Independent Living Research Utilization

The purpose of this guide is to describe the critical characteristics, roles and functions of organized coalitions and the strategic steps necessary to bring about change in public policy.

As a congressional committee staffer for 13 years (1985-1997), I witnessed the enactment of over 20 bills related to disability policy. The bills included:

Robert “Bobby” Silverstein, J.D., is the Director of the Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy (CSADP). Mr. Silverstein has over 25 years of experience providing policy analysis, research and technical assistance to policy-makers and negotiating and drafting public policy at the federal, state and local levels.

Resistance could lead to breakouts of the infection in communities where it has been brought under control, a Canadian study in the Lancet reports.

Ivermectin, used since the late 1980s, is the only drug available for the mass treatment of river blindness.

Experts warned the findings highlighted the urgent need for new treatments.

River blindness (onchocerciasis) is caused by a nematode worm which is transmitted by a black fly.