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OP-ED: Iowa needs workers and more than half of people with disabilities are unemployed. Let’s fix that.

Institute News, People with Disabilities

This op-ed by Joseph Jones, Executive Director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement, and Kyle Duarte, founding director of Everyone at Work ran in The Des Moines Register on August 7, 2019. Over 50 percent of Americans with disabilities...
Harkin Institute joins newly-founded disability inclusion initiative

Harkin Institute joins newly-founded disability inclusion initiative

Institute News, People with Disabilities

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement joined organizations from across the globe last month to establish the Global University Disability & Inclusion Network (GUDIN), an initiative with goals of making higher education more inclusive of...
New infographic provides outline of Jordanian Disability Law

New infographic provides outline of Jordanian Disability Law

Institute News, People with Disabilities

In 2017, the Jordan government passed a disability law modeled after the United States’ Americans with Disabilities Act. Student employees at The Harkin Institute created an infographic in English and Arabic that provides an outline of this landmark legislation...
The Harkin Institute welcomes new research fellows

The Harkin Institute welcomes new research fellows

Institute News, People with Disabilities, Wellness and Nutrition

Contact: Emily Schettler emily.schettler@drake.edu 515-271-3592 The Harkin Institute welcomes two new research fellows  The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement welcomed two...
Senator Harkin Speech: Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Senator Harkin Speech: Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Institute News, People with Disabilities

Senator Tom Harkin (retired) delivered the Annual Distinguished Lurie Lecture at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University on November 7. Senator Harkin’s speech focused on True Integration: Meaningful Work for People with Disabilities....

November 14 | Panel Discussion: The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Integrated Employment

Institute News, Past Events, People with Disabilities

Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET Location: Renaissance Washington D.C. Downtown Hotel, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Register For This Event The Harkin Institute’s panel discussion on the role of higher education in maximizing...
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