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Research + evaluation at U of Iowa College of Law

Advancing evidence-based policies and universally designed communities to eliminate disparities and support health, stability, and independence for people of all abilities.

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Law, Health Policy & Disability Center @uiowa-lhpdc.bsky.social · Nov 18
✨ Welcome to the LHPDC on Bluesky! We’re advancing disability equity through research, policy, and community partnership in Iowa and beyond. Follow along for updates on access, advocacy, and the work happening across our state.
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#disability #justice #Iowa #LHPDC #uiowa #research #policy
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The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic crisis. n.pr/4p9FPhQ
How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons
The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic crisis.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Meet Crystal Aguero-Norman (she/her), Legal Research Assistant at the Law Health Policy Disability Center 💛 Wake Forest alum + UIowa Law grad, coffee-fueled scholar, library dweller, and accessibility advocate. We’re lucky to have her!
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#disability #Iowa #LHPDC #uiowa #research
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December 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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🎁 The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is LIVE! Shop disabled-owned small businesses, explore books on disability, and support disability-led causes—all curated by Kate Caldwell & Emily Ladau. Please share widely!

Link: tr.ee/l-ilLWXWca

Wishing everyone a warm, safe, & healthy holiday season. ✨
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December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A Mental Health First Aid Training Helps Address Growing Rural Mental Health Crisis
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https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/a-mental-health-first-aid-training-helps-address-growing-rural-mental-health-crisis/
A Mental Health First Aid Training Helps Address Growing Rural Mental Health Crisis
The new training initiative already has a proven track record of rural community members stepping up as the first line of help in a mental health crisis.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act appear set to expire for millions of Americans at the end of the year after competing health care related bills failed to advance in the Senate.
Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests. n.pr/497P6C4
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Meet Angie Wright, Assistant Research Scientist at the LHPDC! 🌟 From Clinton, IA, Angie holds degrees in Sociology & Social Work (PhD). She’s a mom, wife, and researcher who loves murder mysteries. Learn more about our team: lhpdc.law.uiowa.edu
#LHPDC #uiowa #research #policy #iowa #disability
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December 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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The 2026 SARTAC Fellowship is now open! This fellowship supports self-advocates in leading projects that advance disability rights and community inclusion.

Learn more:
https://selfadvocacyinfo.org/2026-fellowship-application-copy/

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2026 Fellowship Application - SARTAC
We are accepting applications for our 2026 fellowship program! What is a Fellowship? This Fellowship is for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or IDD. A SARTAC Fellowship is a…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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PA | Lancaster County police departments pairing with addiction, mental health specialists in state-funded program
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Lancaster County police departments pairing with addiction, mental health specialists in state-funded program
Participating Lancaster County police departments are using a peer co-responder program to improve their response to calls involving addiction and mental health issues.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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“What about those who are isolated? Those who are in hospital or managing a chronic health condition or disability that means they can’t participate in the world in the same way as other teenagers their age?”
I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl
As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone
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December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“Able-bodied” may sound like a medical determination, but, as disability activist
@imanibarbarin.bsky.social says, it’s really just a vague way “to signal this idea that disability can be seen.”
The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge
How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused
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December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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mindflamer on tumblr - trying to get disability benefits is less like applying for aid and more like being put on trial for a crime you didn't commit
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’ * Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner prize for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming the first artist with a learning disability to take home the £25,000 prize. Alex Farquharson, chair of the jury and director of Tate Britain, said the win by the British-Nigerian represented a watershed moment for the international art world. Continue reading...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Disability rights are human rights.

Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, as the recipient of the HRW Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Meet Tessa Heeren! 🎉
Tessa is our Research Manager at LHPDC. She studied at Iowa State & University of Iowa, earning degrees in Advertising and Social Work. Outside work, Tessa loves biking, swimming, disc golf, and reading.
#LHPDC #uiowa #advocate #research #equity #justice #policy #iowa
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December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Today marks #IDPD2025! At UIowa’s Law, Health Policy & Disability Center, we strive to foster disability‑inclusive societies for advancing social progress, the UN theme for this year. Join us in advancing equity & inclusion. Learn more: www.un.org/en/observanc...
#policy #research #equity #LHPDC
International Day of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations
The International Day of Disabled Persons aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. At UIowa’s Law, Health Policy & Disability Center, we work to advance equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Learn more: lhpdc.law.uiowa.edu

#IDPD #disabilityrights #inclusion #LHPDC #uiowa #iowa #equity #policy #disabilities #research
Law, Health Policy & Disability Center | The University of Iowa
We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) through research, employing a diverse workforce, and prioritizing accessibility as a fully remote organization. We beli...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ASAN works to empower autistic people across the world to take control of our own lives and the future of our common community. On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are celebrating disability rights movement work worldwide.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Yes Pearl, we agree!

Persons with disabilities need to be involved in making decisions within the health sector.

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, learn more and help push for truly inclusive health systems 👉bit.ly/3SJBjbW #HealthForAll
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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NPR highlights how diversion programs can better serve people with cognitive disabilities in the justice system, work that aligns with out Law, Health Policy & Disability Center mission to advance equity at the University of Iowa.
#disabilityrights #justice #uiowa #policy #iowa #equity #LHPDC
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Nov 1
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment. n.pr/4oj2jNz
How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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We believe systemic barriers (like criminalizing mental illness or restrictive asset limits) are policy choices. Our work strives toward universal design, access, and collective liberation. #evaluation #disabilityrights #LHPDC #uiowa #policy #iowa #disability #research #equity #justice
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Our research prioritizes the voices of people with lived experience and their support networks. We reject undervaluing people with disabilities everyone’s worth is far beyond income or employment.

#inclusion #dignity #LHPDC #uiowa #research #iowa #policy #evaluation #equity #disability
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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At LHPDC, we design and run both qualitative and quantitative evaluations to understand process and outcomes. We value science + real people.

#evaluation #evidencebasedpolicy #LHPDC #uiowa #equity #disability #research #disabilityjustice #iowa #policy
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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✨ Welcome to the LHPDC on Bluesky! We’re advancing disability equity through research, policy, and community partnership in Iowa and beyond. Follow along for updates on access, advocacy, and the work happening across our state.
🖤💛

#disability #justice #Iowa #LHPDC #uiowa #research #policy
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM