Institute on Disability
NH-ME LEND Program Director Betsy Humphreys to Retire
This summer, after a career spanning over 40 years, Betsy Humphreys will be retiring from the Institute on Disability (IOD) and the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (NH-ME LEND) program, leaving behind a legacy of transformative work in the field... Read More
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04/16/24Improving Outcomes for NH Youth in Residential Treatment Facilities
On March 12, 2024, UNH Institute on Disability’s (IOD) children's behavioral health team hosted an event in Concord to celebrate the end of a two–... -
03/19/24UNH Institute on Disability Director Speaks at White House Event
UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) was represented at the White House last week, as Kelly Nye-Lengerman, director of the IOD, spoke at the... -
07/21/23College Students With Disabilities Are More Food Insecure
A UNH study reveals that college students with disabilities face higher food insecurity rates than do students without disabilities. -
01/23/23Schwartz Joins IOD as Assistant Research Professor
Ariel Schwartz will be joining the Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH as an assistant research professor and the director of the UNH-4U program,...
Recent Stories
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04/21/17 - Disability DataThis past November, 4,405,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. had jobs. That’s 300,000, or 4 percent, more people with disabilities who worked than in November 2015, but... Read More -
04/06/17 - UNH Institute on Disability Receives Grant from Christopher and Dana Reeve FoundationA $75,000 grant will fund the “iCreATe for Paralysis” program. Read More -
04/04/17 - Faculty NewsA nationally known expert in intellectual property with a focus in entrepreneurship and the arts has been selected as the next dean of the UNH School of Law. Megan Carpenter,... Read More -
02/21/17 - IOD's Mary Schuh Receives Kennedy Public Policy FellowshipMary Schuh, director of development & consumer affairs at UNH's Institute on Disability (IOD), received the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship. Read More -
10/17/13 - UNH Offers New Online Master of Social Work DegreeThe University of New Hampshire has launched an online master of social work (MSW) degree program. The 28-month program provides the same high-quality professional education as... Read More -
07/11/13 - Independence DayAt 34, after a degenerative nerve disorder left her unable to live on her own, Michelle Schladenhauffen entered a brain-injury rehabilitation center in Kennebunk, Maine.... Read More -
05/30/13 - Tablet Computer Stand Earns University’s First Design PatentTherese Willkomm, an assistant professor of occupational therapy at UNH and director of ATinNH, a statewide assistive technology program housed at UNH’s Institute on... Read More -
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12/06/12 - International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesThe first annual observance of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Persons with Disabilities was held in the MUB Monday, Dec. 3. Students had the opportunity to try... Read More -
05/31/12 - UNH Survey Releases Fourth Year of Data on State Mental Health SystemA new research report from the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD), commissioned by the New Hampshire Bureau of Behavioral Health (BBH), documents some of... Read More