Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

Maine Parent Federation recently hosted an online panel discussion, Self-Advocacy, Services and Technology for Adults with Disabilities. The panel discussion was offered through Zoom and the recording is available for viewing online. Panelists included Kathy Adams, OTL, ATP, Director of Maine CITE; Rachel Dyer, Associate Director of the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council; Lauren Wille, Esq., […]

Source: UMaine names President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion CCIDS Director Dr. Alan Cobo-Lewis has been appointed by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to serve on a 30-member Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The President announced her intention to form the council on June 10, following the death of George Floyd, and in […]

Source: National Public Radio: The Disability Rights Movement – 30 Years After the ADA When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed in July of 1990, it brought a huge number of changes that would improve life significantly for millions of people. But the fight for accessibility was never just about ramps and closed […]

The Maine CITE program recently updated their Guide for Maine Families on Assistive Technology and Accessible Educational Materials (June 2020) [PDF]. The Guide was created for Maine families of children who have disabilities ages birth to 20 years who are eligible for services and/or programs under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). During […]

Source: American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), National Disability Voter Registration Week Every year, the REV UP Campaign coordinates National Disability Voter Registration Week (NDVRW) to increase the political power of people with disabilities by sharing resources and getting folks registered to vote. This year, NDVRW is July 13-17. With an estimated 35 million people with disabilities eligible to vote in 2020, REV […]

ORONO, ME — The Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) stands in celebration of Juneteenth (PDF). During this time of worldwide protests and the raising of black and brown voices against individual, systemic, and institutional racism, CCIDS recognizes both the progress that the celebration of Juneteenth represents and the work that’s still in […]

On May 1, 2020 twenty-one trainees from the 2019-2020 New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program convened the first ever Virtual Capstone Poster Session and end of the year Celebration. (Pictured above: screenshot taken during one of the virtual poster presentations.) Concluding the spring semester online, this dedicated group of […]

Tuesdays with Liz is a weekly video series highlighting current issues in disability policy. It is hosted by Liz Weintraub (pictured above), a long-time disability advocate, and produced by the Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD). In this week’s episode, Social Distancing with Liz (YouTube), she talks about what social distancing is and how […]

The Spring 2020 feature issue of the newsletter Impact focuses on siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The Impact series contains strategies, research, and success stories in specific focus areas related to persons with IDD and other disabilities. It’s published three times a year by the Institute on Community Integration, Minnesota’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. […]

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recently hosted a webinar to share products, resources, programs, and services that University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs) have developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support people with disabilities and disability-related organizations. An archived recording of the webinar, COVID-19 and the UCEDD Responses […]