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Post Date: Jul 16, 2026

The ENGAGED Center is an NIH-Funded Medical Rehabilitation Research and Resource Center designed to respond to this need through capacity‑building initiatives and original research.

This webinar will highlight:

• the value of rigorous community-engaged research to rehabilitation and disability research
• our capacity building initiatives, including curated Knowledge Hub, Community of Practice, Disability Community Scientist Training, and a Pilot Funding program. 

Post Date: Jun 10, 2026

Dr. Purvi Sevak, Senior Director of Mathematica’s Disability Practice, discusses her path from an undergraduate student studying health policy to her work at Mathematica, the evolution and importance of disability employment policy, and her research with the DEP RRTC examining how local infrastructure affects employment opportunities for people with disabilities. 

Post Date: Mar 31, 2026

On a November night in 1967, Lex Frieden, MA, was a freshman in college riding back to campus with friends. What happened next would change his life forever.

Post Date: Mar 26, 2026

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to share the NIH Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research FY26-FY30.

This new plan provides a comprehensive roadmap to advance innovative, responsible research that promotes the health and well-being of Americans with disabilities.

Post Date: Jun 29, 2026

ENGAGED: The Center for Disability Community-Engaged Research  invites applications for pilot research grants to advance community-engaged research in medical rehabilitation with, for, and by people with disabilities, including those from medically vulnerable communities.

Post Date: May 8, 2026

Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into the Houston Independent School District (the District) in Houston, Texas to determine whether the District violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act by not following these requirements, and are thereby discriminating against students with disabilities. 

Post Date: Mar 30, 2026

Houston Division, operator of Kroger grocery store #300 in Houston’s Clear Lake/NASA area, violated federal employment law when it failed to accommodate and then fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.

Post Date: Feb 20, 2026

Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma, Inc., a medical practice that operates five clinics employing two dozen physicians in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.