{"id":62035,"date":"2022-10-07T16:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=62035"},"modified":"2023-08-24T11:30:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:30:20","slug":"oscar-e-hughes","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/oscar-e-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar E. Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Oscar E. Hughes is a PhD candidate in Educational Studies in the Special Education Program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. Oscar believes that the needs and priorities expressed by people with disabilities should be central to supports, services, and research in disability and education. He is especially interested in promoting access to self-determination for students and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I\/DD), so that they can have choice and control in their lives\u2014and experience joy and fulfillment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before pursuing a doctorate, Oscar was a special education teacher of high school and transition-age students with I\/DD. In addition to being a graduate student, he is a sexuality educator and trainer. He also works as a supporter to the Rainbow Support Groups of Massachusetts, a network of support groups run by and for LGBTQ+ adults with I\/DD. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For his dissertation research, Oscar is collaborating with LGBTQ+ adults with I\/DD on a project to examine the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQ+ adults with I\/DD from across the country. Based on interviews and focus groups and in collaboration with an advisory board, he and his team will create a guidebook for family members and disability service providers on how to support gender and sexual self-determination for adults with I\/DD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronouns:\u00a0<\/strong>he\/him\/his<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"author":9276,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/62035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/62035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71642,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/62035\/revisions\/71642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}