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Alumni & Friends Current Students Staff & Faculty Board of Advisors Lurie Home Faculty and Staff Student Research Assistants Undergraduate Fellows in Disability Policy Funding Sources Join Our Team Participate in Our Research Contact Us Research Research Current Projects Past Projects Publications Policy Briefs Education Education Student Fellowship in Disability Policy Honorable Jonathan Brant Endowed Doctoral Fellowship Lurie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Disability and Health Policy Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellowship Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellowship 2024 Fellow 2023 Fellow Advisory Board News & Events Current News Current Events at Lurie and Centers 2023 News Archive 2022 News Archive 2021 News Archive 2020 News Archive 2019 News Archives 2018 News Archives 2017 News Archives Americans with Disabilities Act · 30th Anniversary Parenting Center Community Living Community Living Policy Center Community Living Equity Center Disability & Pregnancy Heller School Home The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy Working to improve the lives of people with disabilities across the lifespan Knowledge Advancing Social Justice Facebook X-Twitter Instagram LinkedIn The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School leads research that helps shape policies, programs and practices which improve the lives of people with disabilities across the lifespan. We partner with people with disabilities, community organizations, policymakers, and clinicians to produce research that addresses the critical issues that people with disabilities and their families face. This research incorporates qualitative and quantitative projects that are informed by the disability community and grounded in disability justice. Our research team includes established academic scholars, postdoctoral fellows, professional research staff, and student research assistants. We prioritize mentorship of the next generation of researchers. What’s Happening at the Lurie Institute Student Fellowship Research Presentations 2024 Congratulations to our students fellows who just gave presentations on their work with their Lurie Institute mentors. We’re so proud of you all! Access the video on the student presentations for 2024 Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellowship 2024: Robin Wilson-Beattie A conversation with Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellow Robin Wilson-Beattie and Rebecca Cokley took place on March 7, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET. Robin’s groundbreaking insights into the intersection of disability, sexuality, healthcare, design, and identity have revolutionized sexual-health education. Access the Keynote Addresss Recording Inclusion of Black and Latina Parents With Physical Disabilities in a Qualitative Research Study: A Peer Researcher Training Model Compared to a small but growing community of Black and Latinx academic researchers with disabilities, there is little inclusion in the research process of non-academic community members with similar intersectional identities. Lurie Institute researchers conducted a qualitative study examining the pregnancy experiences of people from Black/Latinx communities who have physical disabilities that involved training four peer researchers to conduct interviews and analyze the data. This article describes the researchers’ approach and suggests how it might offer a model for training peer researchers in qualitative research methodology. Access the research publication Plain-language summary to come soon! Two-Part Series on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Mothers Now in ASL format! This research report series from the National Center for Disability & Pregnancy Research describes Lurie Institute research in collaboration with researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School on the pregnancy and postpartum experiences of Deaf and hard-of-hearing mothers. Access the 2-part series in ASL video format Disability Research for a New Generation The Lurie Undergraduate Fellowship offers opportunity to learn policy and create community. For more than half a century, the Brandeis University community has championed the rights of people with disabilities, part of the school’s commitment to social justice. READ THE FULL STORY Current Featured Work Webinar: The Progress and Promise of the Olmstead Decision For the 25th anniversary of the Olmstead decision, join the Community Living Policy Center for a timely and important panel event on key milestones of Olmstead advocacy and future directions for community living policy. New Brief: Housing Circumstances of Parents with Disabilities within the Child Welfare System This study from the National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities examines the housing circumstances of parents with disabilities in the child welfare system, with particular attention to race/ethnicity and disability. Webinar: Addressing Perinatal Health Inequities Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals The National Center for Disability & Pregnancy Research is excited to hold its newest webinar on Addressing Perinatal Health Inequities Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals through Clinical, Research, and Community Insights . Register for the webinar here . Research: Life Circumstances of Diverse Parents with Disabilities with Child Welfare System Involvement New research examines the life circumstances of parents with disabilities involved with the child welfare system, with a focus on parents from racial and ethnic minority groups. Access the summary , also available soon in ASL format . People with disabilities, like everybody else, should have the supports to live and to thrive in their communities.” —Monika Mitra, Director of the Lurie Institute The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy 415 South Street MS 035 Waltham, MA 02453 781-736-2693 lurie@brandeis.edu Privacy Notice Copyright 2024, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University Facebook X-Twitter Instagram...