Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

The following is an excerpt from the Executive Summary of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan for the UCEDD National Network (page 3) [PDF]. Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families who are members of historically underserved racial, ethnic, and linguistic groups experience pervasive and chronic disparities across the lifespan. Among […]

In late fall, the CCIDS Community Advisory Committee (CAC) held its first meeting of the 2019-2020 grant year. The purpose of the CAC is to advise the CCIDS Director in a manner that supports the Center in meeting its responsibilities in accordance with the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD […]

CCIDS Research Associate Bonnie Robinson, M.Ed., (pictured above) recently developed and delivered a training on creating accessible materials for 14 Maine Roads to Quality (MRTQ) staff members.  Robinson has over a decade of experience in web accessibility and creating accessible information, including accessible document design. She served on the University of Maine’s Accessible Information Committee […]

CCIDS faculty, staff and a community partner recently presented their research or reported on their work-in-progress at the November 2019 Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Conference in Washington, DC. (Photo above of AUCD conference closing plenary session courtesy of AUCD). Founded in 1971, AUCD is a network of interdisciplinary centers advancing policy and […]

“I want to help people.” This is the response BJ Roach frequently receives when she asks first-year students what kind of work they’d like to do after graduation. Roach, a career counselor at the University of Maine Career Center, gently encourages them to go deeper and to ask themselves, “What do I want to help […]

Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published a new clinical report on the evaluation and treatment of autism spectrum disorder for clinicians in pediatric care. This  report, Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (PDF), updates the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics publication. It provides an online table of contents […]