Vision & Voice
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November 29, 2021Alex Beauchner applied to the NH Leadership Series at a critical juncture. As a young man experiencing a disability, he wanted to learn more about advocacy—not just for himself, but for his loved ones and community. In his program application, Alex... Read More -
November 29, 2021The NH Executive Council approved a $4.3 million, three-year contract to the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability (IOD) to develop a new Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center (CBHRC). Working in collaboration with other... Read More
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November 29, 2021On October 21, the WITH Foundation announced a $50,000 award to the Institute on Disability for a one-year initiative to investigate best practices for offering telehealth care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The... Read More -
November 29, 2021A research team from the Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH has been approved for a $50,000 grant awarded by the WITH Foundation to develop a companion training curriculum for the Integrated Mental Health Treatment... Read More -
November 29, 2021The IOD report Facts & Figures: 2021 Report on Disability in New Hampshire is now available on the IOD website. Facts & Figures is a regularly-occurring publication of the IOD and focuses on characteristics of the population with... Read More -
November 29, 2021Research at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire seeks to inform the services, systems, and policies that positively impact the lives of individuals with disabilities. Below is a list of recent scholarly publications and... Read More
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November 29, 2021Fall 2021 Telehealth and Individuals with IDD: Challenges and Best-Practices in the COVID Era People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience barriers to accessing healthcare, which can result in worse health outcomes than... Read More
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November 29, 2021Fall 2021 Megan Henly Received the University of Wisconsin Retirement and Disability Research Center's Junior Scholars Award On October 18, Megan Henly received one of the University of Wisconsin Retirement and Disability Research Center's Junior... Read More
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August 24, 2021There is a long-standing concern in the U.S. that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health needs (IDD-MH) receive ineffective treatment, including potentially inappropriate medications and misdiagnosis. Though nearly... Read More
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August 23, 2021The IOD celebrated two major programmatic milestones this summer. In the month of June, the Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) recognized 10 years of ensuring all New Hampshire residents have access to person-centered options to allow them... Read More
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August 23, 2021Dan Habib at the opening night for Intelligent Lives Dan Habib, Project Director and Filmmaker at the UNH Institute on Disability (IOD), has accepted the position of Inclusive Communities Project Director at the Westchester Institute for Human... Read More -
August 23, 2021IOD staff and faculty recently participated in a unique professional development opportunity with renowned disability rights activist, advocate, and author Judy Heumann. The virtual event kicked off with a screening of the ground-breaking, Academy-... Read More -
May 25, 2021Dr. Mary Schuh expanded her faculty role in the Department of Education within the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Schuh has been with the Institute on Disability since its inception in 1987, working to coordinate family and consumer leadership and... Read More -
May 25, 2021What I want to tell you is that if you believe in yourself, you can do things that you never dreamed possible, like I have. Marian J. West Marian J. West, a retired member of the IOD, died this past Tuesday at the Merrimack County Nursing Home. To... Read More -
May 20, 2021THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS Friday, June 25, 2021 Artwork Submission Form We are currently inviting artists to submit artwork to be considered for the UNH Institute on Disability’s (IOD) 2022 Calendar. For the past 21 years, we have produced... Read More
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February 23, 2021The Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL), a collaboration of the Institute on Disability and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP), is pleased to be hosting a Sidore Lecture Series on aging in 2021 and 2022 in partnership with... Read More -
February 23, 2021The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability (IOD) a $2.4 million grant for Building Futures Together, a program seeking to prepare 98 paraprofessionals in healthcare and school... Read More -
February 8, 2021Durham, NH – On February 9, 2021, StatsRRTC at the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability released key findings from the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium. The annual report addresses critical gaps in national and state data... Read More -
November 23, 2020John B. Moeschler, MD, MS, an influential partner and leader at the IOD, has retired as Program Director for New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) and Director of the New England Regional Genetics... Read More -
November 23, 2020Experiences with the Mental Health Service System of Family Caregivers of Individuals with an Intellectual/Developmental Disability Referred to START By Calliope Holingue, Luther Kalb, Ann Klein, Joan Beasley People with intellectual and... Read More