Honoring Dermot Desmond #UMassMed2016https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFwfNc3UkO4 Published on Jun 5, 2016 International financier and philanthropist Dermot Desmond received an honorary degree at the 43rd Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 5. Desmond chairs the RESPECT organization, which works to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. Most recently, RESPECT established the Daughters of Charity Technology, Research into Disability Research Institute, (DOCTRID) a partnership of 16 universities in Ireland and abroad, including the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The DOCTRID Research Institute is leading an initiative to support 40 fellowships in the field of autism and intellectual disabilities. https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-arc... #UMassMed2016