Bev Harp

Project Director

LEND faculty

Phone: (859) 338-1724

Email: baharp2@uky.edu

Responsibilities: ISAW: Create and deliver trainings for employers and support staff, OVR staff, Community Rehabilitation Providers and others. Serve as a consultant on autism/employment related issues. Assist job seekers as requested. Provides training to other interested parties on request. LEND: Faculty member. Provide students with information related to self-determination, models of disability, history of Disability Rights movements, and other self-advocacy related topics.

Experiences:

Reason: “Non-compliance is a social skill.” #realsocialskills

Research:

Interests: Disability rights, Disability Studies, Autistic rights movements, LGBT rights, Logic and thinking skills, Pattern recognition, Ethnography, Allyship, Supported Decision Making

Latest Updates

Someone working at a laptop in an office

Beyond Social Myths: The Sensory Reality of Autism

Bev Harp also contributed to this article. When most people think of autism, they probably think of the social components, …

article title and photo of Becky Barnes. she has long blonde, purple, and pink hair with bangs and is smiling at the camera.

Living with Seasonal Affective Disorder and ADHD: Becky shares her story

Becky Barnes always gets anxious as the cool weather starts setting in because she knows it can be an especially …

Jason Jones

Living What You Believe: Jason Jones’ Lasting Influence

By Christina Espinosa Jason Jones. Try to find someone in our world who doesn’t know that name. He let me …