Institute on Disability
Building Futures Together
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded UNH Institute on Disability a $2.4 million grant for Building Futures Together, a program offering specialized training for paraprofessionals to better support youth and families impacted by opioid and other substance use disorders. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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11/24/20Increasing Access
A new grant to the Institute on Disability aims to increase access to higher education for New Hampshire students with intellectual disabilities. -
11/05/20Collaborative to the CoRE
UNH's Collaborative Research Excellence initiative has funded 14 interdisciplinary projects. -
05/03/19Increasing UNH’s Impact
Faculty, grad students complete first-ever Research Communications Academy. -
03/15/19Investing in Our Youth
Partnerships at UNH's Institute on Disability and education department bring research into schools and healthcare facilities.
Recent Stories
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02/27/19 - IOD Receives $350K GrantAnnie Forts Up Syndrome Fund grant will benefit the New Hampshire Leadership Series. Read More -
01/04/19 - Next Stop: UNHThe IOD has received a grant to help build a more inclusive college experience for students with intellectual disabilities. Read More -
10/09/18 - Committed to Collaborative Research ExcellenceFourteen interdisciplinary teams of UNH researchers have received $425,000 in CoRE funding. Read More -
05/01/18 - Making Accessibility AccessibleSometimes we see only what is, and not what could be. Therese Willkomm has a different view. Read More -
04/10/18 - The Christian Science Monitor: Why the Number of New Jobs for People with Disabilities Grew FourfoldAccording to data from UNH's Institute on Disability and RespectAbility, 343,483 disabled people joined the workforce in 2016. Read More -
03/09/18 - Fast Company: People with Disabilities Are Finding More Work, But There's a Long Way To GoA new report, informed by data from UNH’s Institute on Disability, finds that while there’s been some improvement, people with disabilities face huge barriers to entering the... Read More -
03/04/18 - Faculty HonorsUNH faculty members distinguished themselves with recent awards and appointments. Read More -
02/05/18 - Houston Chronicle: Americans with Disabilities Kick Off the New Year with Sharp Gains in the Labor MarketJanuary job numbers are a solid start to the new year according to the recent nTIDE issued by the Kessler Foundation and UNH’s Institute on Disability. Read More -
01/31/18 - CNN Money: More People with Disabilities Are Getting Jobs. Here's Why.Americans with disabilities have posted year-over-year gains in the job market for the past 21 consecutive months, according to an analysis by the Kessler Foundation and UNH. Read More -
