AUCDigest

April 10, 2006 • Volume 6, Number 60

REQUESTS

AUCD requests photos for new UCEDD brochure.  Plans are underway for AUCD to update its UCEDD Brochure.   If you have (or are willing to take) high resolution photographs for possible inclusion, email Maggie Nygren. AUCD needs all photos by April 19, 2006.

Multi-collaborative UCEDD effort on survey of adult siblings of persons with disabilities. The Sibling Research Consortium is a collaborative effort of researchers from several universities and The Arc of the , with leadership provided by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN UCEDD) Family Research Program.  Collaborators include researchers from Boling Center (TN UCEDD), University of Wisconsin’s Waisman Center (UCEDD, DDRC), and the University of Georgia’s Institute on Human Development & Disability (UCEDD). To better understand the long-lasting relationship between individuals with disabilities and their adult siblings, the National Sibling Research Consortium has created the Adult Sibling Questionnaire. Persons 18 or older with a sister or brother with disabilities are invited to complete the questionnaire online.  Paper copies are available by contacting the Family Research Program at 888-322-5339 or [email protected].  For further more, contact Jan Rosemergy at 615-322-8238.

NIDRR seeks peer reviewers in emergency preparedness and disability:  The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) invites interested persons to submit resumes for inclusion in a pool of potential peer reviewers for future research and development projects in emergency preparedness and disability. Interested parties should send resumes to Bonnie L. Gracer for consideration. 

Special policy and law issue of Assistive Technology journal–Call For Papers.  An upcoming issue of Assistive Technology will commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  The editors welcome the submission of case studies, empirical research and policy and legal analysis on topics related to the ADA and technology, such as (but not restricted to) workplace accommodations, universal design of technology, accessibility of the Internet, emergency communications; accessible voting technology, and wireless telecommunications.  Potential contributors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with previous issues of Assistive Technology, and to discuss their ideas with the guest editors, Paul M.A. Baker, Kevin Caves, and Peter Blanck.  Abstracts and article proposals are due May 15.

The Arc's Distinguished Research Award.  The Arc of the is seeking nominations for its 2006 Distinguished Research Award. This award honors an outstanding researcher who has contributed in significant ways to research that enhances the well-being of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, or that prevents such conditions and/or related effects.  Nominations are due May 15.  Visit The Arc for more information.

< Previous | 5 of 11 | Next >