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Audience listenting to closing plenary session at AUCD 2019 conference.

CCIDS Presents Research and Work-in-Progress at 2019 AUCD Conference

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 […]

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Terry Gardner, James Hiers, Michelle Houser, Paul Connair and Hanna Faulkie

Professional Panel Discusses Careers in Human Services

“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 […]

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Mother holding child while doctor looks in his ear.

Pediatric Care Providers Receive New Clinical Guidance on Autism

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 […]

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