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7/1/2016

MCDD High School Trainee's Honors & Recognition (MD UCEDD)

Meera Rothman is a rising senior at Dulaney High School in Baltimore, Maryland, and an MCDD trainee for the summer. Meera has volunteered more than 125 hours this summer on two research projects to benefit Kennedy Krieger's Psychiatric Mental Health Program and the Care Coordination Project. Meera also volunteered with Project HEAL, an MCDD community-based program, during the summers of 2013 and 2014, and presented her research at a poster session during the 2014 AUCD conference.

6/27/2016

"Whose Life is it Anyways?" Person-Centered Practices Family Training: A New Collaborative Project (TX UCEDD)

"Whose Life is it Anyways?" Person-Centered Practices Family Training: A New Collaborative Project In collaboration with the Center on Disability and Development (CDD), the University of Texas Center on Disability Studies (TCDS), the Texas Division of Blind Services (DBS), the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI), Educational Service Center Region 6 (Huntsville) and Region 12 (Waco), and Fungineering, over 25 parents and 19 young advocates with visual impairments participated in the "Whose Life is it Anyways?" Person-Centered Practices Family Training.

6/27/2016

Munroe-Meyer Institute Teams with State for Autism Coverage Medicaid Guidelines (NE UCEDD/LEND)

Following a 2015 Nebraska Supreme Court ruling that mandated Medicare coverage for children with autism in the state, Nebraska officials seeking information on the types of services that could and should be provided met with a team of professionals from the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.

6/27/2016

Tuesdays with Liz - David Frye

In recognition of Pride Month, Liz Weintraub, host of this week's edition of interviewed David Frye, who serves as coordinator for the Vermont LGBTQ Disabilities Network in this week's edition of Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All. They discussed his experiences as an LGBTQ individual with a disability. In case you missed last week's edition, Liz interviewed Jennifer Longdon, is a person with a disability as a result of gun violence. They spoke about her experience following the gun violence and how she became a disability advocate.

6/27/2016

UCONN UCEDD Hosts Self-Determination Event for Connecticut Practitioners

UCONN UCEDD hosted an all-day training event on Self-Determination and its importance in the education of students with disabilities." Invited presenters were Drs. Michael Weymeyer and Karrie Shogren from the University of Kansas. Over 100 individuals representing school districts across the state of Connecticut, along with advocates, family members, graduate students, and state agencies staff attended the training.

6/22/2016

AUCD Celebrates the 17th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision

Urges Congress to Support States in Implementation of Olmstead

AUCD and its self-advocates, family members, and allies, joins with the greater disability community in celebrating the 17th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead vs. L.C. decision (1999), a landmark decision that has afforded hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities the opportunity to move from institutions to their own homes and communities. Seventeen years ago today the Supreme Court ruled that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities cannot be unnecessarily segregated and must receive services in the most integrated setting possible.

6/21/2016

Tuesdays with Liz - Jennifer Longdon

In this week's edition of Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All, Liz Weintraub interviewed Jennifer Longdon, is a person with a disability as a result of gun violence. They spoke about her experience following the gun violence and how she became a disability advocate. In case you missed last week's edition, Liz interviewed John Sorenson, Project Officer for the Money Follows the Person program and a housing specialist at CMS. They spoke about the challenges being a father with a disability in honor of Father's Day (June 19).

6/20/2016

Alert: Conference Information

AUCD has learned that some of you have been contacted by phone or email from someone at "Expo Services" claiming to represent AUCD and offering a special discount for registration or hotels. Be advised that AUCD does not have relationships with any outside companies who are authorized to offer you discounts or book your travel or registration. We advise you to not give your personal or financial information to anyone contacting you and claiming to be working on behalf of or in conjunction with AUCD.

6/20/2016

ICI (MA UCEDD/LEND) Receives New Grant for Transition Leadership

The Office of Special Education Programs has awarded the Institute for Community Inclusion's Education and Transition Team a new grant for $250,000 per year for the next five years. The grant will fund and prepare four cohorts of highly trained Transition Specialists with a focus on Intellectual Disability (ID) and other low incidence disabilities (LID) to address the critical shortage of transition personnel in MA.

6/20/2016

Southeastern Postsecondary Education Alliance Holds Second Annual Capacity Building Institute

The Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD), at the Georgia State University School of Public Health, hosted its second annual Southeastern Postsecondary Education Alliance (SEPSEA) Capacity Building Institute on April 4th & 5th, 2016.

6/16/2016

Walmart Foundation Grant to AUCD Expands Nutrition Efforts for People with Disabilities in Four States

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is pleased to announce that the Walmart Foundation has granted AUCD and four of its member Centers $300,000 to launch the "Nutrition is for Everyone" project. This one-year pilot project will provide nutrition education for an estimated 20,000 people in the disability community across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

6/14/2016

Karabo Molyneaux-Molloy Representing AUCD and the US Virgin Islands at Today's White House Women's Summit

"AUCD is excited to have dynamic leaders like Karabo Molyneaux-Molloy and Liz Weintraub in attendance at today's historic summit," said Andrew Imparato, AUCD's Executive Director. "Women with disabilities have a huge stake in every topic that will be discussed today, and the whole community will benefit from their participation."

6/14/2016

Tuesdays with Liz- John Sorenson

In this week's edition of Tuesdays with Liz: Disability Policy for All, Liz Weintraub interviewed John Sorenson (Project Officer for the Money Follows the Person program and a housing specialist at CMS). They spoke about the challenges being a father with a disability in honor of Father's Day (June 19). In case you missed last week's edition, AUCD Policy Analyst Christine Grosso gave a tutorial of the HCBS Advocacy site.

6/13/2016

Special Report on the Senate Appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, HHS, Education for FY 2017

6/13/2016

The Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Announces the 2016 PATHS Graduates (TX UCEDD)

The Postsecondary Access and Training in Human Services (PATHS) program at Texas A&M University is honored to announce the 2016 graduates. This year, 21 young men and women successfully graduated from the PATHS certificate program. Family and friends attended the fifth graduating PATHS class. The PATHS certificate program was developed in 2010 by Dr. Cheryl Grenwelge, Director of Transition Service Programs, Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension while working with the Center on Disability and Development (CDD) at Texas A&M University.

6/11/2016

Comfort Room for Kids (IA UCEDD/LEND)

The Center for Disabilities and Development, Iowa's Center for Excellence on Disabilities is excited to roll out a new and unique experience for our patients and families. The Comfort Room for Kids is scheduled to open in late spring 2016.