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2/22/2021
2021 Disability Policy Seminar
April 19-22, 2021 - A Virtual Event
The Disability Policy Seminar offers the opportunity for passionate advocates, self-advocates, experts, and professionals in the field to come together and learn about key issues that affect them most. After two days of training and learning, attendees head to Capitol Hill for a day of meetings with their Members of Congress.
2/22/2021
Disability Policy News
COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Vaccine, Biden-Harris Administration, Transportation, Voting Rights, Healthcare.gov, Disability Policy Seminar, AUCD Disability Policy Fellowship
2/16/2021
Disability Policy News
Action Alert: #MedicaidCantWait Day of Action, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Vaccine, Biden-Harris Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Impeachment, U.S. Department of Education, Disability Policy Seminar, AUCD Disability Policy Fellowship
2/9/2021
AUCD Policy Fellowship 2021
The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide significant experiences in national level activities related to policy and legislative development, advocacy, program development, technical assistance, and AUCD administration. The Fellowship in Disability Policy is envisioned as a mutually beneficial arrangement between the Fellow, the Fellows community, and the AUCD central office.
2/8/2021
Disability Policy News
COVID-19 Relief, 117th Congress, COVID-19 Vaccine, Federal Reserve Reinvestment Act Regulation, Biden Administration, Impeachment, Disability Policy Seminar
2/1/2021
Disability Policy News
COVID-19, 117th Congress, Executive Order on Healthcare, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Impeachment
1/27/2021
Plain Language: Medicaid Services for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities - Evolution of Addressing Service Needs and Preferences
New Medicaid Services for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities Resource in Plain Language from Health Management Associates and AUCD. This resource provides comprehensive information about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the Medicaid program policies and services that support their needs.
1/25/2021
Disability Policy News
Biden Administration, Executive Orders, COVID-19 Relief and Vaccine, Senate, Impeachment
1/19/2021
Disability Policy News
Inauguration Day, 117th Congress, COVID-19 Vaccine, Presidential Transition, Impeachment, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1/11/2021
Disability Policy News
Omnibus and COVID-19 Relief Package, Insurrection and Aftermath, 117th Congress, COVID-19 Vaccine, Presidential Transition
1/11/2021
Lived Experience and Leadership: Self Advocates and Family Members in the Disability Rights Movement
Each fall, the NH-ME LEND Program conducts a leadership intensive on the history of disability. This year, the session was reworked to cover the history of the disability movement. Trainees were asked to watch the 2020 documentary, Crip Camp, and to reflect upon how this innovative inclusive summer camp for teenagers with disabilities during the 1970's helped to mobilize a generation of disability rights activists and energize the independent living movement.
1/8/2021
Disability and the Democratic Process
Co-authored by Maureen van Stone, Director, Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities
This election season highlighted the double disparity the disability community faces to engage in the democratic process, as this group is simultaneously fighting for both the right to vote and access to voting. These barriers to voting persist in large part because of the pervasive negative views of disability that challenge societal inclusion.
