The Institute on Disability and Public Policy focuses on the analysis and understanding of public policy for persons with disabilities. We contribute to the vision of an ASEAN region that is inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based, where people who are disabled are leaders in the determination of their own destinies.We offer an accredited Master’s Degree in Comparative and International Disability Policy (CIDP).
Innovative
IDPP offers the world's first virtual Master's degree in disability policy. Courses incorporate universal design principles, and are accessible to blind, deaf, and mobility impaired students.
Flexible
Students have the option of completing the CIDP program as an accelerated one year or extended part-time program. Courses can be experienced in real-time or accessed on-demand.
Anywhere...
Students and faculty can participate
from anywhere in the world with an acceptable internet connection. Our cyberinfrastructure facilitates course delivery and collaboration.
IDPP Research Assistant and American University sophomore Mr. Diego Mariscal was honored with a 2012 Architect of the Future Award, which is presented annually to 10-12 young social entrepreneurs around the world making significant change in their communities. Presented by the organization Architects of the Future, this year’s awards focus on projects for persons with disabilities.
Mr. Mariscal submitted his project “2gether-International” for competition in the awards. From 2-7 June 2012, he will be flown to Vienna, Austria to attend the Architects of the Future conference; meet with other award recipients and potential mentors and sponsors; and present his 2gether project.
The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) provided a demonstration of its accessible virtual classroom at the U.S. Leadership Conference on International Disability Rights from 9-10 May 2012 at the U.S. Department of State.
The IDPP was personally invited by the State Department to share its experience in collaborative learning, and offer a demonstration of the accessible virtual learning environment used to facilitate the Master’s in Comparative and International Disability Policy (CIDP) program, the world’s first virtual Master’s degree in disability policy.
IDPP staff with Dr. Victor Pineda (Founder/President, The Victor Pineda Foundation; IDPP Advisory Board and CIDP faculty member) at the U.S. Leadership Conference.
The Journal of Political Science Education (JPSE) appointed Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, IDPP/COTELCO Executive Director, to the publication’s editorial board on 3 May 2012. Dr. Cogburn will join a new editorial board formed by JPSE editors Drs. Kerstin Hamann, Phillip Pollock, and Bruce Wilson beginning 1 July 2012.
As a member of the editorial board, Dr. Cogburn will help JPSE continue to produce high-quality journal publications.
JPSE is an intellectually rigorous, path-breaking, and agenda-setting journal that publishes the highest quality scholarship on teaching and pedagogical issues in political science.
IDPP Research Assistant and American University sophomore Mr. Diego Mariscal was honored with a 2012 Architect of the Future Award, which is presented annually to 10-12 young social entrepreneurs around the world making significant change in their communities. Presented by the organization Architects of the Future, this year’s awards focus on projects for persons with disabilities.
The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) provided a demonstration of its accessible virtual classroom at the U.S. Leadership Conference on International Disability Rights from 9-10 May 2012 at the U.S. Department of State.
The Journal of Political Science Education (JPSE) appointed Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn, IDPP/