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8/9/2023
Cognitive Function in Down Syndrome-associated Alzheimer's Focus of Grant
NIH-supported study lays groundwork for Alzheimer's clinical trials involving people with intellectual disabilities
Nearly every person with Down syndrome eventually develops Alzheimer's disease. Yet, people with the syndrome routinely are excluded from Alzheimer's clinical trials, with the help of an $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Associate Professor of Neurology Jason Hassenstab, Ph.D., from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis IDDRC, is looking to address this.
8/9/2023
UCEDD Success Stories - University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies: Addressing Hesitancy and Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccines for Everyone
The University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary program within the Center for Human Development and Disability and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the School of Medicine. Their work is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other funding sources.
8/8/2023
AUCD Vaccine Outreach Messaging Toolkit
AUCD has created a vaccine outreach messaging toolkit. Users can find social media posts with easy-to-download graphics on AUCD's website. The toolkit contains caption copy, Instagram stories, and alt-text tips for each post. Check out the National Immunization Awareness Month posts to celebrate this August-contact Allison Haeger at [email protected] with any questions about accessing and using these resources.
7/28/2023
AUCD 360 - July 2023
7/26/2023
Emerging Leaders Internship & Council Trainee Representative - Applications Now Open!
AUCD is excited to announce (3) openings for the AUCD Emerging Leaders Internship and (5) openings for Council Trainee Representatives. Applications for the 2023-2024 academic year are now open and close on August 4th, 2023.
7/25/2023
Call for Papers, Deadline Extended - Conversations With/Across the Global South: Towards Decolonial Disability Futurities
Deadline: August 31, 2023
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, the peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, is seeking submissions for a special issue exploring stories of the Global South through a decolonial and anti-ableist lens.
7/25/2023
CARD Selects Shelly Baer for their Special Recognition for Community Service Award
CARD annually selects a few community members to recognize those who go above and beyond with their dedication and commitment to the community. This year's winner is our very own Shelly Baer.
7/25/2023
Center for Disability Resources Executive Director at White House Meeting
UCEDD director Dr. David Rotholz participated in an invitation only meeting at the White House in May 2023. This event was to discuss innovative ways federal funding can be used to improve the lives of South Carolinians, including those with disabilities. Organized by the Office of Public Engagement the half-day event connected 50 elected officials, community and organization leaders, veterans and clergy from across the state to help build a better South Carolina. Our UCEDD was one of the two disability focused organizations included in this event.
7/25/2023
Center for Disability Resources, University of South Carolina UCEDD Installs Little Free Libraries with Health Focused Information in Rural and Underserved Communities
Librarians at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine (SOM) and at the Center for Disability Resources (CDR) Library have installed six Little Free Libraries around the state within rural and/or underserved communities to promote better access to quality, consumer-health resources related to each of the collaborating agencies' missions.
7/25/2023
Iowa's Center for Disabilities and Development Joins Mass Casualty Preparedness Event
In June, University of Iowa Health Care was joined by the Iowa City VA Hospital and Mercy Iowa City in a simulated mass casualty incident. Iowa's Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), which is based at UI Health Care, participated in the event as the Family Reunification Center, the primary location for families and patients to be reunited. CDD is home to Iowa's tertiary-level evaluation and diagnostic clinics, Iowa's UCEDD and LEND program, and the Hawk-IDDRC.
7/25/2023
The Children's Trust Funds the University of Miami
Beginning in October, The Children's Trust will begin funding the University of Miami with grants.
7/24/2023
AIR-P Cureus Channel
AIR-P is excited to promote and share our recently launched Channel on Cureus, Autism and Health: Across the Lifespan. https://www.cureus.com/channels/airp# We are seeking research and commentaries that share AIR-P's mission to support innovative life course intervention research that promotes optimal health and well-being of autistic individuals across the lifespan.
7/24/2023
Disability Policy News
Budget; Vaccinations; Labor; Transportation; Voting; Nutrition
7/20/2023
"Let's Try a Different Way"
Agnes Cole is a recent MN LEND graduate who works at a service provider, runs her own non-profit organization, and who spent much of her fellowship working on a longitudinal study that tracks the living arrangements of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who receive services.
7/20/2023
2024 Call for Presentation Proposals - 39th Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Center on Disability Studies, in the College of Education, is accepting presentation proposals for the 39th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, February 27-28, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Submissions are being accepted until October 1, 2023 with a preferred submission date of September 15th at http://go.hawaii.edu/na2.
7/19/2023
iGROW Program with the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Works with Several Rural Businesses to Employ Students
The "I Generate Rural Opportunities for Work" (iGROW) Project is a four-year pre-employment and leadership-training program in partnership (funded by) with TWC's Vocational Rehabilitation Program, for students with disabilities who are currently enrolled in middle school and high school (ages 14-22). This summer several students were selected to work with a rural business that interested them. The purpose of the program is to provide a training environment to support students with disabilities to gain the necessary skills and experiences in work readiness in order to successfully transition into postsecondary education and/or competitive integrated employment.
