Disability
On March 17, 2022, Manara Magazine published the piece “Disability Rights as Human Rights in Sulaimani, Kurdistan-Iraq, authored by Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies. The piece...
On September 29 , 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, attended the awards ceremony for people with disabilities in the community who have made outstanding achievements. Several...
On August 30 2022, by invitation of the Civil Development Organization, Dr. Lynn Rose, Director of Disability Studies at CGDS, and Ms. Shabang Sardar, CGDS Translator, attended the celebration of the...
On March 17, 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose attended the Amazha Organization’s International Deaf Spring Conference, held at the Dawa Hotel in Sulaimani. Speakers, sign...
On January 31, 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose was appointed to the Panel of Foreign Experts at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, as Visiting Professor. She will serve as an expert in disability...
On February 22, 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, attended “Disability Inclusion in Education,” a conference organized by the Halabja Disability Organization (HDO) and held in...
Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, completed training in the online Digital Oral History Institute, hosted by the AMICAL Consortium. The Institute consisted of three interconnected...
On September 29, 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, opened a speaker series for the Rehabilitation and Human Services Program at Penn State-Abington, via Zoom. The title of her...
On September 7 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, served as plenary speaker at ICISPE, the International Conference on Indonesia Social and Political Enquieries. The conference...
On September 3 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, provided a full-day workshop, “How to Achieve Inclusive Education: A Legal Basis in KRG.” The workshop, organized by the...
On August 17 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose, along with APP Director Ms. Zimkitha Mpatheni and translator Ms. Shabang Sardar, visited the Halabja Disability Organization. The...
On April 6 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose visited the Redoz Center, which serves families of children with special needs by providing assessment and training for the children...
On Monday, April 11 2022, Dr. Lynn Rose, CGDS Director of Disability Studies, visited Dr. Kani Salar Osman, who directs the Special Education Department at Sulaimani University. Ms. Giota Magga, AUIS...
On November 11 2022, CGDS Director of Disability Studies Dr. Lynn Rose participated as one of the panelists in “Understanding and Advocating for University Students with Disabilities.” The panel...
On 16 February 2022, Mr. Bakhtawar Barzan, who teaches Instructional Technology in Sulaimani, spoke to Dr. Lynn Rose’s “Introduction to Disability Studies” class about his experiences as a person...
On March 30, 2022, Mr. Hama Shex Hady, an artist near completion of his degree at the University of Sulaimani, spoke about his art in the “Introduction to Disability Studies” class. He also spoke...
After visiting Somalia last March, CGDS nominated Mr. Ismail Ahmed Ali for the D-30 Disability Impact Listbecause of his extraordinary work with the Al Basir School for the Blind in Mogadishu. This...
On February 23, 2022, Mr. Shanaw Peshraw, a lawyer who works on behalf of refugees and IDPs for Heartland Alliance, spoke about his experiences as a blind person to the students in the “Introduction...
“The Varieties of Ableism: A Colloquium in Sulaimani, Kurdistan” was published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal of Teaching Disability Studies . Summarizing the colloquium “Disability,...