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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
humor and energy for action. “After my accident,” she says, “I got notes from people in the disability community saying, ‘Heard about your accident — great news for us!' I think what they were saying was, ‘With the help of this national... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
Madeline. I took great solace in talking to other classmates with disabled children, and cried with another who had lost his daughter. It certainly doesn’t mean our time at HBS was wasted. I still employ TOM skills while building with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
2004 at Outdoor Explorations, a nonprofit that brings together people with and without disabilities for inclusive outdoor adventures. She spent last summer doing marketing for Advanced Bionics, a Boston Scientific–owned manufacturer of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Venture: A Welcome Assist
Illustration: Chris Gash Illustration: Chris Gash The internet grew up inordinately fast. It all happened so quickly, in fact, that it blew right by the accessibility guidelines that would’ve made digital tools available to everyone, regardless of their age or ability,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
day they arrive for overnight delivery. Mixon has also turned Invacare's talents and resources into other activities that help its customers. For years the company has lobbied for the passage of legislation like the Americans with View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
was operating as a kind of project manager for her mom—and that she was one of 66 million Americans taking care of an ill, aging, or disabled loved one—she began to build a more modern solution to care management. Wellthy provides loved... View Details
- 15 Jul 2024
- News
A Sporting Chance
The fall that had such a profound effect on Jorge Perez de Leza’s life would later have a big impact on others with disabilities as well. “When you hear somebody say that in one minute your life changes—it really can happen,” says Jorge Perez de Leza (MBA 1996), the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people worldwide. Yet most can’t afford the blood glucose monitoring needed to manage their condition. For a target group... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
doing, because that is precisely what brought their success. Still, it is important - indeed critical - to recognize that organizations have both capabilities and disabilities. Developing strong capabilities in sustaining innovations, by definition, creates View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
working to support our economies. Click on the images below to learn about a few, then help us complete our list by using the comments to recommend other inspired alumni ideas. Guilt-free holiday jewels Open the world to disabled... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
Internet, rank novices can disable an organization’s Web site, hurting business while giving the firm an embarrassingly public black eye. More serious are the sometimes devastating and often indiscriminate internal intrusions perpetrated... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
that serves the employment, training, housing, and education needs of people with disabilities in Oregon and Washington, and Serendipity Center, a Portland school for at-risk youth. Chussil says the HBSAO program will place about six... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
corporate clients wishing to develop such programs. After various positions in the firm's sales and strategic planning areas, she eventually became director of new product development. "I loved creating new services for our clients - such as adoption planning, college... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
Mitch Tuchman and Scott Puritz (photo by Kim Marshall) Mitch Tuchman (MBA 1982) was a successful software entrepreneur in the exuberant 1990s when his first son, Jack, was born. A year later, Tuchman’s life changed: He and his wife learned that Jack suffered from... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Disabilities by Laure Wang (MBA 1997) Self-published This book is a guide for everyone—caregivers, therapists, and people with physical disabilities—based on Wang’s experiences, and can serve as a handbook of etiquette for the treatment... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
June. With roots dating back to 1717, 40,000 members, and approximately $9.1 billion of assets under management, it is one of the oldest benefit plans in the United States, providing ministers and teachers of the church with pensions, medical benefits, life and View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
job but can’t make ends meet? —Rick Holliday (MBA 1963) OAKES: Yes, their needs are quite different. For individuals with mental illness or disabilities or who have experienced homelessness, we have learned that just providing an... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
with chronic diseases or disabilities who are frequently lost among the cracks of our present fragmented system. How has the pandemic changed the health care sector? We have seen a much broader acceptance of telemedicine and changes in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
what's going on with the security people, concessions, merchandise, and on and on. You can learn something from virtually any event. "Then yesterday, by contrast," she continues, "I spent two hours huddling with our advisory group on View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons