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2013
Working Paper

Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants

By: Pian Shu

Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more assets immediately prior to their application and exhibit lower labor force attachment than accepted... View Details

Keywords: Disability Insurance; Asset Accumulation; Labor Force Participation; Assets; Behavior; Employment; Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States

SSRN

12 Oct 2023
Video

Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

The Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)) has a mission to destigmatize the experience of living with or being the caretaker of someone with a disability. We cherish the unique perspectives that individuals with View Details

16 Oct 2023
News

Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

July 2019 (Revised October 2022)
Case

Jai Vakeel Foundation: Addressing Disability

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Kairavi Dey

Jai Vakeel, a nonprofit organization in India, serves individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID), those with an IQ below 70. The organization was founded by the parents of a child with Down Syndrome, and they (and their next generation) steadily built the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Health Care and Treatment; India

23 Jul 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting

26 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Video: Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

View Video MBA Class of 2024 students Landon Hollingsworth (MBA/MPA-ID 2024) and Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) discuss forming and leading the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG), the challenges and strengths of their own... View Details

August 2024
Case

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities

By: Richard S. Ruback, Robin Greenwood, Joe Higgins, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb

Katie Holyfield and Taylor Matkins founded The Lucky Ones Coffee in 2017 with a mission to create jobs in Park City, Utah for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company quickly earned strong support from the local community, and by early 2023... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; Tourism Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Utah; United States

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1.22 Disability Access | MBA

1.22 Disability Access 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The Disability Coordinator in the MBA Student & Academic Services office will assist students with disabilities to... View Details

27 Apr 2023
Video

IFC Disability Support & Accommodations

24 Apr 2014
News

Speaking out on behalf of the disabled

assumptions. “They wanted me to contribute more,” he says. “I made a course correction,” says Lipsitz. “I’ve come to realize that a large part of my purpose here is to set a good precedent for people with disabilities who will follow me.... View Details

April 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Individuals enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, known as dual eligibles, are among the highest-cost beneficiaries in the US. Commonwealth Care Alliance, a small nonprofit insurer and care delivery system in Massachusetts, operated under a public demonstration... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Public Sector; Alliances; Policy; Age; Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Welfare; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
Case

Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris

In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Consulting Industry; United States; Florida; New York (state, US)

23 Jul 2024
News

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

15 Oct 2024
Video

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Web

Support for Students with Disabilities | MBA

Support for Students with Disabilities Assistance is available at HBS for students with disabilities, which may include mobility, vision, hearing, and other physical impairments or health conditions, as well as learning disabilities,... View Details

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Physical Disabilities & Learning Differences | MBA

Physical Disabilities & Learning Differences Support Services Justin Ernest MBA 2019 "It's my hope that by raising my hand in an Aldrich classroom, I am promoting awareness for stutterers everywhere." Lindsay Rosenblum MBA 2019 "I finally... View Details

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

There’s a new frontier in diversity programs focused not on race or gender but on cognitive ability. The growing interest in neurodiversity—hiring people with cognitive disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—is motivated by... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

January 2009
Teaching Note

Commonwealth Care Alliance: Elderly and Disabled Care (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

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Keywords: Massachusetts