Tag: institutionalization

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Righting Historic Wrongs

How self-advocates in Massachusetts are confronting the legacy of institutionalization

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Olmstead About-Face

Implications of the U.S. Department of Justice’s new stance on persons with disabilities’ right to community integration

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Alex Green Wins National Book Critics Circle Award

His biography of Dr. Walter E. Fernald tells a tale of innovation, discrimination, and recantation that resonates today.

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A Resurgence of Disability Institutions?

Learning from the Nation’s troubled past to avoid future harms

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The Human Toll of Medicaid Cuts

Threats to persons with disabilities’ right to independent living in the community

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Major Changes to U.S. Disability Law and Policy Continue

Anticipating the likely consequences for the disability community of the largest-ever cuts to Medicaid

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What to Know and Do about Ongoing Changes to U.S. Disability Law and Policy

What can the disability community do to prepare for massive cuts to critical education, housing, and community-based services programs?

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Alex Green

Tracing the Origins of Mass Institutionalization of Persons with Disabilities in North America

Book talk with HPOD Fellow Alex Green

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Announcing HPOD’s 2024-25 Annual Fellows and Visiting Scholar

Projects will tackle climate justice, institutionalization, self-advocacy, legal capacity, and violence against women

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Court House

Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for People with Disabilities

At HPOD panel, advocates, scholars, and institution survivors discuss efforts to uncover an untold story

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