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| | | Announcements | | Friday, February 14, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET Join the Autism Consortium of Texas from the Texas Center for Disabilities Studies for an exciting and informative webinar. Dr. Brumback will discuss how precision medicine is shaping the future of autism and neurodevelopmental care. This is a great opportunity for professionals, caregivers, and advocates to gain valuable insights from a leading expert in the field. Earn 1.5 Free CEUs (SW, LMFT, LPC, General Contact). View the event flyer. | Wednesdays, March 5 - April 9, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM ET Register now for Applied Positive Psychology: Learning to Help People with IDD-MH Through Theory, Practice, & Technique with Dan Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP for Spring 2025. Hosted by the National Center for START Services at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, this course will be March 5 to April 9, 2025 on Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:45 PM ET. This six-week live, virtual course will provide attendees with the skills and tools needed to implement foundational positive psychology approaches within their respective practice settings. This course is open to masters-level professionals (or those with 3+ years of experience) who work within developmental and/or mental health settings. | March 19, 2025, Online and In-person The 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference, hosted by the Center for Research on Disability, will take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, providing a platform to present and discuss the latest data on disability demographics, with a focus on making disability statistics easily accessible for individuals working on disability-related legislation and initiatives. Attendees can participate in-person or virtually, with live captioning and ASL interpretation available. | March 28-30, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba Are you a community member, researcher, academic, or clinician working with First Nations, Inuit, Métis, American Indian, Alaska Native or other Indigenous children and youth? From mental health to infectious diseases, early childhood to adolescence, the International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health is a forum for exploring a range of health-promoting programs and strategies. We encourage presentations and posters that showcase community-based solutions to prevalent health programs. | April 7-9, 2025, Washington, D.C. The Disability Policy Seminar is the premier opportunity to cultivate support on Capitol Hill and amplify the concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) before Congress. We bring together passionate advocates, including people with disabilities, experts, and professionals in the field, to learn about key issues and advance the grassroots movement for people with IDD. | Employment Opportunities Across the Network The AUCD Employment page focuses on job and fellowship opportunities at AUCD, within our Network, and at organizations affiliated with our Network. The Texas Center for Disability Studies at University of Texas at Austin is searching for a Social Science/Humanities Research Associate III. Please complete this form if you would like your job posted. Positions will remain on the website for 90 days. | | Funding | | Hearing Health Foundation, Emerging Research Grants Program Application Deadline: March 3, 2025 Award Ceiling: $50,000 The foundation invites applications for its Emerging Research Grants program, which will award grants of up to $50,000 over one year to researchers who are in the early stages of their careers and focused on hearing loss, hearing restoration, and hearing- and balance-related conditions. Grants will be awarded in support of proposals on any topic in hearing or balance research including but not limited to age-related hearing loss; auditory and vestibular implants; hearing aids; Central Auditory Processing Disorder; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of hearing loss and balance disturbance; epidemiology of auditory and vestibular disorders; hearing loss in children and pediatric hearing disorders; human genetics and mouse models of peripheral and central auditory/balance dysfunction; human otopathology; hyperacusis; innovation in cellular and molecular therapies; Ménière’s disease; physiology of hearing and balance; tinnitus; Usher syndrome; and other vestibular disorders. | Application Deadline: March 11, 2025 Award Ceiling: $50,000 The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), with support from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the Bia-Echo Foundation, and the Yun Family Foundation, invites applications to the 2025 US NAM Catalyst Award competition. NAM invites bold, new, and innovative ideas that aim to extend the human health span (i.e., the number of years lived in good health), especially approaches that challenge existing paradigms or propose new methodologies or concepts. High-risk ideas that could potentially yield high rewards and, in turn, dramatically change the field of healthy longevity are encouraged. Each Catalyst Award includes a $50,000 cash prize as well as exclusive access to additional funding opportunities, occasions to connect and collaborate with innovators from around the world, amplification of the award and winning idea, and resources to enhance your project and professional development. | Application Deadline: March 11, 2025 Award Ceiling: $30,000 Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is a four-year national leadership development program for full-time doctoral students from a wide range of nonclinical, research-focused disciplines in which policy is a key lever for change. HPRS builds on RWJF’s vision of leadership as a dynamic, transformative, relational process of change aimed at repairing damage from historical and structural injustices and oppression. The program is for doctoral students who are deeply committed to research that works to advance antiracism and structural change work aligned with the health needs of the most impacted communities. HPRS supports researchers from diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experiences of inequity, marginalization, and oppression. | Application Deadline: May 31, 2025 Award Ceiling: TBD The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States. Welfare is broadly defined to support, acculturation, societal integration and childcare. Grants are only made if a successful project outcome will likely be of significant interest to other professionals, within the grantee’s field of endeavor, and would have a direct benefit and potential national application. The Foundation’s goal is to provide seed money to implement those imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, on a national scale. Because of the Foundation’s limited funding capability, it seeks to maximize a grant's potential impact. | Application Deadline: September 3, 2025 Award Ceiling: TBD The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) intends to issue a Topical PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) on April 1, 2025, seeking to fund high-quality, patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects that focus on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). This preannouncement provides potential applicants additional time to identify collaborators; obtain patient and stakeholder input on potential studies; and develop responsive, high-quality proposals | | Resources | | The latest National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) report revealed a record-breaking Labor Force Participation Rate for people with disabilities, marking an all-time high. These gains build upon a steady upward trend, which exceeded those seen among people without disabilities. nTIDE is issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability. | Each May, the Administration on Community Living (ACL) leads the nation in celebrating Older Americans Month (OAM), a time to honor the contributions of older adults, spotlight aging trends, and reaffirm our dedication to supporting older individuals. The theme for 2025, "Flip the Script on Aging," emphasizes changing the way society views, discusses, and approaches aging. It encourages everyone to challenge stereotypes and dispel myths about aging.
| The Boggs Center announces the release of its latest resource, Sharing Your Story: A Guide to Medicaid Advocacy. Medicaid plays a vital role in providing funding for services that support millions of people with disabilities and their families nationwide. This guide is designed to assist individuals in effectively communicating their lived experiences to policymakers, emphasizing the critical importance of Medicaid and the services it offers. Available in both English and Spanish, the guide explains how Medicaid functions, outlines common threats to the program, and offers valuable tips for sharing personal stories. It also includes a worksheet to help individuals organize and strengthen their advocacy messages. | IDD is among the top journals in special education and rehabilitation. It is a multidisciplinary journal of policy, practices, and perspectives for professionals interested in intellectual and related developmental disabilities. As a journal with an applied focus, IDD provides a forum for the dissemination of rigorously reviewed, actionable information that is relevant to emerging policies, innovative practices, and transformative concepts. Editor James R. Thompson, Department of Special Education, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas IDD is published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD).
| The Equal Dose podcast, produced by WebsEdge/Medicine, recently featured Michigan Development Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI) Director Dr. Sharon Milberger and Disability Advocate and frequent MI-DDI collaborator Jaime Junior in an episode discussing the relationship between disability, health equity, and systemic ableism. Housed at Wayne State University, MI-DDI is Michigan’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs).
The episode is part of a series produced by WebsEdge that explores public health issues and how to build better outcomes for everyone. This episode also featured an appearance from Professor Michelle Meade from the University of Michigan’s Center for Disability Health and Wellness. The podcast centers on the impact of medical, financial and social issues that surround those with disabilities when seeking health care services. | | | Past Issues | | Weekly news items may be submitted for consideration via the AUCD Promotion Request Form.
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