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National Covid-19 Resiliency Network Regional Community Coalition
 RegionaThe Regional Community Coalition (RCC) is a sub-committee of the National Community Coalition Board (NCCB) of the National Covid-19 Resiliency Network (NCRN). The RCC is established in alignment with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regions to allow for the expansion of the network at the grassroots level to ensure network member organizations have an opportunity to network and engage amongst NCRN strategic partners and each other. The RCC also includes representatives from the Territory and Regional Offices of Minority Health. Read more!
Parent Navigator Team's COVID-19 Response at the USC UCEDD
The Parent Navigator (PN) Project provides three full-time Parent Navigators, who are parents of individuals with developmental disabilities themselves and have extensive experience in system navigation, to assist families with linkage to Early Intervention Services, the CA Regional Centers, and other appropriate community resources. Read more...
New RTC Rural Research Brief: COVID-19 vaccination among disabled people
Many people with disabilities are at higher risk of both contracting COVID-19 and experiencing sever outcomes. Despite this, disability status is not typically included in COVID-19 case reports and most state vaccination plans have not considered disability status as a risk factor. RTC:Rural's newest fact sheet explores how people with disabilities are experiencing COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the United States. Addressing this knowledge gap is critical to ensuring that people with disabilities are considered as vaccination efforts progress during the ongoing pandemic and future health crises. Read more...
WebAIM Celebrates Anniversary by Offering Scholarships to People with Disabilities
WebAIM celebrated its 20th year by giving back. The WebAIM team, located in the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, trains individuals and corporations on web and digital document accessibility. As part of their anniversary celebration, they are offering free enrollments to their accessible documents course to people with disabilities, many of whom work in the accessibility field. The course is delivered online in an independent-study format. In addition to the scholarships for people with disabilities, WebAIM gave 772 free enrollments to people belonging to organizations dedicated to quality online education. Those courses are winding down, but the scholarship program continues for people with disabilities. Read more...
UNH Contract Expands Treatment for Youth and Young Adults with Substance Use Disorders in NH
The NH Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Children's Behavioral Health and Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services recently awarded UNH's Institute on Disability (IOD) a $244k contract to expand the Creating Connections NH program, a behavioral health initiative that supports youth and young adults with substance use disorders. This expansion will provide enhanced research-based treatment and peer support to highly vulnerable youth in the seacoast, Laconia, Manchester, and southeast regions of the state. Read more...
Pathway Program Adjusts to Remote Internships During Pandemic
Pathway at UCLA Extension has taken great pride in our robust internship program, which matches students with internship sites based on their career interests. For the last 15 years these internships have been in person. When Covid-19 restricted in-person internships for our safety in Los Angeles, Vocational Advisor, Rachael Ambler, started thinking outside the box. "Internships give our students a sense of purpose and responsibility, and even though in person opportunities were on hold, this need remained." Read more...
RETAIN Kentucky Receives Grant to Expand Services
The UK Human Development Institute will collaborate with the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to implement the $21.6 million RETAIN Kentucky award from the US Department of Labor to deliver return-to-work/stay-at-work services through strategic partnerships, early intervention strategies, and innovative support services for people who have acquired an injury or illness outside of the workplace that makes it difficult to work.Read more...
The Cicadas are Coming - Social Narrative
 The cicadas are coming if they are not here already. This social narrative talks about what to expect with the cicadas and how to deal with them.Read more...
Putting Faith to Work Highlighted on Disability Podcast
 Putting Faith to Work (PFTW), an employment model created by four UCEDDS (TN, MN, KY, TX), was featured on a recent episode of the podcast Navigating Life as We Know It. Developed in 2014 through a Signature Employment Grant awarded by the Kessler Foundation, the PFTW model focuses on building the capacity of faith communities to support employment for members with disabilities. Read more...
HDI Collaborates on NIH Research Education Program Grant
 The UK Human Development Institute in collaboration with the UK College of Engineering and the UK College of Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine have received a National Institutes of Health R-25 Research Education Program grant: Team-Based Design of Assistive Technology Devices. This program invites students to apply for an opportunity to complete courses in engineering and universal design, participate in a clinical immersion experience at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, and gain practical skills and knowledge by working with people with disabilities who use assistive technology devices. Read more...
MI-DDI Autonomous Vehicle Project Releases White Paper
 A study was conducted by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI) to gain a better understanding of how Autonomous Vehicles (AV) can be used to meet the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities. The study was funded by a grant from the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC). An overview of the project and links to the study's White Paper can be found https://ddi.wayne.edu/av. Read more...
Arizona's UCEDDs Collaborate, Provide Support for National Events
Arizona's University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) helped support two virtual conferences, the 2021 African American Conference on Disabilities (AACD) and the 17th Annual American Indian Disability Summit. Both events were highly successful and attracted interested attendees from across the United States. Read more...
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher Zack Warren Named Director of Vanderbilt Division of Developmental Medicine
 Zachary Warren, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Special Education and executive director of the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND), has been named director of the Division of Developmental Medicine in the Vanderbilt Department of Pediatrics. His appointment began April 1. Read more...
HDI to Partner with the Adaptive Martial Arts Association
The Kentucky Inclusive Health Collaborative at the UK Human Development Institute is excited to partner with the Adaptive Martial Arts Association (AMAA) to develop training modules for a web-based certificate course for instructors to increase capacity for adaptive martial arts in their academies. These modules will raise awareness about disabilities, promote the use of universal design, and share successful implementation strategies to support martial artists of all abilities. Read more...
TCDS Joins Steve Hicks School of Social Work
The Texas Center for Disability Studies (TCDS) is excited to announce its move to the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin."Along with the shift to the Steve Hicks School, TCDS welcomes their new director,"Sandy Maga" a, Ph.D., who is Professor in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at UT Austin. Read more...
The University of Miami Mailman Center LEND Program Empowers the Next Generation of Physicians
The Mailman Center LEND program has teamed up with the medical school's NextGenMD program to develop a pathway in Child Health, Development, and Leadership. The Next GenMD curriculum pathway provides a longitudinal, structured learning opportunity for a non-dual degree medical student in the form of didactic sessions, required coursework, research under the direction of faculty mentors, experiential learning, professional development through participation in organizations, societies and scientific meetings, and self-directed learning activities, both conventional and web-based. Read more...
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This year, a team of LEND trainees and faculty developed an Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) pilot project with an AUCD Professional Fellow and other teachers from the Al Muntazir Special Needs School (AMSEN) in Tanzania. According to the 2012 Tanzania Disability Monograph, only one major university in Tanzania produces teachers for students with ASD/DD. Schools in Tanzania face additional challenges, such as high student-to-teacher ratios and access to specific ASD/DD training. LEND trainees surveyed the AMSEN teachers to determine what learning was most needed and developed short didactic training modules on Behavioral Principles, Sensory Processing, Communication and Literacy, Trauma-Informed Care, and Transition from school to adult life. Modules were disseminated to AMSEN prior to our meetings (twice a month).
