The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

2023 News Archive

Needs and Priorities for Community Living Policy Research: Summary of Stakeholder Roundtables and Community Living Policy Survey

September 2023

Needs and Priorities for Community Living Policy Research: Summary of Stakeholder Roundtables and Community Living Policy SurveyIn the Fall of 2022, the Community Living Policy Center (CLPC) convened a series of roundtables with key stakeholders to gain their insights about needs, opportunities, and priorities for future Community Living Policy Research. Stakeholders included disability and aging advocates, state officials and associations representing states, providers and health plans, and individuals with disabilities, including individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds. In conjunction with the CLPC’s State of the Science convening, the CLPC also distributed a Community Living Policy survey to further enhance community input.

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Lurie Institute's Annual Report for 2022 Now Available

April 2023

Lurie Institute's Annual Report for 2022 now availableOur annual report for 2022 is now available. Find out about our research, our new and continuing intiatives, our educational activities and community work, and more.

Our annual report is available in two formats: a visual version and an accessible, text-only version.

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Announcing Laurie Bertram Roberts as the Inaugural Carrie Buck Fellow

January 2023

Announcing Laurie Bertram Roberts as the Inaugural Carrie Buck FellowThe fellowship, funded by the Ford Foundation, is intended for activists, scholars, and community organizers with disabilities whose work draws national attention to systemic ableism in reproductive health policy.

Laurie Bertram Roberts (she/they) is a low-income, black, queer, disabled grassroots reproductive justice activist, freelance writer, doula, aspiring midwife, and mother.

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