Advancing the civic, economic and social participation of persons with disabilities worldwide.

Spotlight

• Katherine McDonald to receive intellectual disabilities scholar award
• BBI’s annual magazine garners Hermes Creative Award
• BBI names inaugural Olinsky Law Group Fellow
• BBI Chairman and EEOC Commissioner to lead expert panel discussion about employment of lawyers with disabilities
• Get to Know: Mary Morder, Southeast ADA Center
• BBI honors graduating research assistants and interns
• Southeast ADA Center program featured by Georgia PTA

Legislative & Regulatory

• BBI submitted Comments to Proposed Regulations Implementating Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, RIN 1250-AA02
• BBI submitted Comments on the 2011 Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Airline Websites and Kiosks
• BBI submitted Letter to lawmakers on Section 511 regarding proposed Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
• BBI submitted Comments to EEOC in regard to issue of disability hiring discrimination

Publications & Surveys

• Tax subsidization of personal assistance services
  Steven Mendelsohn, William Myhill, & Michael Morris
  Disability and Health Journal, Volume 5, Issue 2 (2012)
• 'You need to let your voice be heard': research participants' views on research
  K.E. McDonald, C.A. Kidney, & M. Patka.
  Journal of Intellectual Disability Research (JIDR), Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (2012).
• What Types of Jobs Do People with Disabilities Want?
  Mohammad Ali, Lisa Schur, & Peter Blanck.
  Springer Science+Business Media, LLC (2011).
• Race, Ethnicity, and Disability
  Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America
  Editors: Larry Logue and Peter Blanck
  Cambridge University Press
  — Disability Law & Policy Book Series
  More: Prestigious journal reviews book co-authored by Peter Blanck
• Study on challenges and good practices in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  EFC European Consortium of Foundations on Human Rights and Disability for the European Commission
  Contributing Author: Peter Blanck, Academic/Policy Reference Panel
  Overview of Study: Implementation of UN CRPD | Download Report: Implementation of UN CRPD
• Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: progress or mixed and contradictory images?
  by M. Soffer, A. Rimmerman, P. Blanck, & E. Hill (2010). Disability & Society Vol. 25, No. 6.
• Law School Admissions Access Project Survey (LSAC Survey)