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AUCD for All Gala - Purchase Tickets!

Join the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) on April 19 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM in Washington, DC for the annual AUCD for All Gala. This year, we will focus on Creating Inclusive Communities and the important work being done around the AUCD network to meet the needs of people with disabilities and their families. The AUCD for All celebration brings together leaders from all sectors who are advocating for disability rights, equity, and inclusion. On this night, we will honor Dr. Iheoma U. Iruka and CommunicationFIRST for their work advocating for inclusive communities and leading the way toward inclusion for all. Learn more about our honorees and speakers, and purchase your ticket today!

Policy

3/23/2023

Apply Now! Become a 2023 Think College Policy Advocate!

Deadline: April 24, 2023

The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) and Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) are happy to announce this opportunity to learn and practice policy advocacy skills is once again available to students and staff of inclusive higher education programs. If you or someone you know works for or attends a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disability, you can apply to be a Think College Policy Advocate (TCPA).

3/20/2023

Disability Policy News

AUCD, Disability Policy News, every Monday Budget; Long COVID; HCBS; Pandemic Preparedness; Transportation

3/16/2023

NH-ME LEND Spring Kick-Off: Engaging in Advocacy and the Policy Process

In January, NH-ME LEND convened trainees, faculty, and five panelists for a Leadership Intensive: Organizing to Influence Your State's Policy. Panelists represented perspectives on advocacy at the state, local, and personal levels. The Leadership Intensive was the first step in preparing the 2023 LEND cohort for the spring Disability Policy Seminar (DPS) and subsequent meetings with congressional delegations.

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AUCD Events

2023 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop: Preparing to Educate Policymakers in DC and at Home

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Virtual

This workshop will help trainees learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home. It will also teach trainees how to connect their experience and expertise to policy. Finally, the workshop will help prepare trainees for the virtual 2023 Disability Policy Seminar on Monday, April 24th, and the fly-in hill day on Thursday, April 27th.

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AIR-P Presents: Mind the NIH-Funding Gap: Structural Discrimination in Physical Health-Related Research for Cognitively Able Autistic Adults

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
Location: Zoom

In this webinar, Dr. McDonald will discuss the lack of NIH-funded research focused on physical health disparity conditions in autistic adults. Using data from the NIH RePorter (a publicly available government spending transparency tool), we used 30 major health disparity terms (e.g., insomnia, cardiovascular disease) paired with the terms "autism" and "adult" to investigate grants funded by the NIH on these conditions.

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