David Helm, PhD, and Ludwik Szymanski, MD, from MA ICI UCEDD/LEND Receive Awards

March 22, 2012

David Helm and Ludwik Szymanski at the Children's Hospital Boston Division of Developmental Medicine awards ceremony

David Helm, PhD, Institute for Community Inclusion LEND Director, was awarded the Allen Crocker Award for his extensive commitment to disability issues. His long standing interest in working in the local communities, particularly community based minority organizations, created a great platform for linking the leadership training of LEND to real life community needs while providing a range of students (sometimes representing up to 20 disciplines) strategies on how to support policy development and community advocacy on behalf of children with disabilities and their families.

Ludwik Szymanski, MD, Director Emeritus in psychiatry at the Institute for Community Inclusion, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Children's Hospital Boston Division of Developmental Medicine awards ceremony. He was recognized for his more than five decades of commitment to psychiatry and his deep affection for supporting and improving the lives of people with disabilities.