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About Community Inclusion

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living. 

The network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) aims to positively affect the lives of all people with disabilities by building and strengthening systems that support full community participation. They work toward a vision of self-determination, independence, productivity, and community inclusion for people with disabilities throughout the lifespan. 

AUCD's Community Inclusion Team is supported by funding from the Administration on Community Living, the Human Services Research Institute, and the Early Childhood Personnel Center for Equity 

The Community Inclusion Team is tasked with providing technical assistance to the 68 University Centers of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) and engaging this national network in conversation and programming. The Community Inclusion Team partners with AUCD's Councils and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to support conversations and projects of the larger AUCD Network around topical areas related to disability. The Community Inclusion team supports various AUCD and DD network workgroups, as well as fosters emerging leaders and trainees across the national network through programs like the Emerging Leaders Community.  

Initiatives

The UCEDD Resource Center (URC) is a project of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) that provides coordinated, comprehensive, and specialized training and technical assistance to the national network of University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, & Service (UCEDDs).

Through its UCEDD Resource Center (URC) and complementary initiatives, AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team provides technical assistance, training, resources to support implementation of the UCEDD core grant. Since 1963, the UCEDD Network has worked towards a shared vision in which all Americans, including Americans with disabilities, participate fully in their communities. Independence, productivity, and community inclusion are key components of this vision. 

AUCD's Emerging Leaders Community is a space dedicated to current and past trainees from AUCD member centers and programs, early career professionals from health and related disciplines, including self-advocates and family members. This group of passionate individuals from every U.S. state and territory grows by the thousands each year. Together, this Emerging Leaders Community shares a passion to serve, research, and educate to make positive changes with and for people with disabilities and their families.

The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Hub provides resources, examples, and action steps that help enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion and promote cultural humility and responsiveness. The hub brings together the variety of existing resources available in the AUCD network all in one place. It also shares stories of how network members are promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion at their centers and programs and how to engage with AUCD technical assistance initiatives.

Visit the UCEDD Resource Center (URC) website for resources, information about workgroups, to request technical assistance, and more.

Visit the URC Website

Reach out to the Community Inclusion Team.

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