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4/5/2023
ICI's Think College Launches Accreditation Agency for Inclusive Higher Education
Think College, a center within the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, announced the launch of the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council (IHEAC), a new accrediting agency for inclusive postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disability (ID).
4/4/2023
Dawn Rudolph Transitions from AUCD
AUCD's Senior Director of Technical Assistance and Network Engagement bids farewell from role
4/3/2023
Disability Policy News
Budget; Education; Pediatrics; Guardianships
3/31/2023
AUCD 360 - March 2023
3/30/2023
New Publication: Cultural Humility and Cultural Brokering in Professional Training
Congratulations to Boston Children's Hospital LEND alumni Victoria Filingeri, Heather Mendez, and Alisa Ssu Yu Lin and their faculty mentors (Gyasi Burks-Abbott, Amy Szarkowski, and Jason Fogler) on the publication of their article in DDNJ: Cultural Humility and Cultural Brokering in Professional Training: Insights from People of Color (POC) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
3/29/2023
Dr. Karrie Shogren (KS UCEDD) Testifies Before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
On March 30, Dr. Karrie Shogren of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities will testify in Washington, DC before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging at a briefing titled, "Guardianship and Alternatives: Protection and Empowerment." Dr. Shogren, Director of the Kansas UCEDD, will be testifying about her work on the Supported Decision-Making Inventory that she has developed and the relationship to guardianship. The briefing will be livestreamed.
3/28/2023
National Learning Academy Grand Opening
The Center on Community Living and Careers (CCLC) at Indiana University has launched the National Learning Academy (NLA), a virtual education community serving up comprehensive insight and practical employment applications from IIDC experts to a national audience.
3/23/2023
Apply Now! Become a 2023 Think College Policy Advocate!
Deadline: April 24, 2023
The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) and Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) are happy to announce this opportunity to learn and practice policy advocacy skills is once again available to students and staff of inclusive higher education programs. If you or someone you know works for or attends a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disability, you can apply to be a Think College Policy Advocate (TCPA).
3/22/2023
COE Introduces New Interim Director of the Center on Disability Studies
Dr. Holly Manaseri has been appointed as Interim Director of the Center on Disability Studies (CDS) at the College of Education. A passionate advocate for inclusion she has served as an Association of University Centers on Disability Equity, Diversity and Inclusion coach and continues her work as a leadership coach, committed to bridging theory to practice.
3/22/2023
Project ECHO Opportunities for UCEDDs and LENDs
Join the Project ECHO Orientation on May 9 to learn more about the ECHO model and how to incorporate it into your work as a UCEDD or LEND program. If you are already an ECHO partner, join the newly formed monthly UCEDD LEND ECHO Collaborative starting April 24.
3/22/2023
Requesting Support on Advocacy Issue for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is proposing changes to how pediatric residents are trained to evaluate and care for patients with developmental disabilities and behavior challenges. The proposed changes would remove the requirement for a board-certified DBP to teach the pediatric residents, and instead allow pediatric residency program directors to have faculty without DBP board certification to teach the residents. Please lend your voice to oppose these critical changes in pediatric residency education by posting comments on the ACGME Review and Comment page before April 5, 2023.
3/20/2023
Autistic, Not Sorry
Isabelle Morris (left) is a MN LEND fellow and autism researcher who describes herself as "unapologetically autistic." She's among a growing group of autistic researchers using their lived experience to shape the future of autism research.
3/20/2023
Disability Policy News
Budget; Long COVID; HCBS; Pandemic Preparedness; Transportation
3/20/2023
Imaging Tech Produces Real-time 3D Maps of Uterine Contractions During Labor
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed new imaging technology that can produce 3D maps showing the magnitude and distribution of uterine contractions in real time and across the entire surface of the uterus during labor. Building on imaging methods long used on the heart, this technology can image uterine contractions noninvasively and in much greater detail than currently available tools, which only indicate the presence or absence of a contraction.
3/17/2023
Release of the Annual Disability Statistics Collection
On February 7, 2023, StatsRRTC at the Institute on Disability released key findings from the Annual Disability Statistics Collection. The annual report addresses critical gaps in national and state data related to people with disabilities by synthesizing complex data from numerous U.S. federal agencies into accessible formats.
3/17/2023
She's Nobody Special - by Kathy Bates
"I want everyone to understand that it is okay to use the word 'disability' or refer to a specific disability if it is important to the message you are trying to convey. Disability is not right or wrong�it just IS." Kathy Bates shares her thoughts on the role that language plays in terms of disability in her most recent blog post, "She's Nobody Special."
