Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

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 […]

Maine Parent Federation (MPF) is hosting five free webinars beginning in late April and concluding in mid-May. A complete list of the  webinar topics (with descriptions, dates and registration links) appears below. You may also find this information on Maine Parent Federation’s Facebook page under Events. CCIDS research associates Marnie Morneault, M.Ed.; and Jennifer Maeverde, MA, LCPC; […]

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is hosting two webinar series during the month of April 2020.  There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is required.  AUCD’s Autism Special Interest Group (SIG) is sponsoring a 4-part Autism Acceptance Month Webinar Series for Autism Acceptance Month. Webinar topics and dates: Community Engagement Science in ASD (April 13th); Project ImPACT Evidence-Based Parent […]

The application deadline for the 2020-2021 New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program at the University of Maine has been extended to June 15, 2020. NH-ME LEND provides graduate-level interdisciplinary leadership training for graduate students, family members, individuals with disabilities, and professionals from diverse disciplines to prepare them for professional […]

Source: Amanda McGuinness, The Autism Educator Amanda McGuinness, creator of the website, The Autism Educator, has created a free coronavirus Social Story™ What is the Coronavirus (PDF)? to help alleviate fears and anxiety many children may be experiencing at this time. Social Stories™ were developed by educator Carol Gray in 1990 and are described as “short descriptions of a particular situation, event or […]

Each March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) partners with Association for University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) to create a social media campaign that highlights the many ways in which people with and without disabilities come together to form strong, diverse communities. The campaign seeks to […]

Press release from Rylin Rogers, Director of Public Policy, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (January 17, 2020) [PDF] SILVER SPRING, MD, January 17th, 2020 – As we begin 2020, we as a nation, including the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the […]