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2/24/2020
OHSU UCEDD Prioritizes Youth Health Care Transition
Four out of five Oregon youth who experience disabilities report that they did not receive adequate transition services during their healthcare visits according to the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs in 2016.
2/24/2020
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) Member Arie Nettles Reappointed as Chair of Statewide Planning and Policy Council
Arie Nettles, Ph.D., NCSP, HSP, associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) member, has been reappointed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to serve a new two-year term as chair of the Planning and Policy Council for the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD).
2/21/2020
In Memoriam: Duane Alexander, M.D.
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Duane Alexander, M.D., a former director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), died on February 16, 2020, from Alzheimer's disease. He was 79 years old.
2/21/2020
Next Steps at Vanderbilt (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND) celebrates 10 years as TN's first inclusive higher ed program for students with intellectual disability
For the past decade, students with intellectual disability have found an inclusive postsecondary education experience through Next Steps at Vanderbilt (TN IDDRC, UCEDD, LEND). The program, housed in Peabody College of education and human development's Department of Special Education, is marking its 10th anniversary with events and commemorations throughout 2020.
2/21/2020
Va-LEND Trainee Receives Champions of Accessibility Award
Submitted by Jennifer Drummond
Va-LEND Trainee, Lynne Fetter received the Champions of Accessibility Award from the Transforming Accessibility Initiative (TAI) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Fetter was one of thirteen honored at TAI's annual fall conference. This award aimed to honor individuals, departments, groups, or websites committed to advocating for accessibility in their community. Recipients show passion and drive for promoting access and are making a large impact on the VCU Community, according to TAI. Fetter won under the graduate category, as her Social Work internship at the Center on Transition Innovations (CTI) at VCU focused on supporting youths with disability transition from school to the workplace.
2/20/2020
NJLEND Fellows Visit Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University
2/20/2020
2020 Intensive Summer ASD Training for School Personnel, Community Service Providers, Administrators and Consultants Working with PreK-12 Students with ASD and a Range of Disabilities
Register early for the HANDS in Autism' Week-Long Intensive Summer Training for School Personnel. While the program includes traditional instructional methods such as lectures and discussion, the emphasis of training is on increasing participant knowledge and skill towards the process of making effective programming decisions for individuals with ASD and related disorders through hands-on application and coaching. Designed for school personnel, community service providers, administrators and consultants working with preK-12 students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related disabilities.
2/20/2020
Disabled Parenting in an Ableist World| Kara Ayers | TEDxCincinnatiWomen
Kara Ayers, Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati UCEDD recently gave at talk at TEDx Cincinnati on Disabled Parenting in an Ableist World. Kara's interests include disability identity/culture, bioethics, community inclusion, and the use of media to teach, empower, and reduce stigma.
2/20/2020
Dr. Winges-Yanez Invited to Join Public Voices Fellowship (TX UCEDD)
The OpEd Project invited Dr. Nick Winges-Yanez of the Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) to join the prestigious 2020 Public Voices Fellowship. The OpEd Project's Public Voices Fellowship goal is to dramatically increase the public impact of the nation's top underrepresented thinkers, and to ensure their ideas help shape the important conversations of our age. During the one-year program, fellows will participate in seminars, receive one-on-one mentoring, and will engage in forums with media insiders.
2/20/2020
International Service Learning and its Implications for Healthcare Practice
The following AUCD 360 submission discusses a current LEND trainee's personal reflections when participating in an international service learning trip. The purpose of this AUCD 360 article is to create a larger conversation about one of MCH competencies and ways we can be global partners.
2/20/2020
Moving Ahead with PROMISE: Lessons Learned from Six Model Demonstration Projects Through the Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income Project
"Moving Ahead with PROMISE: Lessons Learned from Six Model Demonstration Projects Through the Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income Project" is a new report from the Institute on Community Integration (MN UCEDD/LEND) and partners documents employment and wage gains among teens receiving federal disability benefits who had access to better social service coordination, job training, and educational opportunities under the Promoting Readiness of Minors In Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) project. The report was developed by ICI with the Association of University Centers on Disability as part of the PROMISE Technical Assistance Center. The Center worked with federal agencies and 11 states to design the project, which aims to reduce long-term reliance on SSI by improving job readiness programs. Challenges remain in both sharing information among agencies and creating effective job training services. Authored by David R. Johnson, Kelly Nye-Lengerman, and Amy Gunty of the MN UCEDD. Published by the MN UCEDD.
2/19/2020
How Proposed SSDI Changes May Impact Rural People with Disabilities
Project Director Lillie Greiman and RTC:Rural Director Dr. Catherine Ipsen recently co-authored an article in The Conversation about proposed changes to disability benefits and how those could make it harder for people with disabilities, especially those in rural communities, to maintain federal benefits.
2/19/2020
Indiana Pilot Program Combatting Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Shows Early Promise
Every 15 minutes a baby in the United States is born diagnoses with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). However, a new Indiana program targeted at improving outcomes for mothers struggling with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and their newborns is showing strong, early results. The program, named CHOICES, which assists mothers and is attempting to combat (NAS) has been showing promise since its inception in 2016.
2/19/2020
MMI, Special Olympics Nebraska Team on Program
The Munroe-Meyer Institute and the Special Olympics Nebraska team for the Young Athletes Program.
2/19/2020
Research Snapshot: Expanding the Availability and Quality of Rural Data
In order to create policies and programs that serve the needs of people with disabilities in rural communities, it is important to know things about them, such as demographic information and location. The federal government maintains several large data sets that collect this information. However, it can be difficult to access rural disability data from these data sets.
2/19/2020
Spanish Language Additions to MI-DDI Possibilities Video Series
In 2017, the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI) participated in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) International Inclusion Fellowship offered by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). The fellowship featured both "inbound" and "outbound" visits, where professionals from the United States and Peru traveled to their colleague's respective countries. During her inbound visit, Fiorella Guerrero who works with WarmaKuna Hope in Lima spent five weeks collaborating with MI-DDI staff and other disability professionals from across Michigan.
