Conference Invitation & Overview

in-no-va-tion (noun)   ˌi-nə-ˈvā-shən

The creation of better or more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society. (1)

Rapid developments in technology and science result in a constant flow of new and emerging information in medicine, health care, social services, education, policy, research practice, and communication systems.   The 2012 AUCD Conference is a unique forum to share innovations and promising practices across a broad array of topics that ultimately impact the quality life for people with disabilities and their families in their communities.

We welcome you to learn and share today's promising practices and innovations that shape the lives of people with disabilities and their families through research, policy, education, and service. 

 

On behalf of the AUCD Board of Directors and the conference planning committee, I am pleased to invite your participation in the 2012 AUCD Conference:

Innovating Today, Shaping Tomorrow: Promising Practices in Research,
Policy, Education, and Service

Rapid developments in technology and science result in a constant flow of new and emerging information in medicine, health care, social services, education, policy, research practice, and communication systems. Keeping abreast of the changes in evidence based practices and adapting to the constant influx of information is a daily challenge. The 2012 AUCD Conference is a unique forum to share today's emerging and evidence based practices across a broad array of topics that ultimately shape and improve the quality of people's lives. Throughout the AUCD network, the end users of our collective efforts are people with disabilities and their families. Whatever the innovation, whatever the service, we strive to create a promising future of self-directed inclusive outcomes for people with disabilities.

Innovation and promising practices do not have to be complex to be valuable. Sometimes the greatest advances come from simple implementations or new ways to approach complex problems. The 2012 AUCD conference welcomes presenters to share today's promising practices and innovations that shape the lives of people with disabilities and their families through research, policy, education, and service.

This year there are several new presentation methods that include traditional concurrent sessions, panel presentations, and short research paper presentations. Posters will be physically displayed at the Monday poster session reception and all day Tuesday as well as digitally, available online prior to, during, and after the conference and displayed at computer stations during conference.

Welcome to the 2012 AUCD Conference: Innovating Today, Shaping Tomorrow: Promising Practices in Research, Policy, Education and Service. 

Respectfully,

Julie Fodor, PhD
President-Elect, AUCD
Chair, AUCD 2012 Conference
Director, Center on Disabilities and Human Development, University of Idaho