The AUCD Network: Promoting Wellness for Persons with Disabilities
July 15, 2007
Download and print this abridged report of UCEDD activities for the promotion of wellness for persons with disabilites here.
University Centers for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities are addressing the growing demand for wellness promotion activities for persons with disabilities in their communities by bringing together researchers, educators, and the public in innovative programs.
Following are brief descriptions of wellness initiatives going on across the country in different UCEDDs.
Colorado: JFK Partners, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center in Aurora
District of Columbia: Center for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University in Washington
Iowa: Center for Disabilities and Development, University of Iowa in Iowa City
Illinois: Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois in Chicago
Kansas: Life Span Institute, University of Kansas in Lawrence
Kentucky: Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky in Lexington
New York: Westchester Institute for Human Development, New York Medical College in Valhalla
Oregon: Oregon Institute on Disability and Development at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland
South Dakota: Center for Disabilities at the Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota in Sioux Falls
Utah: Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University in Logan
Wisconsin: Waisman Center on Mental Retardation and Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wyoming: Wyoming Institute for Disabilities at the University of Wyoming in Laramie