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New Nationally Certified Training for Vocational Rehabilitation Leaders
 The Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston is announcing the Transformational Rehabilitation Leader Training (TRLT), a new, nationally certified, professional education program in partnership with the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC), and the University of Wisconsin-Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute (SVRI). Read more...
Get the Facts: Managing Resources to Help Youth with Disabilities Transition from School to Employment
 Employment First Massachusetts Partnership for Transition to Employment (MPTE) has released a series of fact sheets for family members and support providers of youth with disabilities who are transitioning to competitive integrated employment. Read more...
The Center on Disability and Development Joins Forces to Make Sure People with Disabilities Can Get Vaccinated
The Center on Disability and Development joins forces to make sure people with disabilities can get vaccinated. The CDD has joined forces with our DD network partners in Texas and other organizations to make sure that people with disabilities have the opportunity to get vaccinated! Read more...
Tips for Keeping Kids Safe as They Head Back to School During COVID-19s
Worried about your child being exposed to COVID-19 you can take to ensure they have a safe return to school. Produced by the University of Cincinnati UCEDD. Read more...
PATHS Program Begins their First Semester and First Day of Class as a 2-year Certificate Program
The two-year PATHS certificate program prepares graduates for employment in a career serving people with disabilities or working with children. Students have begun their first year and are excited to get started. After spending a few weeks this summer living in dorms on campus and learning how to navigate the buses and getting around on campus. This semester they are living in housing off campus and taking classes. Read more...
COVID-19 Screening in Schools for Children with IDD
This work is a joint partnership between the Washington University Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (WUIDDRC), the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Maryland, the University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute of Human Development, in collaboration with the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) in Missouri, with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Read more...
Mailman Center Awarded Two FAAST Grants to Support Assistive Technology Program
As"Assistive Technology (AT) has the power to change the lives of individuals with disabilities by allowing them to be more independent in education, employment, recreation, and daily living," said Mailman Center Assistant Director Michelle Schladant, Ph.D. Read more...
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD Co-director Aims to Expand Inclusive Higher Education in the U.S. Through Accreditation Committee Work
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN IDDRC, UEDD, LEND) UCEDD co-director Elise McMillan, J.D., recently served on a national workgroup of experts to develop model program accreditation standards for inclusive higher education (IHE) programs for students with intellectual disabilities. Read more...
Connectivity Kits at Texas Center for Disability Studies
The Texas Technology Access Program, within the Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin collaborated with the local Aging and Disability Resource Center (Capital Area Council of Governments) to assemble connectivity kits for persons with disabilities, older adults, and their caregivers. Read more...
The Ohio State University Nisonger Center Next Chapter Book Club Updates
Each of the 11 Next Chapter Book Clubs in central Ohio, which had been meeting virtually for the past year, voted in July to either return to in-person meetings, remain virtual, or create a hybrid schedule. Seven clubs eagerly chose to begin meeting in-person again, and members and facilitators in these clubs have been greatly enjoying the chance to be together. Read more...
Meet Members of Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council
The Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (GUCEDD) is highlighting members of its Advisory Council (GAC) through a series of videos. Each member gives us an overview of the work that they do, why they are interested and what it means to them to be a member of the GAC. Read more...
New Hawk-IDDRC in Iowa
The University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) and the Iowa Neuroscience Institute (INI) are joining forces with other researchers, clinicians, physicians, and scientists across the UI enterprise to form a new center aimed at advancing care for Iowans with IDDs. Read more...
Skills and Strategies for Health Care Decision-Making with Children Guide
Being a decision-maker for your own healthcare is important. Learning this skill can begin in childhood and continue into adulthood. For some, making healthcare decisions takes more support, practice, and tools. The Skills and Strategies for Health Care Decision-Making guide helps families and healthcare providers support people to learn the skills they need. Read more...
UNH Approved for $4.86 Million in Research Funding for Study of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with IDD
Research associate professor Joan B. Beasley and a research team from the Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at UNH has been approved for a $4.86 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for their study: Evaluation of Telehealth Services on Mental Health Outcomes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Read more...
Summer Enrichment Academy 2021: It's Time to Find the Superhero in You
When you think of summertime, you probably think of taking vacations, soaking up the sun, spending time with family and friends, and having time away from school. In Mississippi, 22 youth and young adult students with disabilities chose to make their summer a work learning experience instead. These students attended the ToTAL (Transition of Teens to Adult Life) 2021 Summer Enrichment Academy. Read more...
IOD Programs Celebrate Major Milestones
The IOD celebrated two major programmatic milestones this summer. In the month of June, the Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) recognized 10 years of ensuring all New Hampshire residents have access to person-centered options to allow them to live and age in the communities of their choice. Read more...
Nisonger Center & JPMorgan Chase Collaboration
Six students from The Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College participated in paid internships through the Autism At Work program with JPMorgan Chase Consumer & Community Banking at their Polaris Campus. Students were excited to share how they applied their coursework (including but not limited to) programming, using Excel to organize and analyze data, creating workflows to automate processes, learning about business law concepts and developing presentations. Read more...
MMI Camp Uses VR Games to Achieve Therapy Goals
In August, the Munroe-Meyer Institute held a two-week Hand Arm Bimanual Intensive Training (HABIT) camp. The institute has held the camp three times in the past. The purpose of the camp is to allow children with cerebral palsy and other conditions to work on bimanual therapy (using both hands to complete a task) in the form of play. Read more...
Guidelines to Improve Mental Health Treatment for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
There is a long-standing concern in the U.S. that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health needs (IDD-MH) receive ineffective treatment, including potentially inappropriate medications and misdiagnosis. Though nearly 40% of Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities use mental health services, few healthcare providers are trained to respond to their unique needs. Read more...
Crip Camp Screening and Conversation with Judy Heumann
IOD staff and faculty recently participated in a unique professional development opportunity with renowned disability rights activist, advocate, and author Judy Heumann. The virtual event kicked off with a screening of the ground-breaking, Academy-award nominated film Crip Camp-in which Judy starred-and was followed by an enriching discussion on the creation of the film and Judy's thoughts on the current state of disability in America. Read more...
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Efforts Enhance Inclusivity in Clinical Trials
Following the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's (VKC) (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) renewal as a national Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center in 2020, the center underwent a shuffling of their four scientific cores that support basic and applied research on intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Read more...
MI-DDI Spanish Language COVID-19 Vaccine Infographics
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute is excited to share six Spanish plain language infographics on the COVID-19 vaccine. Access these resources on their COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence landing page, under "Plain Language Infographics (Spanish)". Help share these resources to promote vaccine confidence! Read more...
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