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4/16/2019
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Speech Services
For over 10 years, staff at UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute have provided training around augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) speech services to Omaha Public Schools, including participating in IEP planning teams!
4/16/2019
Tuesdays with Liz: Congressman Chris Smith Discusses Autism CARES Act
Liz sits down with Congressman Chris Smith to discuss what the Autism CARES Act does, and why it is important that Congress re-authorize funding for CARES by September 2019.
4/15/2019
Communication Aids & Systems Clinic (CASC)
The Waisman Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Aids & Systems Clinic (CASC) provides highly specialized, cutting-edge augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for children and adults experiencing significant communication difficulties.
4/15/2019
Expanding Disability Access for Higher Education is Critical
Access to higher education is a critical gateway to productive employment, economic self-sufficiency, and community inclusion. AUCD believes that all students should have access to postsecondary education opportunities and is pleased to support the Expanding Disability Access for Higher Education Act, S.1176.
4/15/2019
Leadership Transitions at the UCEDD in Bronx NY
As of January 2019 Joanne Siegel, LCSW became Co-Director (previously Associate Director) and Karen Bonuck, PhD became Director (previously Co-Director) of the UCEDD, which is based in the Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (RFK CERC). Ms. Siegel, who is a Principal Associate (faculty) in the Department of Pediatrics at Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center moves to this new leadership role after 40+ years at RFK CERC.
4/15/2019
New Impact Issue Examines Inclusive K-8 Education (MN UCEDD)
Historically, students with the most significant cognitive disabilities were often taught only functional skills in our K-12 schools - how to do self-care, tell time, use money, carry out routine daily tasks. But several laws, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004) and the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), have affirmed that students with disabilities have the right to access the grade-level curriculum. Today, we know how much more students can learn when provided with the opportunity, and growing numbers of families, educators, and students are advocating for higher expectations and a more inclusive educational experience.
4/15/2019
Rural Institute Offers Education and Support to Advocates (MT UCEDD)
The Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities aims to educate policy makers about how their decisions impact children and adults with disabilities. One way to do so is to provide leadership education and support to local advocates like Jackie Mohler of Family Outreach in Helena, Montana. Jackie recently represented Montana at the AUCD Leadership Academy.
4/15/2019
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) Researcher Shares Largest Neuroimaging Dataset on Math Development
Vanderbilt University neuroscientist and VKC Investigator James R. Booth is making available the largest known neuroimaging dataset on math development. His goal in doing so is to support the work of other researchers across the world who are working to understand how arithmetic skills develop in childhood.
4/12/2019
Now Archived: Winter Webinar Series from AUCD's Autism Special Interest Group
AUCD's Autism Special Interest Group (SIG) presented its winter webinar series. The goal was to share new and innovative work from AUCD member programs from across the country in brief, accessible presentations tied together across a common topic, and to support conversation around each.
4/11/2019
The Communication Matrix
The Communication Matrix is a free online assessment tool created by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to help professionals and family members support students with complex communication needs in their journey toward greater self-expression. These resources are designed to improve both educational and communication outcomes.
4/10/2019
AUCD 2019 Gala: A Fantastic Night Celebrating Leadership in Civil Rights
The AUCD For All Gala: Celebrating Leadership in Civil Rights was a great success with close to 300 people joining AUCD and its network to highlight the importance of advancing civil rights and social justice for children and adults with disabilities. We are grateful to the evening's honorees for their dedication in championing the rights of everyone to realize a life of fulfillment and meaning. Photos from the event can be viewed and shared from our online photo album.
4/9/2019
Tuesdays with Liz: Happy Autism Acceptance Month!
April is all about autism as it is Autism Acceptance Month! Liz talks about why we need to advocate for acceptance of autism and not only awareness, what autism is, and briefly covers the Autism CARES Act.
4/8/2019
Augmentative Communication & Empowerment Supports, or "ACES"
Developed in 1990 at the Institute on Disabilities at the Temple University Augmentative Communication & Empowerment Supports, or "ACES," is a program for young adults who use speech generating devices transitioning from school to work, to help develop and refine their communication.
4/5/2019
AUCD President, Sachin Pavithran, Discusses the Invisible Crime of Disability Hate
"Violence against people with disabilities is too often dismissed as people just being immature. Hate crimes that get attention are against more historically known groups, and hate crimes against people with disabilities are shoved under the carpet because it is seen as a crime of convenience, not hate."
4/5/2019
Call for Art Submission: Disability and Shame (HI UCEDD/LEND)
Genesis Leong University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Center on Disability Studies
The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal is issuing a Call for Art Submissions to be included in the special forum on the subject of shame and disability, broadly conceived. It is hoped that through critical discourse addressing the historical and current contexts, contributing factors, effects, and responses to shame, greater understanding of this phenomena will diminish discrimination and violence.
4/5/2019
Developmental Milestone Video Broadcast in Rural Health Clinics (NV UCEDD/LEND)
The Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities has partnered with the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Nevada LEND program and Good Health TV to share a developmental milestone video with parents and families.
