The NHCDD would like to thank all of the stakeholders and community members who participated in the development of our next five-year plan. Your input has been very valuable in helping the DD Council determine the direction of our work in advocating and supporting fully inclusive community living for all...
Disability RAPP
New Resources From DRC-NH
Special Education & COVID-19: drcnh.org/issue-areas/childrens-issues/education/special-education-covid-19
Transition Planning: drcnh.org/issue-areas/childrens-issues/education/transition-planning
Special Education Rights: drcnh.org/issue-areas/childrens-issues/education
Spring 2021: Disability in The Time of COVID-19
Focusing on Health Care and Higher Education
In this issue we look at how the pandemic has impacted people with disabilities through the lens of assistive technology, health care, and higher education. We explore how COVID-19 has both challenged the disability community and hopefully inspired lasting innovations....
Lighting the Fire of Innovation
By Therese Willkomm, Ph.D.
Housed within the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, Assistive Technology in New Hampshire (ATinNH) has two major activity areas: (1) training, education, and outreach and (2) assistive technology services which include equipment demonstrations, loans, and refurbishing....
What I’ve Learned as A Disabled Person from the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Andrew Pulrang
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic seems a little bit closer now, and the final shape it will probably take is a little bit easier to see.What’s going to be much less clear for years to come is exactly what lessons we have learned, or should be learning from this whole experience.
One such lesson is...
Your Communication Rights in Health Care Settings
If you are a patient in a hospital or other health care setting, you have communication and other civil rights under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Hospitals and other health care facilities...