News Archive

  • Enhancing public knowledge of disability studies

    Lennard Davis receives the 2017 UIC Distinguished Scholar of the Year Award for his leadership in the field of disability studies

  • Sandra Sufian receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant

    DHD professor wins grant for the creation of health humanities portraits as case studies

  • Carrie Sandahl shares expertise to make museums accessible for all

    Sandahl member of team attributed with the development of the Museum Accessibility Toolkit developed by UIC alumna, Courtney Sass

  • Life hack

    For more than 25 years, the Assistive Technology Unit has maximized individual independence through person-centered therapy, design and engineering

  • First in class

    The first AHS bachelor’s degrees are awarded in two new undergraduate programs: rehabilitation sciences, and disability and human development

  • Supporting refugees with disabilities

    Helping link refugees who have disabilities with job and entrepreneurship opportunities

  • Expanding independence

    The Assistive Technology Unit's cutting edge technology expands independence of undeserved individuals with developmental disabilities

  • Making a difference for children with autism

    Susan Kahan brings awareness of sexual abuse to those whose job it is to keep children safe and to those who are charged with helping them overcome the dual challenge of disability and trauma