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Apply Now for World’s First Virtual Master’s in Disability Policy Fellowships Available
The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) is currently accepting applications for the world’s first virtual Master’s degree in disability studies and public policy. The Master’s in Comparative and International Disability Policy, offered by the School of International Service at American University, is the centerpiece program of the IDPP. Fifteen full fellowships will be awarded by The Nippon Foundation, with preference given to students from the ASEAN region who are blind, deaf, and/or mobility impaired. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Read more »
Call For Abstracts
The 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities is now accepting abstracts for program sessions. All abstracts must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 15, 2012. The abstract submission website will be available within the next few days with more detailed information. You will receive a follow-up e-mail as soon as the site is available for abstract submissions. Read more »
Pat Figueroa and the battle for Independent Living in New York
The Disability Community has lost a great fighter and leader. Pat Figueroa has been ever present among us and has captured our stories through his brilliant writings in Independence Today. He had an infection following surgery and passed away this morning. Our community mourns his loss and sends our love and condolences to Denise, his wife and Melissa, his daughter. (Thursday, April 5, 2012)
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13 year-old Persecuted by Rochester (NY) City School District
13 Year OldJada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester (New York) City School District over her essay on Frederick Douglass. On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography "The Narrative of the Life." This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was never entered. Read more »
Post Doctoral Trainee Opportunities in Translational and Transformational Research
For people interested in Post Doctoral Trainee Opportunities in Translational and Transformational Research to Improve Home, Community & Work Participation Access and Opportunities with People with Disabilities, the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Joint Doctoral Programs in Disability Studies and in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago is inviting applications from qualified candidates in any relevant discipline for postdoctoral research training experiences in community-based participatory research (CBPR) to improve community living, participation Read more »
Joint Center Releases Reports on How Poverty Concentration and Racial Segregation Exacerbate Health Inequities
WASHINGTON, DC – After a decade-long rise in concentrated poverty, one in 11 residents of metropolitan areas now live in communities where at least 30 percent of their neighbors are poor, according to a pair of studies unveiled today by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
