Are you interested in disability advocacy? Apply to be an ICI Gopen or Crocker Fellow! What is the Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship? The Barbara Wilensky Gopen Memorial Fellowship, or the Gopen Fellowship, is for people with developmental disabilities who are interested in disability policy, disability services, and disability advocacy…

The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) received a 1-year, $485,000 grant from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to develop the National Transportation Accessibility Center (NTAC). The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) is a partner on this project, along with USAging and DJB Evaluation & Consulting. The NTAC will…

Competitive integrated employment is a key part of ICI employment research and services. Competitive integrated employment is employment that: · pays employees at or above minimum wage · is performed in integrated settings (not sheltered workshops) · is among people with and without disabilities The US Department of Education awarded…

Dr. Jean Winsor, ICI Senior Research Associate, received a 1-year, $90,000 grant from the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council to conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of Arizona’s Rehabilitation Services (ARS) vocational rehabilitation services for youth with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD). ICI State Systems and Employment team members Jean…

Langston University, a Historically Black college/university (HBCU) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma has received a 5-year $4.6 million research grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research to reduce wealth inequity among people with disabilities whose identities intersect with those of other historically underserved populations, including Black…

Congratulations to David Helm! David has served as the Director of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) Program at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at Boston Children’s Hospital and the University of Massachusetts for nearly 15 years. Before that, he was the LEND Training Director for 20…

Congratulations to the 10 participants of the TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities for successfully completing the program! TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities is a nine-week (September–November) digital storytelling and youth leadership program that brought together 10 Japanese and American college students and young professionals with disabilities…

Salome N Gitau is a 2022 Fellow in the Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Civic Engagement. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership…

Priscilla Mugume Kisakye is a 2022 Fellow in the Professional Fellows Program on Inclusive Civic Engagement. This program is sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and is administered by the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership…