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An Ode To The Culture: Harvard’s ASL Program
The summer before my freshman fall, a sophomore friend at Harvard told me about her friend’s “amazing” experience with Harvard’s ASL program. Afterwards, I decided to enroll in ASL 1 to fulfill my language requirement, get to know a culture I was...

Identifying barriers faced by people with disabilities
Melissa Shang had planned to become a disability rights attorney and had set her sights on studying sociology on a prelaw track. Once at Harvard, she quickly found a new possibility. Click this link to read more at the Harvard Gazette article.

Anne Fracht Receives Career Achievement Award
On April 3rd, HPOD's Self-Advocacy Associate, Anne Fracht , was honored with a career achievement award from the Massachusetts chapter of Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) —a national, non-profit membership organization dedicated to...

Quality of Care article
Lydialyle Gibson recently wrote a profile on Lisa Iezzoni, one of the most prominent researchers in healthcare and disability, for Harvard Magazine. Please read the article on their website.

Why Braille Matters
Nikki Rojas of the Harvard Gazette recently wrote an article on the importance of Braille and a class called "Why Braille Matters." Read more at the Harvard Gazette article.

Harvard Offers Site-wide Access to Visual Interpreting Service Aira

Harvard is pleased to announce its new engagement with visual interpreting service Aira. Free unlimited access is now available for anyone on Harvard’s Cambridge or Boston campuses who have Aira downloaded to their phone. This visual interpreting service...