Hi All, I think that it is time for SDS folk to reach out again to what is now called the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research. Like NIH and NIMH, NIDILRR is the smallest of the national research institutes. SDS’s own Dr. Katherine Seelman directed it under Clinton. This is one of their programs. It is incumbent on us to nudge them to be as progressive as possible. Best, devva Devva Kasnitz, PhD Devvaco Consulting,1614 D St. Eureka, CA 95501-2345 -- devva@earthlink.net Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies From: Institute on Disability / UCED <contact.iod@unh.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:04 AM To: devva@earthlink.net Subject: Vision & Voice: Spring 2021 <https://mailchi.mp/unh/visions-voice-2021-spring?e=043e40e673> View this email in your browser <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=b680af0bcf&e=043e40e673> Support the IOD <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=5169537925&e=043e40e673> Greetings from the IOD, We are pleased to share the latest Vision & Voice with you. IOD employees and partners continue to engage actively across our five areas of emphasis: Assistive Technology; Behavioral Health & Wellness; Community Living & Employment; Health & Genetics and; Inclusive Early Care & Education. 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As always, the NH Leadership Series desires to represent the state of NH in all of its cultural, gender, ethnic, and geographic diversity. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=841451ecfb&e=043e40e673> Nominate someone today to experience the learning, leading, and change that Leadership has to offer! Recent Honors, Awards, and Achievements <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=67f588e8b0&e=043e40e673> Dr. Mary Schuh Accepts New Faculty Role within UNH College of Liberal Arts Department of Education <https://mcusercontent.com/767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40/images/1571c578-3c40-bfa3-7eac-c3bfe99d4854.png> Dr. Mary Schuh accepted a new faculty role in the Department of Education within the College of Liberal Arts. Working for the Institute on Disability since its inception in 1987, Dr. Schuh has made of career of building bridges across advocacy, scholarship, and policy. In addition to her new role, Dr. Schuh was also selected to serve on the UNH Faculty Senate, representing the College of Liberal Arts.  <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=9bdb4dabe2&e=043e40e673> Full Article➡ <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=cd61067078&e=043e40e673> DPH's Evan England One of Four UNH students selected for Prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship <https://mcusercontent.com/767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40/images/6e0dca0e-3e28-7cc7-8f37-4fc7cd753270.jpg> In 2020, the National Science Foundation received over 13,000 applications for the graduate research awards and made approximately 2,000 offers to qualified students. This year’s UNH recipients included IOD NH Disability & Public Health Project Coordinator Evan England ’21.   <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=694f436e10&e=043e40e673> Full Article➡ Additional Highlights * Marcella Termini Selected as 2021 AmplifiHER Honoree * Beth Grosso to Join the UCEDD Resource Center's TA Initiative * Debra Brucker to Serve as Scholarly Coach and Selected for Faculty Development Funds * Jennifer Rabalais Participated in National Leadership Institute * Kelly Foster and JoAnne Malloy Nominated for 2021 CHHS awards * Megan Henly Selected for AUCD Leadership Academy * Makers Making Change Featured Therese Willkomm for Women’s History Month <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=4418fc2bac&e=043e40e673> All Spring 2021 Highlights➡ In the Media <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=5800bd3171&e=043e40e673> Spotlight on Agism NH Magazine interviewed Jennifer Rabalais, co-director of Center on Aging and Community Living at the University of New Hampshire, about the rise of agism in NH. The article takes a closer look at the horrifying impact COVID-19 has had on older people. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=422046845b&e=043e40e673> Full Article➡ <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=919f874441&e=043e40e673> StatsRRTC Data Used in New States Disability Map <https://mcusercontent.com/767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40/images/12670570-7c67-3705-b339-e1f75f8a673f.png> Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy released new interactive state disability maps to better serve residents with disabilities using data from the IOD’s StatsRRTC. The state disability maps reveal important patterns in state- and county-level prevalence of disability among working-age adults as well as how that prevalence compares with Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income participation rate. You can view the maps on <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=0c3b509b9c&e=043e40e673> Mathematica’s website. Research, Creative Work, and Publications <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=8aa37c5147&e=043e40e673> NH Leadership Releases New Inclusive Oral Health Care Video The <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=e0f260fb97&e=043e40e673> new training video addresses challenges people with disabilities face when accessing oral health care and methods for supporting positive patient experience. Produced by the NH Leadership Series class of 2020 Sensitive Smiles oral health care action group, Sensitive Smiles, and funded by Northeast Delta Dental Foundation. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=59d149e02b&e=043e40e673> Additional Highlights * <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=73b5436846&e=043e40e673> Center for START Services. (2021). Integrated Mental Health Treatment Guidelines for Prescribers in IDD. University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. * Armenti, K., & Antal, P. (2021, March 1). Occupational Injury and Illness in New Hampshire Data Report to Inform Programs and Policies. University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=2f79f4520a&e=043e40e673> iod.unh.edu * Bates, K. (2021, April). There’s No Place Like Home. From Where I Sit. