UD partners with Center for Disabilities Studies to host Disability Mentoring Day At the CDS event bringing together employers from UD and Newark, 21 students with disabilities found opportunities for internships or employment.
$2.3 million grant funds UD certificate program for students with disabilities CDS received a federal grant to create the Career and Life Studies Certificate, a two-year program in which students with disabilities build academic, career, goal-setting and independent living skills.
Local philanthropists recognized The Delaware Foundation for Reaching Citizens with Intellectual DisABILITIES received a philanthropy award for supporting programs including CDS’s Healthy Transitions.
More funding needed to help disabled adults get dental care Ilka Riddle, CDS Health and Wellness director, writes that families, communities and the state should work to ensure quality oral health care for people with disabilities.
For the Record CDS staff and students have recently presented on communications services, health care challenges, disability policy and culture around the globe and the Community Connectors program.