Thursday, October 24, 2024
1:00PM - 2:00PM ET
Please join the Aging Special Interest Group in a quarterly webinar on Research Projects on Autism and Aging. This webinar will feature Dr. Lauren Bishop, Principal Investigator for the Aging and Health Equity in Autism and Developmental Disabilities (AHEADD) Team at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Dr. Dean Hartley, Senior Director of Genetic Discovery & Translational Science at Autism Speaks. They will discuss their research projects and outcomes of their research with the Special Interest Group, moderated by Dr. Sumithra Murthy, Chair of the Aging SIG.
Read More >Tuesday, October 15, 2024
4:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
There are few specialists that serve adults with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDD), and most adults with NDD receive care from providers without specialty training in NDD. Care for this population is highly variable, and patient and caregiver priorities in this age group are not well known. We aimed to explore individual and caregiver values around adult neurodevelopmental care.
In this qualitative study, we conducted 22 semi-structured virtual interviews from September 2021 to February 2022 with randomly selected adults with NDD and/or their caregivers. The need for adult neurodevelopmental care is growing as more individuals with NDD are living into adulthood. Better understanding of patient and caregiver values can help shape this emerging field to meet the needs of this unique, often overlooked and underserved, population.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM ET
The conference brings national speakers to present on the latest research and practice related to addressing and reducing socially determined health disparities. The Room to Grow conference provides continuing education credits, and features interactive seminars for trainees, residents, students, faculty, administrators and community members.
Read More >Tuesday, September 10, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
During the month of September, we mark the 51st anniversary of the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. To commemorate the first civil rights legislation for people with disabilities, DETAC welcomes two disability-led national organizations to discuss employment – the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL). They will highlight how their work increases access to competitive, integrated employment nationally and how they collaborate with Centers for Independent Living (CIL) in all geographical locations across the country to do so. This webinar is intended for CILs but is applicable to other Administration on Disabilities stakeholders, as well as self-advocates and family members who want to learn about additional resources to boost employment outcomes.
Read More >Wednesday, August 28, 2024
2:00 PM - 3: 00 PM ET
ACL’s Grassroots Project was launched in 2023 to support the work of disability advocates to ensure the perspectives, priorities and preferences of disabled people are reflected in disability policies and service systems. A key focus of the Grassroots Project is supporting partnership development and facilitating collaboration among national, state and local disability advocates. The project also supports outreach and education to help people with disabilities stay informed about policies that affect them.
This national webinar — the third hosted by the Grassroots Project — will bring together state and local advocates and coalitions to discuss best practices for establishing common goals and collaborating to achieve them, and for ensuring disabled people are leading the charge to drive change. We will hear from ABLE South Carolina, Disability Policy Consortium Massachusetts, and the Ohio Olmstead Task Force on how working in cross-disability, disability-led, and community-driven frameworks propels disability advocacy forward and creates momentum for advancing disability rights.
Read More >Thursday, August 22, 2024
2:00 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET
AUCD's NIRS Team is hosting a workshop to review system changes in NIRS for Program Year 2024 (PY24)/Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). The PY24/FY25 changes in NIRS are in response to updated Discretionary Grants Information System (DGIS) forms for MCHB's Division of MCH Workforce Development Grantees. We encourage Directors and Data Coordinators from LEND, LEAH, PPC, DBP, and UCEDD Programs to attend.
The 2-hour workshop will include a walk-through of the changes in NIRS and time for questions. The workshop will be recorded. Please contact [email protected] if you have technical questions about NIRS. For questions about the updated DGIS forms, please contact your MCHB Project Officer.
Read More >Tuesday, August 20, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
This webinar will provide an overview of a participatory project in which a team of Autistic and non-Autistic collaborators created and delivered an adaptable, multi-modal research training curriculum for Autistic Adults to build capacity for inclusion in research, and to build transferrable skills like teamwork, consensus-oriented decision making, and effective communication. The trainees participated in focus groups to set a research agenda on gender and sexuality.
Read More >Monday, August 12, 2024 - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The TA Institute provides an opportunity for UCEDD leaders to network, meet with their federal project officers, and learn of new initiatives, national trends, and other information vital to the administration of the UCEDD programs.
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