AUCDIGEST: TO BE DONE
11/1/2022
Liz's Top 10 Favorite Places to Visit in DC
If you find yourself with free time before or after the AUCD 2022 Conference, consider visiting one of Liz's favorite places in DC. Liz Weintraub is Senior Advocacy Specialist at AUCD and the host of Tuesday's with Liz. Read on for a list of her recommendations!
10/19/2022
Jeiri Flores Publishes Reflection on Disability and Womanhood
The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is proud and honored to recognize Jeiri Flores' recent publication through the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation blog: "Ain't I a Woman?" a stunning piece on womanhood and its intersection with other identities.
9/19/2022
Indiana LEND Fellow Wins SDBP Research Award
Dr. Ann Marie Martin, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Indiana LEND, has been awarded the 2022 Research Grant Award from the Society for Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Research Committee. Photo Alt text: Image of a young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. She is smiling at the camera.
8/22/2022
CMS Offers Roadmap for States to Help Connect Children with Complex Medical Conditions to Critical Medicaid Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), recently unveiled guidance on a new Medicaid health home benefit for children with medically complex conditions.
8/12/2022
Inclusive, Accessible Health Care the Focus of Free Continuing Medical Education Course
Primary care providers can receive three CME credit hours while learning how to provide better care to their patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A new Continuing Medical Education (CME) course aimed at facilitating more equitable and accessible health care for patients with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) is available through the University of Arizona Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities. The CME is a free and self-directed online course for physicians, nurse practitioners, and other licensed health care providers who require continuing education. Course completion grants three CME credit hours toward license renewal.
8/9/2022
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities Speech-Language Pathologist Wins Distinguished Educator Award
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities speech-language pathologist has won the Bright Star Award for Distinguished Educators, presented by the Wyoming Governor's Council on Developmental Disability.
8/8/2022
CDD Psychologist Makes Going to the Dentist a Team Effort
A psychologist at Iowa's Center for Disabilities and Development worked with a patient to create a successful visit to the pediatric dentistry clinic.
8/8/2022
New Certificate in Disability Rights, Policy, and Services (C-DRPS) at Indiana University
A new graduate certificate program, the Certificate in Disability Rights, Policy, and Services (C-DRPS) has been introduced at Indiana University Bloomington because of a partnership between the School of Education, School of Social Work, and the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC). The C-DRPS program provides students the opportunity to explore critical concepts impacting the lives of individuals with disabilities across the lifespan.
8/8/2022
NH-ME LEND 30th Anniversary Video
The NH-ME LEND Program celebrated its 30th anniversary by creating a 7-minute captioned video that features LEND trainees, alumni, and staff reflecting on what LEND means to them and the impact it has had on their lives. The video was produced by the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability/UCED.
8/5/2022
University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies July 2022 eNewsletter
View the latest issue of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter.
8/5/2022
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) Introduces New Toolkits Promoting Neurodiversity and Self-determination in Early Childhood Services
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC)(TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) recently introduced two brand-new educational resources promoting neurodiversity and self-determination in early childhood services. The toolkits were created by the VKC Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder (TRIAD) and the Vanderbilt Consortium LEND Training Program.
8/3/2022
ToTAL Summer Enrichment Academy 2022
For the first time since 2019, the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) Summer Enrichment Academy provided in-person options to youth and young adults wanting to increase their employability skills. Beginning in 2018, IDS, through its Transition of Teens to Adult Life (ToTAL) Program, has hosted youth and young adults for a multi-week training and internship experience during the summer.
8/1/2022
Call for Research Project Proposals: National Research Consortium on MH/IDD at the University of New Hampshire
The National Research Consortium (NRC) on Mental Health in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MH-IDD) is seeking innovation research grant proposals with a focus on improving the health and well-being of individuals with IDD-MH.
8/1/2022
PEERS for CAREERS
There will be an estimated 700,000 autistic adults aging into adulthood over the next 10 years. Yet, a staggering 80% of autistic adults are unemployed. The UCLA PEERS for Careers program was developed to address the challenges faced by autistic young adults in their transition from college to career and to create a scalable solution to employment barriers faced by autistic individuals to serve as a model of higher education training for colleges across the country.
7/26/2022
IGROW Project at Texas A&M University Student Highlight
The future is looking pretty sweet for this amazing young lady! M.W. spent her summer exploring the world of baking and bakery ownership with Liz Smith of Country Road Baking Co.