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1/11/2021
Disability Policy News
Omnibus and COVID-19 Relief Package, Insurrection and Aftermath, 117th Congress, COVID-19 Vaccine, Presidential Transition
1/11/2021
Lived Experience and Leadership: Self Advocates and Family Members in the Disability Rights Movement
Each fall, the NH-ME LEND Program conducts a leadership intensive on the history of disability. This year, the session was reworked to cover the history of the disability movement. Trainees were asked to watch the 2020 documentary, Crip Camp, and to reflect upon how this innovative inclusive summer camp for teenagers with disabilities during the 1970's helped to mobilize a generation of disability rights activists and energize the independent living movement.
1/8/2021
Disability and the Democratic Process
Co-authored by Maureen van Stone, Director, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities
This election season highlighted the double disparity the disability community faces to engage in the democratic process, as this group is simultaneously fighting for both the right to vote and access to voting. These barriers to voting persist in large part because of the pervasive negative views of disability that challenge societal inclusion.
12/21/2020
Disability Policy News
End of Year Legislative Package, Appropriations, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Vaccine, Presidential Transition
12/16/2020
MN-LEND Fellows Climb a Virtual Hill
Better pay for direct support professionals, more post-secondary educational opportunities for young adults with disabilities, and continuing funding for interdisciplinary programs that promote the inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were among issues on the table as a group of fellows from the Institute on Community Integration met this month with members of Minnesota's congressional delegation.
12/14/2020
Disability Policy News
Appropriations, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Vaccine, Presidential Transition, Maternal Health, Lifespan Respite Care Services
12/14/2020
Medicaid Waiver Expert Joins Va-LEND Faculty
Va-LEND continues to add to our skilled team of faculty. Deanna Parker, MPA, has worked in the field of public policy for over 25 years and joins the LEND faculty in the discipline of Public Health. Ms. Parker is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. She helps develop, advance, and monitor regulatory and policy issues for Virginia's Developmental Disability (DD) Medicaid Waiver programs.
12/7/2020
Disability Policy News
Presidential Transition, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Vaccine, Appropriations, Public Charge, U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, #AUCD2020 Conference Policy Events
11/23/2020
Disability Policy News
Presidential Transition, U.S. Congress, Drug Pricing, Keeping All Students Safe Act, COVID-19 Vaccine, U.S. Department of Justice, National Apprenticeship Act of 2020, #AUCD2020 Conference Policy Events
11/16/2020
Disability Policy News
Presidential Transition, U.S. Supreme Court, Appropriations, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, #AUCD2020 Conference Policy Events