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=4a471ce9f7&e=043e40e673> unhiod.tumblr.com * Brucker, D., & Helms Garrison, V. (2021, April). Health Disparities among Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Beneficiaries Who Participate in Federal Rental Housing Assistance Programs. Disability & Health Journal. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=3ecdbc73e1&e=043e40e673> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101098 * Center for START Services. (2021). Center for START Services 2020 Annual Report. University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=efea1959d9&e=043e40e673> centerforstartservices.org * Crane, K., Hartman, E. & Nye-Lengerman, K. (Guest Eds..) (2021, May). Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 44(2). Hammill Institute on Disabilities & SAGE. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=fe5f1c3cf2&e=043e40e673> https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/cdeb/44/2 * Disability & Public Health (DPH). (2021, March). Mental Health Support Needed for Transgender Adults with Disabilities ( <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=3663221c18&e=043e40e673> Disability in Focus Series). University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=f4762db6e0&e=043e40e673> https://iod.unh.edu/projects/new-hampshire-disability-public-health-project/disability-focus-march-2021 * Houtenville, A., Paul, S., & Brucker, D. (2021, March). Changes in the employment status of people with and without disabilities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=480b2f34d7&e=043e40e673> archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(21)00300-2/fulltext * McCabe, M. & Nye-Lengerman, K. (in press). Putting policy into practice: impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on speech-language pathologists and students with disabilities. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. * McLaren, J. L., Lichtenstein, J. D., Metcalfe, J. D., Charlot, L. R., Drake, R. E., & Beasley, J. B. (2021). Psychotropic Use Among Youths With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Psychiatric Services. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=2e843acf09&e=043e40e673> https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900465 * Schuh, M., Patrick, S., Rodriguez-Legendre, I., Bhattarai, D., & Eberle, R. (Eds.) (2021, March). Disability RAPP Sheet (Spring 2021). Disability Rights Center-NH in collaboration with Institute on Disability, New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=22fcf9f781&e=043e40e673> https://drcnh.org/rap-sheet/spring-2021-disability-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=857f2df8bb&e=043e40e673> Summaries and More➡ Funding Updates & Highlights CACL Team selected to host Sidore Lecture Series, Aging in America: Justice for All Hosted by the Center on Aging and Community Living, the 2021-2022 series will build off of the 2019-2020 <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=12eb34c616&e=043e40e673> Sidore Lecture Series. The CACL team includes Casey Golomski, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Anthropology; Allison Wilder, Ph.D., Faculty Fellow UNH Center on Aging and Community Living and Associate Professor, Department of Recreation Management and Policy; Allyson Ryder, MPPM, Program Director, UNH Office of Community, Equity and Diversity; Laura Davie and Kate Crary of IHPP; and Jennifer Rabalais from the IOD. The series will be held once a month during the academic year and will bring in a variety of experts to lead the conversations. $232,000 Awarded to Support Statewide Coalition to Support Health and Wellbeing of Older People in NH This is a one-year continuation grant of $232,000 to support the NH Alliance for Healthy Aging, a statewide coalition of stakeholders focused on the health and well-being of older people in NH. The Alliance for Healthy Aging includes over 320 stakeholders representing greater than 190 organizations and/or groups across the state and across sectors. Goals in the next year include aligning project activities and priorities with the activities of the NH Commission on Aging and the NH State Plan on Aging with the intended outcome of making NH a better place to grow older. Aging Well in Rural America: Exploring the Link Between Disability and Environmental Context The aims of the project are to (1) identify the extent to which a decrease in functioning among older adults is associated with a decrease in well-being; (2) establish whether a relationship between change in functioning and change in well-being varies by urban/rural status; (3) identify the types of rural places that make for more resilient aging among those experiencing disability onset by assessing the mediating effect of county-level structural variables in improving well-being for this population. Additional Highlights * Living Well - NH Quality Framework Launched New DSP Training Pilot Project: In partnership with CSNI, Gateways Area Agency/Plus Company is training high-school students as Direct Support Professionals (DSP). The pilot project has enrolled 14 students at Alverine High School - Career Technical Education. <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=751d049e5f&e=043e40e673> Spring 2021 Funding News and Highlights➡ Spotlight on COVID-19 <https://unh.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=767afbe8bd6db50de03889b40&id=2745f38fc3&e=043e40e673> Focusing on Health Care and Higher Education During COVID-19 The spring issue of the Disability RAPP Sheet looks at how the pandemic has impacted people with disabilities through the lens of assistive technology, health care, and higher education. 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