What's Happening at the Lurie Institute
Disability and Health Journal - Special Issue: At a Glance
This special issue of the Disability and Health Journal is the first issue of this journal to focus specifically on community living policy. The supplement highlights the importance of careful policymaking and service provision to protect and advance the rights of people with disabilities and illustrates the crucial role research plays in advancing community living policy. The 13 articles in the issue cover a wide range of current issues and populations needing Long-Term Services and Supports, and they span four major themes in community living policy: housing and transportation supports; access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) and unmet needs; system design and delivery; and HCBS outcome measures. Find the special issue on community living policy here.
Find the special issue "at a glance" here.

Using the Disability Data Dashboards to Advance Policy and Advocacy
The Lurie Institute’s Disability Data Dashboards offer crucial information in easy-to-understand and accessible ways. The dashboards can serve as helpful, efficient, and time-saving tools for disability policy advocates across the United States. In this webinar, we discussed our two dashboards, the Parents with Disabilities Dashboard and the Community Living Dashboard, live demo-ing how they work, what information they show, and what the metrics mean.
Recording Coming Soon: Using the Disability Data Dashboards to Advance Policy & Advocacy

Our 2024 Annual Report is now available!
The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy is excited to share our annual report from this last year. The report highlights key research findings, our many dissemination products and resources, community outreach efforts, and much more from 2024.
Read our 2024 Annual Report

Disability Research for a New Generation

The Lurie Undergraduate Fellowship offers opportunity to learn policy and create community.
For more than half a century, the Brandeis University community has championed the rights of people with disabilities, part of the school’s commitment to social justice.
READ THE FULL STORY