Tag: intellectual disabilities

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What U.S. Disability Advocates Are Doing amid Cuts to Critical Federal Assistance Programs

HPOD workshop explores state-level and local developments

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Professor William Alford Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

American Association of Law Schools recognizes HPOD Chair

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Self-Advocacy Is about Belonging

Moving beyond “living in” the community

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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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Open House

HPOD’s annual community gathering to learn about upcoming events and opportunities

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Promoting the Dignity of Persons with Disabilities throughout the World

HPOD’s Founders Reflect on over 20 Years of Scholarship and Advocacy

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Making Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ Voices Heard before United Nations Treaty Bodies

Opportunities to enhance self-advocates’ role in shadow reporting

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Persons with Disabilities and the Slave Trade

Professors Michael Stein and Janet Lord discuss opportunities for the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to address critical gaps

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Visibilizing Intellectual Disability in the Classroom

How HPOD is working to create opportunities for Harvard University students to learn from persons with intellectual disabilities

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Experiences of Group Home Residents with Intellectual Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Self-advocate researchers shine a light on under-explored story

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Transfer of Rights under the IDEA

What the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act says and the importance of alternatives to guardianship for youth with disabilities

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The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30

HPOD Executive Director Michael Stein says people with disabilities still face “malign neglect”

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Harvard Law Today interviews Professor William Alford

HPOD marks the 50th Anniversary of the Special Olympics

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HPOD’s Fifth Annual Award for the Betterment of Humanity

Bestowed on Special Olympics on the occasion of Special Olympics’ 50th anniversary

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I Will Speak Up for Myself

A guide to the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in Bangladesh

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