AUCD 2019 Conference

Group picture of people who are a part of Great Lakes LEND Collaborative (GLLC).

Great Lakes LEND Collaborative (GLLC)

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) held its 2019 Annual Conference November 17-20, 2019 in Washington D.C. The conference is an opportunity for University Centers (UCEDDs) and other AUCD programs (LENDs, IDDRCs) to come together to share promising and best practices in work being done to ensure all individuals with disabilities are able to live independent lives, fully included in their communities.

Angela Martin, LMSW (left), MI-DDI Senior Associate Director for Community Supports & Services, facilitates the Leading Change Session: Disability Rights, Ethics and Genetics. There are four women sitting in a row on a stage in the picture, participating in a session.

Angela Martin, LMSW (left), MI-DDI Senior Associate Director for Community Supports & Services, facilitates the Leading Change Session: Disability Rights, Ethics and Genetics

MI-DDI sent a group of seven people to the 2019 conference. The group led panels and gave presentations on topics that included:

National Core Indicators (NCI) Project work being done in Michigan

The impact of transportation on the lives of individuals with disabilities

Promoting equity and diversity through interdisciplinary leadership training

Michigan's Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) project outcomes

Disability rights, ethics, and genetics

International outreach and collaboration for greater inclusion

Creating access to health promotion programs for people with I/DD

Jaime Junior, MI-LEND Fellow (Cohort 2018-2019), participates as a panelist in the Leading Change Session: From There to Here, from Here to There. Jaime is speaking into a microphone while sitting at a table with other panelists.

Jaime Junior, MI-LEND Fellow (Cohort 2018-2019), participates as a panelist in the Leading Change Session: From There to Here, from Here to There

The 2019 AUCD Conference saw the largest attendance in the history of the conference with an estimated 1200 attendees from around the country.

Elizabeth Janks, LMSW (second from right), MI-DDI Associate Director for Training & Education, participates in a session. There are four women in the picture sitting down and talking.

Elizabeth Janks, LMSW (second from right), MI-DDI Associate Director for Training & Education, participates in a session.

Michael Bray, MA, EdS, MI-DDI Associate Director for Dissemination & Technology, asks a question during a session.

Michael Bray, MA, EdS, MI-DDI Associate Director for Dissemination & Technology, asks a question during a session.