The Partnership for People with Disabilities, formerly known as the Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities (VIDD), is recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), as a university center for excellence in developmental disabilities. Founded in 1985 under the leadership of Dr. Howard Garner with fewer than five […]

The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University is one of the sixty-seven University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Established in 1978, the Center for Excellence in Disabilities (CED) is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a satellite office in Big Chimney, West Virginia with staff located in offices across the state to better serve clients in their communities. The CED is a unit within West Virginia University (WVU), Health Sciences, and because […]

The primary mission of the Rose F. Kennedy UCEDD is to improve the quality of life of persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Specifically, this involves four major functions. To serve national, regionally, and locally as a model and an innovative developmental disabilities service agency functioning within an ethnically diverse, largely poor, distressed and […]

SCDD is a member of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) a network of interdisciplinary centers advancing policy and practice for and with individuals with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and communities through research, education, and service. There are 67 UCEDDs across the country with at least one center found in every […]

WIHD creates better futures for people with disabilities, for vulnerable children, and for their families and caregivers. WIHD accomplishes its mission through: Professional education Innovative services and supports Community training and technical assistance Research and information dissemination

About the Institute on Disability The Institute on Disability/UCED (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire was established in 1987 to provide a university-based focus for the improvement of knowledge, policies, and practices related to the lives of persons with disabilities and their families. Mission The IOD promotes full access, equal opportunities, and participation for […]

CDCI envisions a future where all people, including people who experience developmental and other disabilities, are fully included in their home, schools, and communities in a meaningful way. We envision a future in which supports and services that lead to interdependence, self-determination, and inclusion are available to all people across the span of life.