The Adusu Advocacy Framework: A Strategic Model for Advancing Policy Reform in Developmental Disability Services

• By: Isaac Mawuko Adusu, DHA, MSNPM Seven Hills Foundation, Rhode Island
• July 29th, 2026
• coalition building, community-based care, developmental disabilities, disability services, IDD, policy advocacy, policy reform, Summer 2026 Issue, workforce shortage
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Across many countries, systems supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing significant pressure. Workforce shortages, increasing service demand, and funding constraints have created fragile service environments that test providers, policymakers,...

The Epidemic of Opiate Abuse: Its Causes and (Potential) Solutions

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction epidemic, mental health, opiate dependence, pain management, pharmaceutical industry, policy reform, social determinants of health, substance use
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The use of mind and mood altering substances is certainly not unique to our modern post-industrialized society. Epidemics of substance use and addiction have ravaged communities for hundreds of years. Homo Sapiens and their ancestors have sought relief from suffering for as long as suffering has...