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7/9/2021
AUCD 360 - June 2021
6/21/2021
#AUCDsleeveup Tuesdays with Liz Contest
Deadline: July 16, 2021
We are excited to announce the new #AUCDsleeveup Tuesdays with Liz Contest! We are looking for short videos from persons with disabilities, their family members, and other friends of the disability community sharing why you got the COVID-19 vaccine! Videos will be posted to AUCD social media and available for you and others to share with your own social media. The top 3 videos with the most likes, comments, and shares on social media will *win* AUCD gear and the person with the top video will also win an interview on Tuesdays with Liz episode!
6/14/2021
Disability Policy News
Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2021, Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, Recovery Proposals, Child Tax Credit, U.S. Department of Education, Employment Guidance, COVID-19 Vaccine Authorization, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
6/8/2021
CORE Meeting Minutes June 2021
AUCD Core June 8 2021 Notes final.pdf
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6/7/2021
Alaska LEND Alumni Erin Main Joins the Alaska AgrAbility Program
The Alaska LEND Without Walls is pleased to announce that Erin Main, a 2020 LEND alumni, has joined the Alaska AgrAbility program as service administrator. Erin will work part-time and assist with program development to include work with partnerships and community stakeholders. She will be developing the relationship with the AgrAbility program and UAA students in the Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy program. She will also work with the team to continue to expand outreach to build understanding around occupations, health, disabilities and agriculture. Erin's work with AgrAbility was synthesized throughout her LEND experience and LEND leadership project.
6/7/2021
Disability Policy News
President's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget, Recovery Proposals, Biden-Harris Administration, Rationing of Care, American Rescue Plan, COVID-19 Vaccine Authorization, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
6/7/2021
Funded Through NSF Grant, Researchers Strive to Increase Neurodiversity in STEM Fields
There is wide agreement that the United States needs to grow our STEM workforce to remain globally competitive, but how can we ensure the workforce reflects the neurodiversity of our population? Importantly, do our higher education institutions serve as facilitators or barriers to neurodiversity in STEM?
6/7/2021
MI-DDI to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence
Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute is excited to #VaccinateByADA! Follow us on Facebook (@MIDDIatWSU) and Twitter (@DDIatWSU) to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccines and why they are important for people with disabilities and their caretakers, family, and friends. Help spread the word by reposting and sharing our content to help reduce access barriers and promote vaccine confidence.
6/7/2021
National Vaccine Month of Action
Beginning June 4, Made to Save is launching a month-long mobilization effort in support of the Department of Health & Human Services' We Can Do This campaign to ensure as many people as possible get vaccinated by July 4th. From June 5th through July 4th, we're hosting community-level events across the country and online to encourage people-especially those in communities hit the hardest by the pandemic-to get vaccinated to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their community.
6/7/2021
Second Annual Iowa LEND Virtual Research Poster Symposium
Iowa's LEND trainees participated in the second annual virtual research poster symposium in May. Twenty-eight trainees from a variety of disciplines presented. Though the poster session went virtual last year due to the pandemic, and was held virtually again this year, the format has proven to be a very successful platform for the event.
6/7/2021
Va-LEND Cohorts Complete New Pediatric PT Residency
May 2021 marks the first-year anniversary of the accreditation of the Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. The program officially started in July of 2019 with its Director Terry Solano, PT, DPT. Solano is also a Va-LEND Faculty member and former Va-LEND Trainee. Jennifer Brashears, PT, DPT was one of two Va-LEND Trainees who were accepted into the program for the 2020-2021 academic year. "Residency programs are a relatively new idea in physical therapy, and even more so in pediatrics, so the process is competitive. Not all programs allow two residents, so this was unique and quite beneficial," said Brashears.
6/2/2021
Center Director Dr. Daniel Crimmins to Retire After 12 Years of "Leadership in Disability"
Dr. Daniel Crimmins celebrated his retirement from the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD) on May 28, 2021 - after an illustrious 12 years at the helm of the organization, which was established at Georgia State University in 2008. Through multiple virtual celebrations, Dr. Crimmins was joined by friends and colleagues alike to mark the occasion.
6/2/2021
Congratulations to Katherine Walton!
Kathern Walton, Program Director of the Early Learning Program at The Nisonger Center, was selected as the recipient of the Department of Psychology Distinguished Teaching Award for 2020-2021!
6/2/2021
Innovation in Self-Advocacy and Family Networks Award Winner
Tracey Manz, the lead parent facilitator and program coordinator of Aspirations at the Nisonger Center, was awarded the Innovation in Self-Advocacy and Family Networks Award by the National Charting the LifeCourse Nexus.
6/2/2021
Invited lecture at the Boggs Center at Rutgers University
On May 21st, Andrea Witwer, Director of Training for the Nisonger Center and LEND Co-Associate Director, was invited to give a Lecture for the Boggs Center Developmental Disability Lecture Series sponsored by the Boggs Center at Rutgers University. "Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities".
6/2/2021
OSU TOPS Program Celebrates 2021 Graduating Class
The TOPS Program celebrated its seventh graduating class yesterday in an intimate, socially-distanced ceremony. The four graduates of the Class of 2021 were recognized for their hard work and effort, especially the ability to navigate their college experiences during a global pandemic. The TOPS Program staff are incredibly proud of these students, Congratulatons!
