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Syracuse Law Professor Katherine “Kat” Macfarlane, director of the Disability Law and Policy Program (DLPP) and Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Senior Fellow, CHAMPIONING DISABILITY RIGHTS and a beacon of resilience, advocacy and excellence.

April 11, 2025
Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) Senior Fellow Kat Macfarlane is featured in Syracuse University News Stories. Today, as Syracuse University’s director of the Disability Law and Policy Program (DLPP), Macfarlane is shaping the next generation of disability law scholars and fostering a more inclusive environment for students and academics with disabilities. Read her entire story…
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The Southeast ADA Center welcomes Stacey Kernisan as the new ADA Distance Learning and Training Coordinator

April 4, 2025
The Southeast ADA Center – a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University – welcomes Stacey Kernisan as the new ADA Distance Learning and Training Coordinator. With an extensive background in instructional design, digital learning technologies, and inclusive education, Stacey brings a forward-thinking approach to advancing the center’s mission of increasing knowledge…
“My favorite question when it comes to guardianship, what else have you tried? Before we decide to take rights away, shouldn't we ask that question? Rights are precious,”

New Publication – BBI’s Senior Director for Law and Policy Jonathan Martinis featured in an article by the ABA today. Addressing the School-to-Guardianship Pipeline

March 17, 2025
Approximately 1.5 million adults are under active guardianship or conservatorship, according to Bloomberg Law. An unknown number of these adults are young adults with disabilities, often intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD). These young adults are often funneled into guardianship by what the National Council on Disability (NCD) in its 2018 report called the “school-to-guardianship pipeline,”…
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