AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.
AUCD’s Maternal and Child Health Engagement supports the Autism CARES Programs, including LEND and DBP Programs.
AUCD’s Public Health Team works to create health promotion and public health efforts that include people with disabilities.
AUCD Emerging Leaders are a part of a community that includes trainees, early career professionals, self-advocates, and family members from AUCD member Centers and Programs.
AUCD 360 is a monthly newsletter highlighting news, initiatives, and events across the AUCD Network. Submitting an article to AUCD 360 is a great way for Network members to showcase activities, new research developments, trainee and faculty awards, events, and other accomplishments to the Network and others in the disabilities field.
Engaging Leaders and Transforming Systems: 2025 AUCD Leadership Academy
From June 1 to 6, nineteen leaders from 15 states and territories gathered in Atlanta for the 2025 AUCD Leadership Academy. The week focused on systems thinking, disability and civil rights history, power dynamics, and leadership development to equip participants to create meaningful change.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Produces Toolkits on 'Cognitive Behavioral Strategies for Autistic Students'
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) is proud to share two new toolkits and online courses. These educational resources were created by the VKC’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder (TRIAD) and the Vanderbilt Consortium LEND Training Program. Cognitive Behavioral/Instructional Strategies (CBIS) are interventions based on the simple principle that thinking (internal behavior) impacts emotions/feelings and controls overt actions (external behavior). These are interventions used to teach learners to support their self-awareness and self-management skills.
Submitting an article to AUCD 360 is a great way for Network members to showcase activities, new research developments, trainee and faculty awards, events, and other accomplishments.
