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MNLEND instructor Jennifer Hall-Lande (standing at left) gathers around a research poster with MNLEND Fellows during MNLEND Research Day.

MNLEND Research Day

How can a successful disability justice initiative scale up? What do autistic students say they need most in school? Can barber shops help connect families to early intervention resources that address developmental delays?

MNLEND fellows recently presented research posters at ICI about the projects they developed to address community concerns.

Learn more about MNLEND research.

The cover of the Impact issue on loneliness. The text reads, "Lonely? You're not alone." Two young people, viewed from above, stand alone, separated by the text.

Disability and Loneliness: New Impact

The new issue of Impact magazine explores the global loneliness epidemic through a disability lens. Articles in the issue explore the latest loneliness research, promising programs tackling both loneliness and isolation in people with disabilities, and stories from individuals and families who share what loneliness looks like to them.

"It’s quite scary to think about the number of people who are experiencing loneliness, and just having a disability is a key risk factor."

Read more about the Impact on loneliness.

Diverse youth paddle canoes on a river in sunshine. They wear life preservers.

Rally for Disability Rights, Services

U.S. Senator Tina Smith (Democrat), Minnesota State Senator Jim Abeler (Republican), and disability rights advocates recently rallied support for ICI and other organizations that protect the freedom and access to community living of people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Abeler led the crowd in loud chants. The Arc Minnesota sponsored the rally.

Learn more about the rally.