Author: HDI Staff
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Angela Holcomb
Disability Program Specialist II Supports for Community Living Waiver Phone: Email: angelal.holcomb@ky.gov Responsibilities: Administer SIS assessment to individuals receiving SCL waiver services. Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: Overlanding, camping, living my best life.
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HDI Spotlight on Malachy Bishop
HDI means very much to me. I am honored to have been a part of HDI. It is a place of opportunity, where very committed and hard-working people are supported in pursuing creative and effective approaches to fulfilling a challenging and very important mission. —Malachy Bishop, Ph.D., CRC, Norman L. and Barbara M. Berven Professor…
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Brittany Granville
Disability Support Specialist Innovative Supports for Autistic Workers (ISAW) Phone: Email: bgr263@uky.edu Responsibilities: Graphic design Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: art, comics, dogs
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Carolyn Conforti
Quality Administrator Division of Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities Phone: (502) 608-9991 Email: Carrie.conforti@ky.gov Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Jill Stahr
Early Care and Education Coach: Health and Safety Child Care Aware Phone: (270) 534-3173 Email: Jill.Stahr@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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50th Anniversary Spotlight on Mary Howard
I love that we have such strong early childhood services at HDI. HDI emphasizes the importance of supporting all young children to help them grow into healthy, happy adults that lead productive lives. To me the cradle to grave services at HDI exemplify the idea that people are more alike than different and that we…
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HDI 50th Anniversary Spotlight on Jacqui Kearns
HDI was an opportunity to build strengths, gifts, and abilities to accomplish some important goals – to share knowledge and expertise, and to learn from the best teachers. —Jacqui Kearns, HDI Project Director – Principal Investigator TAALC, TIES, SPEAC-IT
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Research Brief Spring 2019
Preliminary examination of return to work interests among unemployed individuals with multiple sclerosis by Rongxiu Wu, Amanda Corbin, Penina Goldstein, Chithra Adams, Phillip Rumrill, Malachy Bishop & Kathy Sheppard-Jones Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world, and it is increasing in incidence and prevalence in the United States. …
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HDI’s University Lecture Series
The Human Development Institute (HDI) is pleased to present the 2019 University Lecture Series. The catalog of 35 presentations include one-hour lectures, panels and seminar style offerings. Topics include foundational lectures on disability, development, advocacy, employment, education, community living, health, assistive technology and universal design. Presenters are self-advocates with disabilities, family members of people with…
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Kentucky Workforce Landscape Holds Promise for People with Disabilities
Employment is an expectation. Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 furthered that expectation for people with disabilities across the country. In Kentucky, the last few years have brought added impetus through several notable employment initiatives. In 2017, the Kentucky Work Matters Task Force was convened to create responses to barriers for populations…