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| | | Announcements | | Friday, March 7, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET, Virtual
On the first Friday of every month, corresponding with the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, the Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability offers a live broadcast via Zoom Webinar to share the results of the latest National Trends in Disability Employment (or nTIDE) findings. In addition, news and updates from the field of Disability Employment are provided, as well as host an invited panelist who discuss current disability related findings and events. | The Dignity of Work: An International Forum Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Online
Hosted by hosted by the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota, "The Dignity of Work: An International Forum" will bring together employers, scholars, and disability employment service providers on March 19 for a global, online event open to anyone. Presenters from Ukraine, Japan, Malaysia, India, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Australia will discuss the current state of employment for people with disabilities, the use of robotics to support employment, and other topics. Presenters will share customized disability hiring initiatives by employers, along with academic analyses of employment opportunities for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). | 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM ET, Hybrid
The 2025 Annual Disability Statistics Conference, hosted by the Center for Research on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, provides a platform to discuss the latest data on disability demographics. This collection makes finding and using disability statistics easier for individuals working on legislative and other matters relating to persons with disabilities. Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided during the event. | 40th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability April 15-16, 2025, Honolulu, HI, Hybrid
The 40th anniversary of the Pacific Rim International Conference will be celebrated in Honolulu on April 15 and 16. The conference will provide an opportunity to recognize achievements, share struggles, and develop strategies for the work that remains. Hosted by the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 1988, Pac Rim has evolved into an international conference that has welcomed thousands of presenters and attendees from across Hawaiʻi, the nation, and the world. | Call for Participation: Exploring Issues of Trust in a Type of Medical Research Called “Precision Medicine Research” Columbia University is inviting adults with disabilities (deaf, hard of hearing, blind or low vision, or with mobility disabilities) to participate in an online survey about their views on Precision Medicine Research, which examines genetics, environment, and lifestyle to improve health outcomes. The study, funded by NIH, takes up to 45 minutes to complete and can be done on a tablet, computer, or smartphone. Accommodations are available, and the survey will soon be offered in Spanish and ASL. Participants will receive a $30 gift card. Click here to participate in the study. For more information or questions, contact Dr. Maya Sabatello at trust-study@cumc.columbia.edu. | 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 University of California Davis Mind Institute is searching for an Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education in Sacramento, CA. Please complete this form if you would like your job posted. Positions will remain on the website for 90 days.
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| | Application Deadline: April 3, 2025, 8:00 PM ET Award Ceiling: $20,000 The American Psychological Foundation (APF) Visionary Grants seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas: applying psychology to at-risk, vulnerable populations (e.g., serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated or economically disadvantaged); preventing violence; understanding the connection between behavior and health (e.g. wellness, diabetes, obesity); understanding and eliminating stigma and prejudice (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, and socioeconomic status); furthering racial equity. | Application Deadline: April 17, 2025, 8:00 PM ET Award Ceiling: $250,000 WITH Foundation has three grant cycles per year, two open grant cycles when any organizations that meets our grant guidelines may apply and one Request For Proposals (RFP) cycle. During the OPEN and RFP grant cycles, WITH offers grants of up to $150,000. Preference will be given to organizations that align with the core values of WITH and work toward providing comprehensive healthcare for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). In addition to general grants, research-focused grants are also considered, with amounts up to $250,000. This reflects the critical role of research in driving positive change in disability healthcare. Grants from WITH typically provide one year of funding, but multi-year support may be available for programs that justify extended funding. For multi-year grants, funding for subsequent years is subject to an annual review following initial approval. | 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 seven 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: October 15, 2025, 3:00 PM ET Award Ceiling: TBD The purpose of this Exploring Equitable Futures call for proposals (CFP) is to support projects that seed new and unconventional ideas that could radically advance health equity for generations to come. RWJF aim to fund projects that explore the future by researching and experimenting with ideas that are ahead of the curve or at the edge of our collective imagination; shine a light on the emerging trends and forces that are shaping our future for better or worse and suggest ways to navigate them to mitigate harm and advance health equity; dream big and challenge conventional wisdom to surface possibilities and uncover new paths to dismantle structural racism and build a more equitable future. | | Resources
| | 2025 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Every March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) and its partners collaborate to lead Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (DDAM). The annual campaign highlights how people with and without disabilities come together to form strong communities. NACDD’s 2025 theme, We’re Here All Year, emphasizing that community, accessibility, and opportunities for people with developmental disabilities should be recognized and championed every day—not just in March. | Autism Conversations Podcast Staff at the Center for Development and Disability at the University of New Mexico are incredibly proud of this informative conversation from their Spanish speaking community members. This discussion includes challenges associated with locating resources, including online support in their spoken language. Parents may find it difficult to share a diagnosis of autism with the family and lack feelings of support when it comes to their own mental health. They end up feeling alone and isolated due to not meeting cultural expectations. Furthermore, they are unable to communicate in English with other families that could otherwise be a supportive outlet. | Accessible Podcast: Ubuntu in Disability Systems Change with Dr. Makhaya Malema – University of the Western Cape-South Africa Dr. Makhaya Malema, a visiting scholar from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, shares his insights on disability leadership in leisure and recreation, while exploring the powerful concepts of Ubuntu and the disability rights slogan Nothing About Us Without Us. Dr. Malema is at UMKC through a university partnership focused on learning about our disability network. "Accessible" is a podcast that opens the door to disability leaders and their ideas and is hosted by George Gotto, director at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Institute for Human Development, and Amelia Reighard, director of Program Development. | How the Waisman Center Diagnosed a Child's Rare Condition Danelle McGuire's son, Treyson Wallace, was born seemingly healthy in May 2009, but soon after birth, he failed a hearing test and was diagnosed with clubfoot. Despite therapy, Treyson continued to miss key developmental milestones. After extensive testing failed to provide answers, McGuire sought help at the neuromotor development clinic at the Waisman Center, where Dr. Janet Legare and a team of specialists worked to assess his condition. The clinic provides a comprehensive approach for children with severe neurological and cognitive impairments to help them reach their full potential. Read the article to learn how the Waisman Center diagnosed Treyson and what therapies they advised to use and to avoid. | Evaluating Sex Differences in Language Abilities within Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder An article published in the February 2025 issue of "Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" by authors affiliated with The Ohio State University and Drexel University describes parent reports of language skills which indicate that among those with Down syndrome (average age 11 years), females show stronger language skills than males; but show no gender-based differences in typically developing children (average age 10) or those with autism (average age 7.4). Free for AAIDD Members. For non-members, the abstract is free of cost, full text is available with a fee. | | | Weekly news items may be submitted for consideration via the AUCD Promotion Request Form.
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This weekly newsletter is in part supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) through a technical assistance contract for the URC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a National Professional Organization for Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The content of this material does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of any federal agency. No official support or endorsement by federal agencies is intended nor should be inferred. |
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