Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

About the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) Established in 2007, the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN) is a national nonprofit with state chapters that is dedicated to providing information and support to siblings of people with disabilities throughout the lifespan. Follow SLN on social media: Facebook; Twitter feed; and Instagram. SLN Sibposium – Wednesday, April 27, 2022 […]

News and updates from the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program. Spring Kick Off: Organizing to Influence State Policy (January 28, 2022) In late January, the NH-ME LEND Program hosted a panel discussion and keynote speaker as part of their virtual Spring Kick Off Event, Organizing to Influence Your State’s Policy. The […]

We have a few updates since the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) last met in October 2021. CAC Member News Avery Olmstead is serving as an accessibility subject matter expert on the Wheelchair Odyssey Team, one of four faculty-led innovation teams selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the University of Maine’s Maine Innovation Research and Technology […]

Policy work is really problem-solving; always trying to figure out where we can find agreement on what government’s job is. Maine State Senator Catherine Breen (D-Cumberland) In late January, the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program hosted a two-state panel discussion as part of their virtual Spring Kick Off Event, Organizing […]

Sources: NH-ME LEND Spotlight (July 2021) and NH-ME Spotlight (September 2021). The NH-ME LEND Program is proud to be celebrating 30 years of a rich and evolving history of preparing interdisciplinary leaders to enter the field of maternal and child health. In early September, a new cohort of trainees from New Hampshire and Maine  traveled […]

The University of Maine has entered into a license agreement with Thought Forward Design, LLC, a venture-backed Delaware company based out of New York, to assist UMaine in commercializing the patented, award-winning Afari™ Device invented by Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen Gilson, Vincent Caccese, Ryan Beaumont, and James Alexander, Jr.  U.S. Patent No. 10,667,979 “Stylized Adaptive Mobility Device” was allowed by […]

2021 Interdisciplinary Disability Studies’ Gallery of Honorees In late April 2021, thirty-four (34) University of Maine students were honored as part of the 2021 Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Celebration of Achievement. In their virtual welcome, professors Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen Gilson acknowledged the trials and tribulations of the year brought on by the pandemic and world […]

We have a few updates since the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) last met in October 2020. New CAC Members Please join us in welcoming two new members to the Community Advisory Committee: Holly Richards is the Screening and Follow-up Program Manager for the Maternal and Child Health Program at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC).  Holly has […]

The curriculum in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies provides students a means to explore disability within the larger context of diversity and to examine professional practice, scholarship, and policy related to persons with disabilities. Undergraduate students may take Interdisciplinary Disability Studies courses as electives or obtain a Minor in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies. Graduate students may obtain a Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies or […]

The New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program was accepted as one of ten Primary Lead Programs participating in a National Training Initiative called Project SCOPE – Supporting Children of the Opioid Epidemic. Project SCOPE is intended to build nationwide provider capacity and confidence in applying evidence-based practices in screening, monitoring, and […]