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New Staff Member for Our I/DD Studies Team
Date: 03/2015
We are pleased to announce that Jami Petner-Arrey, Ph.D., will join HSRI in the position of policy associate on April 6.
Jami will work within our intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) studies team in our Tualatin, Oregon office. She’ll participate in and manage projects related to the design of support systems for people with I/DD. Popular topic areas include self-advocacy, means for supporting families, strategic planning, Read More
The Myopic Optimism of the 'Good' Asylum: HSRI Reacts to Recent Articles That Support a Return to Institutionalization
Date: 03/2015
In recent weeks, both the New York Times and the Journal of the American Medical Association published articles that call for a return to asylum-style care for people with serious mental illness. These authors take the stance that the decades-long effort to reform mental health services – a movement away from custodial institutional care and toward community-based supports – is a failure, citing the high numbers of people who have ended up homeless, incarcerated, or receiving Read More
According to HSRI Research, Peer Respites Hold Promise for Reducing the System’s Reliance on Institutional Treatment
Date: 03/2015
Those of us who are concerned about the state of the behavioral health service system would agree that voluntary, cost-effective services and supports that preclude the need for coerced or institutional treatment should be widely available. Peer respites may be one component of such a system.
This month, two of our nation’s most respected publications, the New York Times and the Journal of the American Medical Association, published opinion pieces Read More
Take a Look! HSRI President Shares NCI Findings in New Video Series
Date: 02/2015
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has produced a series of TED Talk-style videos that highlight issues of interest. HSRI President Val Bradley stars in a video on National Core Indicators (NCI) findings. Val's video is the first under the heading "Supports." To learn more about the core indicators, check out the NCI website.
Read MoreNow Available! Papers from the Community Access Unlimited Symposium
Date: 27/2014
Last fall, HSRI President Val Bradley helped facilitate the Community Access Unlimited (CAU) Social Movement Symposium, where participants and speakers explored trends in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities—including participant direction, self-advocacy, self-determination, technology, and managed care—and discussed ways to help expand a progressive inclusion movement to improve people’s lives. Speakers included Ari Ne’eman from the Autism Self Advocacy Network, Ansley Bacon and Read More