COVID-19
6/8/2020
MCDD Resources and a Toolkit During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many things are uncertain. The Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) created guidance documents for individuals with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities and their families to help navigate these challenging times. The MCDD, Maryland's University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEED), is located on the campus of Kennedy Krieger Institute, a pediatric hospital serving individuals with disabilities and their families.
6/8/2020
MMI Psychology Department to Offer Free Consultative Clinics
The Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) Psychology Department at UNMC is offering free behavioral telehealth consultative clinics. Families of children age 18 or younger can access two free consultative appointments via the teleconferencing platform Zoom or by phone. Providing the services via telehealth also means they will be available to people across the entire state.
6/8/2020
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities (NJ UCEDD/LEND) Develops COVID-19 Resources
The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities, New Jersey's UCEDD and LEND program, has developed training and resources to address informational needs related to COVID-19. In April, the Center launched its "Just in Time" Webinar Series to provide virtual learning opportunities focused on emotional well-being, mental health, behavior supports, creating meaningful days, and DSP skill building and self-ca
6/8/2020
Va-LEND Thrives Amid COVID-19
Presentation and discussion of research posters and leadership presentations herald the end of the Va-LEND program for the academic year at Virginia Commonwealth University. They are typically lively events marked by discussion, acknowledgement of trainee achievements, and fellowship. This year was very different due to the commonwealth's response to COVID-19 and need to socially distance.
6/5/2020
Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities Factsheets
The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities is a national coalition that was established to identify and reduce life-limiting healthcare inequities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by improving access to medical protocols that reduce medical discrimination. They have created a couple of fact sheets on how to safeguard against disability discrimination during COVID-19
6/3/2020
WIHD Conducts Virtual Training with First-year Medical School Students
Karen Millman, LEND Family Partnership Training Coordinator/LEND Family Faculty, at the Westchester Institute for Human Development, in partnership with Jeanne Wilson, M.D. Course Director, "Foundations of Clinical Medicine", at New York Medical College held a 'virtual' joint training session on 4/22, for first-year medical school students. The session is typically held every year in-person, in the Spring, on the campus of NYMC, but due to COVID-19, this year the session was held via Zoom.
5/25/2020
MN LEND Fellows Use Their Training in COVID-19 Response
The MN LEND Fellows at the Institute on Community Integration shared stories of how their work is being impacted by the pandemic.
5/20/2020
Kansas Autism Annual Conference Goes Virtual
This year's Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) bi-annual conference Autism Across the Lifespan co-sponsored by Kansas LEND was quickly and successfully re-imagined to be held virtually on April 10th via zoom. LEND faculty members Leni Swails, Ph.D., Rene Jamison, Ph.D. and Skylar Bellinger, Pd.D. partnered with Matt Mosconi, Ph.D. and Sean Swindler of KCART to present on the unique challenges faced by individuals with ASD, their caregivers, and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
5/18/2020
COVID-19 Information for People with Disabilities, Older Adults, and Others with Functional or Access Needs
Project REDD under the leadership of Dr. Laura Stough has begun to provide resources online for people with disabilities, older adults, and others with functional or access needs. We are updating the site daily and we are working on the REDDy Directory to update and list sources who can also help provide services during this crisis. You can also submit information on the REDDy Site to be included - it's changed slightly since it was hacked into recently and you may submit entries and we will post them.
5/18/2020
In Crisis, MN UCEDD/LEND Responds
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and training specialists at the Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD/LEND) are launching several new ventures aimed at supporting people with disabilities through the crisis.
5/13/2020
MMI Aids in Effort to Provide Free Communication Tools
Jessica Gormley, Ph.D., assistant professor and speech pathologist at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, was part of a nationwide effort by members of the Patient Provider Communication Forum to produce free online communication resources to patients and their health care workers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
5/12/2020
Dr. Stough and a group of scholars and practitioners have been selected as a Disability and COVID-19 Working Group by the Natural Hazards Center
The group includes 14 members from 9 universities and centers representing the 8 disciplines of: Communication, Disability Studies, Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology, Public Health, Special Education, and Social Work. The group includes 3 members representing minority groups, a student researcher, and all of our members themselves have or have family members with disabilities or special health care needs. The primary positions are similarly diverse and include researchers, teachers, practitioners, support personnel, and project directors. As each member of the group already have existing research agendas, teaching positions, or oversee projects aligned with this topic, they will bring knowledge from these experiences to the working group.
5/11/2020
AUCD's National Center on Disability in Public Health Shares COVID-19 Emergency Response Information
One of the most important tasks for AUCD's public health team and the entire network right now is sharing accurate, timely information on COVID-19 for the disability community. AUCD's Network Public Health Webinar Series on COVID-19 did just that, together with programs and centers across the network. This 4-part webinar series, hosted by AUCD's National Center on Disability in Public Health, reviewed timely public health information on what we currently know on disability inclusion as it relates to this emerging issue, reaching about 2,000 attendees through the live sessions. Fantastic speakers from the Health and Disability SIG, Emergency Preparedness SIG, Mental Health Aspects of I/DD, Nutrition SIG, Sexual Health SIG, FASD SIG, Family Discipline Network, and the Council on Leadership in Advocacy (COLA) participated alongside colleagues from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Please check the webinar series page for the recordings and share the links with partners and colleagues.
5/6/2020
A Disability Should Not Invalidate a Person's Worthiness, Especially During a Pandemic
Read Dr. Nick Winges-Yanez' Op-Ed piece titled, "A Disability Should Not Invalidate a Person's Worthiness, Especially During a Pandemic". Within the article, Dr. Winges-Yanez shares how people with disabilities are being discriminated against during the COVID-19 pandemic.
5/6/2020
WIHD medical professionals help special-needs children, their parents during pandemic
from WIHD was interviewed by Samantha Crawford of News 12 Westchester to highlight our use of telehealth services to protect thousands of patients with disabilities.