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The Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University’s College of Law has been striving for a more inclusive environment for people with disabilities in its work and research.
After receiving $4.3 million from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research in 2020, the BBI helped establish the Disability Inclusive Employment Policy Rehabilitation Research and Training Center.
The BBI works on the center in partnership with Harvard and Rutgers Universities.
“We want to bring hard science to this applied area to really make an impact on government policymakers, and also, of course, on the lives of people with disabilities,” said Peter Blanck, the chairman of BBI and a professor at SU’s College of Law.
Since receiving the multi-million dollar grant from the national institute, Blanck said the BBI published articles and policy briefs on topics such as workplace accommodations and the intersectionality of people with disabilities with other marginalized groups such as the Black and LGBTQ communities.
The research and training center divides its work into three different categories: gaining employment, job quality and retention, and employment reengagement, which aims to help people with disabilities re-enter the workforce, according to the center’s website.
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