” Schutte said, and that is why it has often been hard to recognize that there is more than autism happening. Some of the an... Learn More
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People with Disabilities, Few Good Options During Disasters
Scallan and her 20-year-old son, who has Down syndrome and autism, initially evacuated to Shreveport. They stayed in a hotel with her elderly mother a... Learn More
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Dancing in the Rain
Mental health issues have been more out in the open than ever before, which is an unexpected positive side effect of the pandemic. We've had to deal w... Learn More
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Free virtual screening of the award-winning documentary “Hearts of Glass” accompanied by a virtual panel discussion
DURHAM — University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, the department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems (ANFS) in the UNH College o... Learn More
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Welcome New NH-ME LEND Faculty
NH-ME LEND welcomes new faculty to their team. Learn More
NH-ME LEND 2022 Trainees
Welcome to the 2022 NH-ME LEND Trainees
Welcome to the 2022 NH-ME LEND Trainees! On a beautiful September day, trainees from across New Hampshire and Maine arrived in Durham, NH to kick off ... Learn More
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Fact Sheet: 988 and Suicide Prevention Hotline
In August 2019, FCC staff—in consultation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra... Learn More
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nTIDE August 2021 COVID Update: Unemployment declines as economic activity increases
People with and without disabilities experienced modest declines in unemployment in August, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) COVID Update, as pandemic restrictions eased, and businesses and schools moved ahead with pla
People with and without disabilities experienced modest declines in unemployment in August, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employm... Learn More
IOD Receives 5-year Grant from CDC to Improve Health of NH Adults with Disabilities
Durham, NH – The UNH Institute on Disability has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to c... Learn More