KU Multidisciplinary Team Awarded Research Rising Grant
The University of Kansas (KU) has selected a proposal submitted by the KU Life Span Institute for funding under the Research Rising initiative. The goal of the project, “Advancing Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research at KU,” is to transform understanding of and support for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more...
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice EDI Coach Reflects on the Places Where Disability and Diversity Meet
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice (IDRPP) is home to one of six equity, diversity and inclusion coaches who advise the nation’s university-based centers on disability. Dr. Eduardo Ortiz’s role with AUCD lasts through September 29. But he said work on understanding diversity and its intersection with disability should—and will—continue much farther into the future at IDRPP. Read more...
OHSU UCEDD Addresses Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
In 2021, the Oregon Health & Science University UCEDD partnered with the University of Southern California UCEDD at Children's Hospital Los Angeles to host an Emergency Preparedness webinar for people with disabilities. Wesley Witherspoon, Consumer Advocate, USC UCEDD and Donna Harris, M.A., Disability Advocate and Emergency Preparedness Instructor, presented about how to prepare for emergencies using the Feeling Safe Being Safe toolkit and how to create a power outage plan. Read more...
RTC: Rural - Participatory Curriculum Development for Health and Independent Living for Disabled People: A Qualitative Study of Participant Experiences
A host of RTC:Rural researchers worked with Center for Independent Living staff members through participatory curriculum development to create and update curriculum for in-person, web-based delivery. Engaging members of the intended audiences in the curriculum development process in this way is a relatively new approach to health promotion. Developing curriculum for and with disabled people had not previously been done, and is shown to be a valuable, worthwhile approach. Read more...
RTC:Rural - Creating Rural Community Outreach Materials Related to COVID-19 and Disability
RTC:Rural researchers have worked with a rural disability stakeholder group to develop a list of recommendations specifically for rural outreach. Researchers packaged this feedback into Practice Guidelines for Creating Rural Community Outreach Materials Related to COVID-19 and Disability. The practice guidelines explain the health challenges of people with disabilities living in rural areas and provide a list of recommendations for rural outreach. Read more...
Walking Gives the Brain a 'Step-up' in Function for Some
It has long been thought that when walking is combined with a task - both suffer. Researchers at AUCD's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester found that this is not always the case. Some young and healthy people improve performance on cognitive tasks while walking by changing the use of neural resources. However, this does not necessarily mean you should work on a big assignment while walking off that cake from the night before. Read more...
Epo Does Not Help with Neurological Damage to Newborns
New research by UW School of Medicine, one of AUCD's Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Centers, finds that adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy for term newborns w/ birth asphyxia has no benefit over cooling therapy alone. The findings contrast with results from small trials in which erythropoietin appeared safe and effective, noted Dr. Sandra "Sunny" Juul, senior author of the study. The Alan Hodson Endowed Professor of Pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine, Juul is also the UW Medicine chief of neonatology (newborn medical care) and practices at Seattle Children's. Read more...
Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice Research Offers Skills List for College Bound Students with Intellectual Disabilities
A study published in the Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education offers a list of skills that parents of college students with intellectual disabilities said would help students as they prepare to go to an inclusive college program. The parents surveyed all had children who had attended a program designed to support students with intellectual disabilities at college. They agreed on a list of 30 important skills, with the first nine showing the most consensus, said Dr. Jefferson Sheen, the study’s lead author. Much of the work done on the publication happened when he was with the Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice. Sheen was the co-principal investigator of Aggies Elevated, USU’s inclusive college program for students with ID. Read more...
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center ASD Study Explores Link Between Repetitive Motion, Depressions
Research into depression risk and resilience factors for adults with ASD is also critical to guide proper screening and intervention efforts, said Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) member Jessica Schwartzman, Ph.D., author on a Frontiers in Psychiatry paper that examined the connection between repetitive behaviors and depression in autistic adults. Read more...
CT UCEDD, AUCD, and National Partners Bring Disability Awareness and Inclusion Plenary Session to SOPHE 2022 National Meeting
The UConn UCEDD’s training director and coordinator of the Certificate of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies in Public Health, Dr. Tara Lutz, was asked to moderate Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) 2022 first ever plenary on disability and public health. Over 140 participants attended the March 25 virtual event. Speakers included Sara Lyons from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), D’Arcee Neal from the Ohio State University, and Dr. Adriane Griffen from the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (The Academy) and formerly AUCD’s Senior Director of Public Health and Leadership. Read more...
Mailman Center for Child Development Publishes Annual Report
The Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami highlights innovative research, clinical services, and training in its 2018-2021 Annual Report.The Mailman Center for Child Development is an academic center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine that addresses concerns of individuals with developmental disabilities and children with special health care needs through: Research; Clinical service; Training for professionals and Parental workshops and Advocacy. Read more...
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