Vision & Voice
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September 1, 2020NH-ME LEND was accepted as one of ten Primary Lead Programs participating in a National Training Initiative called Project SCOPE- Supporting Children of the Opioid Epidemic. Project SCOPE is intended to build nationwide provider capacity and... Read More -
September 1, 2020Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, higher education appears to be paying off for people with disabilities. Yet, challenges remain, and many opportunities for improvement also emerged. Equity in higher... Read More -
September 1, 2020The IOD wishes to congratulate three long-standing staff members for their recent career achievements. Dr. Mary Schuh, Research Associate Professor, has accepted a new faculty role in the Department of Education within the College of Liberal... Read More
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September 1, 2020Dr. Kelly Nye-Lengerman, a leader in employment policy and services, workforce development, person-centered practices, and evaluation, has been named director of the Institute on Disability/UCED (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire effective... Read More -
May 26, 2020We are pleased to announce that the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has received a four-year renewal for the New England Regional Genetics Network (NERGN) from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the... Read More -
May 26, 2020The Living Well grant (LW Grant), a 5-year grant funded by the Administration on Community Living (ACL), supports state partners in enhancing and assuring the well-being of individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities living in... Read More
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May 26, 2020New Hampshire hasn’t faced a pandemic like COVID-19 before, at least not since the Spanish Flu. As the state began taking measures to encourage social distancing, workers deemed essential continued to support the public despite limited guidelines... Read More
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May 26, 2020Job Crafting Among American Workers with Disabilities Debra L. Brucker Vidya Sundar Job crafting is an informal, employee-initiated approach to job redesign that has not been tested among people with disabilities, thus far. The purpose of this... Read More
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May 26, 2020At the Institute on Disability, we’re working to do our part to ensure the safety, well-being, and health of the communities in which we operate by providing technology, tips and resources for individuals with disabilities, their families, and... Read More
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May 26, 2020The Institute on Disability is pleased to announce that Kelly Nye-Lengerman, Ph.D., MSW, LGSW has been named Director of the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire. As a Research Associate and Director of Community Living... Read More -
March 4, 2020This February, Jennifer Rabalais, Co-Director of the Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) was awarded a scholarship from the CVS Health Foundation to attend the 2020 American Society on Aging (ASA) Leadership Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.... Read More -
March 3, 2020East Hanover, NJ – January 22, 2020 – Kessler Foundation has awarded a two-year, $250,000 Signature Employment Grant to the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability to investigate the experiences of recent college graduates with... Read More
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March 3, 2020Supervisors Share Effective Ways to Include People with Disabilities in the Workplace Authors: Phillips, Kimberly | Houtenville, Andrew | O’Neill, John | Katz, Elaine Affiliations: University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability/UCED | ... Read More
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March 3, 2020Jennifer Rabalais Awarded Scholarship from CVS Health Foundation This February, Jennifer Rabalais, Co-Director of the Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) was awarded a scholarship from the CVS Health Foundation to attend the 2020 American... Read More
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March 3, 2020Sandra Toryeanea Hicks “Sandy” died peacefully on January 22, 2020, at home in Manchester at the age of 79 after a long illness. Sandy is known for being the first recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award in 1987 and the New Hampshire Unsung... Read More -
March 3, 2020On February 11, 2020, at the Holiday Inn Washington-Capitol, in Washington, DC, the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) at the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD)... Read More -
December 5, 2019Please join the Institute on Disability in congratulating Dr. JoAnne M. Malloy on being honored as the recipient of the Jennifer Wierwille Norton Memorial Award from the New Hampshire Children's Behavioral Health Collaborative (NHCBHC). The award... Read More -
December 5, 2019Obtaining and maintaining oral health is a critical issue for everyone in the United States, but people with disabilities encounter additional barriers to receiving adequate health care. For this reason, for the second year in-a-row, the Northeast... Read More -
December 2, 2019Rep. Joelle Martin, NH-ME LEND graduate, was recently honored with the New Hampshire Legislator of the Year award by New Futures, New Hampshire's leading health policy, and advocacy organization. After working for a decade as an executive in... Read More -
December 2, 2019IOD filmmaker Dan Habib's recent film, Intelligent Lives, reached millions of people this fall through its national broadcast debut on public television's WORLD Channel in celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Intelligent... Read More