Social Innovation and Change Initiative: Fellow Spotlight
Micaela Connery discusses Harvard Kennedy School’s support of the first Social Innovation and Change Initiative workshops with people of all abilities across the country.
Category: Partner Profiles
The Disability Justice Initiative
The work the Center for American Progress and their partners are doing to ensure disability policy has a permanent home in progressive politics is fundamental to ensuring people with disabilities have access to the protections, supports, and services they need. We’re excited to fight for access, inclusion, and equity alongside them.
UVA Today Feature
“My work feels like a really wonderful combination of something that I have a personal connection to while fulfilling a need that not a lot of people are working to address,” she said. According to Connery, one in five people has a disability – a large portion of our population.
Harvard Gazette: When Housing Becomes a Community
For their commencement issue, The Harvard Gazette chose Micaela as the featured alumni from Harvard Kennedy School: Making Disability-Forward Housing Scalable and Sustainable
Disability Housing: What’s happening?
Micaela Connery investigates the challenges adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities face when searching for a suitable home. Hundreds of thousands of adults with disabilities across the U.S. sit on housing “wait lists” for home and community-based services.