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6/12/2019
Become an AUCD 2019 Sponsor or Exhibitor Today!
Committment Deadline: September 30; Artwork Deadline: October 15
At the 2019 AUCD Conference over 1,000 community leaders, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, and students will join forces in their commitment to change the world for people with disabilities and their families. Sponsors and exhibitors of the Conference will have direct access to AUCD's $650 million national network of directors, researchers, practitioners, and advanced-level Fellows representing university-based programs from every state and territory. Best of all, you'll join an increasingly dynamic conversation focused on the support, inclusion, and well-being of people with disabilities, and demonstrate your organization's commitment to this population.
6/11/2019
Tuesdays with Liz: Lisa Carey on Applying Research to Classrooms
Liz chats with Lisa Carey, Assistant Director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, about applying brain research in educational settings to better enable students with disabilities to learn.
6/10/2019
Fellow Visits MN UCEDD from Kenya to Learn American Inclusive Employment Practices
Working in competitive employment is a long-term "and often difficult" goal for many people with disabilities. Those difficulties are even greater in developing countries like Kenya, but Daniel Mbugua Chege knows they can be overcome. "I believe in persistence," says Chege, an Inclusive Employment Fellow who established six community-based organizations in his native Kenya to reduce the stigmatization of people with disabilities while promoting their self-advocacy and economic self-reliance.
6/10/2019
The Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Announces the 2017 PATHS (TX UCEDD)
The Postsecondary Access and Training in Human Services (PATHS) program at Texas A&M University is honored to announce the 2017 graduates. This year, 36 young men and women successfully graduated from the PATHS certificate program. The PATHS certificate program was developed in 2010 by Dr. Cheryl Grenwelge, Director of Transition Service Programs, Associate Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension while working with the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University.
6/10/2019
WITH Foundation Awards $392,000 to Promote Comprehensive and Accessible Healthcare
AUCD was awarded funding to support the Turn up the HEAT On (Health is for Everyone Action Team). The project builds on successful efforts led by the AUCD to include Developmental Disabilities in medical education. The project will implement Developmental Disability (DD) competency in medical education by leveraging AUCD's network to build capacity and develop leadership of medical schools in a three- state pilot (West Virginia, Kentucky, and Alabama).
6/6/2019
2019 ICI MA LEND Graduation
On May 10th the achievements of the 2019 LEND Fellow were celebrated at their graduation. During the event, 2019 highlights were shared including family visits, Title V program visits, work in community based organizations (CBOs), clinical and research reflections, and the Disability Policy Seminar in DC.
6/6/2019
Exciting Work Showcased at the LEND Poster Session
The full cohort of Leadership in Education for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) trainees filled the atrium of the Van Nuys Medical Science Building's on April 26th for the LEND poster and networking session.
6/6/2019
Longtime ICI Staff Member Invited to Join Employment "Dream Team" MA UCEDD/LEND
Karen Flippo, who worked at the ICI for many years, is one of seven people from five countries invited to participate on the "Dream Team" at this year's EUSE Conference on Supported Employment. The conference will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on May 27-29.
6/6/2019
Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) Professional Development Training in a Rural Region
In partnership with The Children's League and the Judy Center, the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute conducted a two-day ACT Raising Safe Kids training for professionals at the Allegany College of Maryland in Cumberland, Maryland on May 14-15, 2019. ACT Raising Safe Kids is a program developed by the American Psychological Association violence prevention office.
6/6/2019
MNLEND Fellow Speaks at Hollywood Fundraiser with Conan O'Brien
MNLEND Fellow Olivia Maccoux spoke at a sold-out Hollywood fundraiser headlined by comedian Conan O'Brien (pictured together). "In Stitches: A Night of Laughs with Conan and Friends" was covered by the Hollywood Reporter and raised over $300,000 to support critical research and programs that improve the quality of life for people living with hydrocephalus, an incurable lifelong condition that affects over one million Americans, and which Maccoux acquired when she was born three months premature.
6/6/2019
Parent Advocacy Training for Somali Parents of Children with Autism (ME UCEDD and NH-ME LEND)
Over the past two decades, Maine has experienced rapid growth of racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse populations. Although Maine's population is largely White (95%), children in Maine are disproportionately from minority populations; currently 9% of children in Maine are from a race other than White.
6/4/2019
AUCD Professional Fellow Alumni Wins Prestigious State Department Award
Maria Omare of Kenya (AUCD ProFellow 2017) is One of Four Winners
Maria Omare, an alumna of the ADA International Fellowship Program's Spring 2017 Cohort, has been selected for the prestigious Alumni Impact Award by the Professional Fellows Division of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
6/4/2019
Tuesdays with Liz: Andy Arias on Diversity in the Disability Movement
Liz chats with actor-advocate Andy Arias, a Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Labor, about his different identities and the importance of diversity in leadership in the disability movement.
5/29/2019
AUCD Announces New Senior Program Manager for UCEDD Technical Assistance, Sarah DeMaio
Sarah DeMaio will be moving from her role providing TA to the LEND and DBP programs with AUCD�s MCH TA team to Senior Program Manager of the UCEDD TA team at AUCD. Sarah brings to this role 15 years of experience working with people with disabilities and leading initiatives to increase inclusion in a wide range of arenas. In her role on the MCH TA team she coordinated Autism CARES network outreach and supported the LEND Family Discipline Network. Prior to that role, she was the executive director for the Autism Society of Northern Virginia. As a sibling of an adult with Down syndrome, she will bring her passion and expertise in family engagement and transition to adulthood to her work on the UCEDD team. Sarah will begin this new role on June 1, 2019.
5/28/2019
54 Learn the Signs.Act Early. Ambassadors Complete Annual Training at NCBDDD/CDC
42 new Learn the Signs. Act Early. Ambassadors joined forces with a veteran cohort of 12 Ambassadors representing 48 states, 3 territories and the District of Columbia on the campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Annual Act Early Ambassador Training April 30-May 1, 2019 hosted by the Learn the Signs. Act Early.
5/28/2019
Intelligent Lives Comes to Moscow ID (ID UCEDD)
The Idaho Center on Disabilities and Human Development (CDHD), in collaboration with the University of Idaho Center for Disability Access and Resources (CDAR), hosted a community screening of the documentary Intelligent Lives, created by Dan Habib. Preceding the event was a resource fair with different resources available on campus and within the Moscow community. Following the screening was a panel discussion addressing questions that were brought up within the film. CDHD brought this documentary to the university to broaden the understanding of intelligence testing and how people with intellectual disabilities are disproving assumptions made about them due to their IQ score.
