disability - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2018
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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 Mar 2009
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Model Patient

would provide the specialists and the full range of necessary care for patients suffering from chronic diseases or disabilities such as diabetes or bad backs. Rather than leaving it to the patient to search for a specialist in one area,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

19 Jun 2017
News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

learning disability in the past or whatever it is, really figure out, hey, I'm unique, and my unique traits make me good for these types of things. And there's no version of uniqueness that isn't-- that doesn't have there fit somewhere in... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

disabilities and degenerative neurological conditions. (In one of several such tragic incidents, in 2011, 10-year NFL veteran Dave Duerson (OPM 30, 2001)—who had been suffering from a deteriorating mental state—instructed his family... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

that and to use it to help other people. Now, technically, both of those stories could be true. So which one should I live by? One story paints me as a victim, right? The "poor me" story. But the second story, the better story, is a Jedi mind trick that transforms my... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

sister live like boxcar children on her disability checks. When Casey, following in the footsteps of his father, is recruited to play football at Yale, he enters a world he’s never dreamed of, the anteroom to secret societies and success... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Richard Branson, for turning his learning disability to his advantage; also, for his courage, creativity, and enthusiasm for the great brand he built. Mei Zhang (MBA 1996), founder and chairwoman, Wildchina Travel, Beijing, China I had... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

I shared the story of a doctor in Jordan who started a school for developmentally disabled children that was so successful she was able to franchise the concept throughout the country. I also talked about an MBA who had left a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

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