{"id":20001,"date":"2017-11-29T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/ahs-researchers-meet-with-delegation-of-disability-advocates-from-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T12:00:16","slug":"ahs-researchers-meet-with-delegation-of-disability-advocates-from-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/ahs-researchers-meet-with-delegation-of-disability-advocates-from-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"AHS researchers meet with delegation of disability advocates from Lebanon"},"template":"","news_categories":[19],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-20001","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-lectures-and-presentations"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p>The Partners of Refugees in Illinois Disability Employment (PRIDE) team was invited by WorldChicago to meet with a delegation of disability advocates from Lebanon on Thursday, Oct. 12. Delegates included two people with disabilities working to advocate for the social inclusion of people with disabilities in Lebanon, a physical therapist who works with people with disabilities, and a Lebanese government official working to address the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>PRIDE team members present: DHD clinical professor <strong>Rooshey Hasnain<\/strong> (PI), OT assistant professor <strong>Mansha Mirza<\/strong> (Co-PI), Kathryn Duke (project coordinator) and Daniela Miranda ( a visiting PhD student from Spain).<\/p>\n<p>Discussion topics included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenges associated with providing services to disabled refugees in the United States<\/li>\n<li>The rationale for a specific program for refugees with disabilities (rather than just all refugees or all persons with disabilities)<\/li>\n<li>Why this topic needs attention now more than before<\/li>\n<li>How the needs of people in this population differ from those in other underserved disabled populations<\/li>\n<li>Government services for people with disabilities, including refugees (e.g., vocational rehabilitation)<\/li>\n<li>Funding sources for projects to support refugees with disabilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"The Partners of Refugees in Illinois Disability Employment (PRIDE) team was invited by WorldChicago to meet with a delegation of disability advocates from Lebanon","content_author":"Tamar Heller","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=20001"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=20001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}