Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

CCIDS research associates Marnie Morneault and Bonnie Robinson have collaborated on the development of a new multi-language online resource, Opening Child Care in Maine: Resources and Support.  Since 2015, Morneault has been providing technical assistance to New Mainers who have children with disabilities. These families frequently mention the difficulty they have in accessing culturally appropriate childcare […]

Equitable health data represents all populations and can be linked to their common characteristics. When researchers from the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), sought to examine the health equity of Maine’s population with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities regarding COVID-19, they encountered a data gap. Maine’s COVID-19 data […]

Fifteen University of Maine students were honored on April 25th during the 2023 Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Celebration of Achievement at Wells Conference Center. Dr. Alan Cobo-Lewis, Director of the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and Associate Professor of Psychology, delivered the opening welcome. One student was recognized for completing the […]

With a $499,970 grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services Office of Aging and Disability Services, the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), will conduct a model demonstration project of intensive evidence-based behavioral intervention to help adults with disabilities who are currently subject to restrictive behavior management […]

The Administration for Community Living, along with the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) and its partners are observing Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month 2023. The campaign highlights how people with and without disabilities come together to form strong communities. DDAM raises awareness of the inclusion and contributions of people with developmental disabilities in all aspects of […]

Summer University is an integral part of the University of Maine. Courses are taught by the same faculty who teach during the academic year. Summer University is designed to meet the needs of regularly enrolled college students, educators throughout the state, and individuals who are looking for personal and professional growth opportunities in a variety […]

The American Council on Education featured a story on how the University of Maine partners with the Maine Department of Labor’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) to provide a five-week learning experience called Step Up, to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum to successfully transition to college.

The New Mainers Public Health Initiative, a public health agency located in Lewiston, ME, recently released four YouTube educational videos on topics such as healthy living, vaccine education and disease prevention. An advocate for language justice, New Mainers made each of the four videos available in multiple languages; most commonly, Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese. […]

Source: Fall Leadership Intensive Explores Cross-Cultural Perspectives. NH-ME LEND Spotlight, November 2022 In late September, NH-ME LEND convened an in-person Leadership Intensive at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston/Auburn Campus. Through short mini-lectures and interactive activities, New Hampshire and Maine trainees explored the concept of cultural competence within family-centered care. The day opened with a patient simulation […]