Program Overview

Institute on Disabilities

The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University offers a range of programs and services focused on disability studies, assistive technology, leadership development, and social policy.

Programs and Services

• Advocacy
  • C2P2: Competence and Confidence Partners in Policymaking
  • Families First
  • FRIL: Families Reimagining Inclusive Lives
• Community Integration and Supports
  • Supports Brokering
  • Home and Community Based Services
  • Participant-Directed Services
• Media Arts & Culture
  • File Life Stories
  • Rhythm Bath
  • Visionary Voices
  • We Will Talk About These Days
• Health Equity
  • Access to Care
  • Food Justice
  • Healthy Sexuality
  • Public Health Emergencies
• Learning and Academics
  • College of Direct Support
  • College of Employment Services
  • Disability Studies
  • Graduate Assistantships
  • Deconstructing Racism and Ableism in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • Leadership & Career Studies
  • Mini Course Lecture Series on Disability
• Public Policy
  • Public Policy Research
  • Three Tips for Meeting with Legislators
• Technical Assistance

Research and Evaluation

• Participate in Research Studies
• Research Opportunity Intake
• Research Projects
  • Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment
  • Ethnography of Deinstitutionalization: The Closure of Hamburg State Center
  • Migration and Disability
  • Peer Support and Research Engagement for Young Adults with IDD
  • Racism, Ableism, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
• IM4Q
  • IM4Q Statewide Summary Reports
  • IM4Q Data: Examples
  • The Importance of IM4Q

Resources

• 30 Years of Assistive Technology in PA
• Disability Rights Timeline
• Pennsylvania Voter Resources
  • My Voting Plan Checklist
• Publications
• Spotlight on Family Leadership
  • Family Spotlight: Kathy Morris
  • Self-Advocate Spotlight: George Shands
• The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium

Mini Course Lecture Series on Disability

The Mini Course Lecture Series on Disability features presentations by experts in various fields, including Disability Studies, Assistive Technology, Leadership Development, and Social Policy.

Past Events

• Role of Oral History: Disability Voices Rising
• Voting Rights Panel
• COVID Effects on Individuals with Disabilities
• Disability Justice
• Demystifying Disability Book Talk
• Book Talk: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities

Presentations by Experts

Experts in a wide variety of fields present lectures and programs to students, parents, teachers, and other professionals.