Tag: self-advocacy

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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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People with Disabilities Taking Action on Climate Change

HPOD’s new Easy Read primer empowers disability climate activists

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In Memory of Sir Robert Martin

How self-advocates can contribute to international human rights governance

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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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Youth with Disabilities in Action

Spreading the word about alternatives to guardianship

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Anne Fracht Appointed to Special Commission on State Institutions

Person with disability-led body will reckon with Massachusetts’ legacy of institutionalization

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Combating Isolation: The Idea of a Right to Belong

What Kim Samuel’s New Book “On Belonging” Means for Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons

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COVID-19 Experiences of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Group Homes

Self-Advocate Researchers’ Reflections

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Politics and Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Challenges and Good Practices from Around the World in Easy Read Format

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The Right to Be Involved in Politics

What Self-Advocates Should Know

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Self-Determination & Voting

Self-Advocates, Get Out There and Make Your Voices Heard!

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Rights of Voters with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States

Ongoing Advocacy Efforts Amid a Wave of Suppression

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Supported Decision-Making Is about Us

Why self-advocates need to lead supported decision-making efforts in Massachusetts and beyond

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Self-Advocate Perspectives on COVID-19 Research

What self-advocates have to say about research on COVID-19 and persons with intellectual disabilities

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Self-Advocates in Research

What “nothing about us without us” means for the research community

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Reckoning with the History of Institutions for Persons with Disabilities in Massachusetts

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CRPD Shadow Reporting

Opportunities for Self-Advocacy

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Thanks ADA!

A video by Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered

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Parents with Disabilities

Rights, Remedies & the Road Ahead

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Poster reads Parents with Disabilities: Rights, Remedies and the Road Ahead

Parents with Disabilities

Rights, Remedies & the Road Ahead

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Persons with Disabilities’ Right to Political Participation around the Globe

Perspectives from Africa, Latin America, and the U.S.

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Beyond Rights: Intersectional Disabled Movements & Disability Justice for Our Future

with Lydia X. Z. Brown

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Beyond Rights: Intersectional Disabled Movements & Disability Justice for Our Future

Lydia X. Z. Brown, Esq. at HPOD

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Launch of “Can They Do That?

A monthly webinar series for self-advocates

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An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China

Volume 3

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 4

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 3

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 2

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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Self-advocacy is about making your voice heard! Part 1

A series of videos on self-advocacy

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DEFIANT LIVES

A documentary directed by Sarah Barton

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Ari Ne’eman speaks at HPOD

A chapter from his forthcoming book on the history of disability in America

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Ari Ne'eman

Clifford Beers and The Making of the Modern Mental Health Movement

From the forth-coming book by Ari Ne’eman, Co-founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

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Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong (MASS) explore supported decision-making

Updates from the field

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Considering Empowerment – Stories of Self-Advocacy from South Africa

Lunchtime Talk with Jean Elphick

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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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