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's Disability Policy News (DPN) is a weekly newsletter highlighting federal policy issues affecting people with disabilities and their families. DPN features updates in plain language and action steps that people can take to educate policymakers. DPN is published every Friday.
Last week, the President released his “skinny” budget, which proposes massive cuts to government departments and agencies, including a 26 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Appropriators are waiting for the White House to release a bigger, more detailed budget later this month. Agency heads have started testifying in front of various Congressional committees to discuss the President’s budget proposal.
Read AUCD’s Statement: President’s Budget Undermines Decades of Disability Progress.
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View past issues of Disability Policy News to learn more about AUCD's policy priorities and how you can engage in policy actions.
