Community Advisory Council - Center for Disabilities Studies

Community Advisory Council

Collage of CAC members

Members of the Community Advisory Council partner with CDS to advance its mission. The council includes individuals with developmental and related disabilities who serve as self-advocates; parents and other family members of individuals with developmental disabilities; representatives from disability-related training, service and advocacy organizations; state agency representatives; and others who advocate on behalf of people with disabilities.

Officers

Ira Shepherd II
Chair
Self-advocate

Cory Nourie
First Vice-chair

Alyssa Cowin
Second Vice-chair
Delaware Health and Social Services

Terri Hancharick
Secretary
Endless Possibilities in the Community, Parent

Susannah Eaton-Ryan
Member At-Large
The Arc of Delaware

Members

Karl Booksh
Self-advocate

Charles Bryant
Division of Developmental Disabilities Services

Anthony Carter
JEVS Support for Independence

Karen Doneker Mancini

Karen Doneker Mancini
Parent

Deborah Dunlap
Parent

Brigitte Hancharick

Brigitte Hancharick
Self-advocate

Kristin Harvey
Developmental Disabilities Council

Kathy Hughes
Family member

Elisha Jenkins
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Nancy Lemus
Parent

Jane Luke
Parent

Dale Matusevich

Dale Matusevich
Department of Education

Daniese McMullin-Powell

Daniese McMullin-Powell
Self-advocate

John McNeal
Self-advocate, State Council for Persons with Disabilities

Melissa Smith
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities

Meedra Surratte

Meedra Surratte
Parent Information Center

Debbie Talley-Beane

Debbie Talley-Beane
Division for the Visually Impaired

Laura Waterland

Laura Waterland
Delaware Disabilities Law Program

Pam Weir
Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens

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WRONGFUL PURSUIT: CONFLATING GUN VIOLENCE & MENTAL ILLNESS "The problem of gun violence in the U.S. is not mental illness," argues Annie Slease in this post at CDS's Inclusion blog. "It never was. The problem has always been the guns." Slease joined CDS in December as its strategic manager of mental health initiatives following her service as director of advocacy and education at the National Alliance on Mental Illness Delaware. The views expressed in this post are her own. ... See MoreSee Less

Mental illness and gun violence: It’s not what you think. - Inclusion

blog.cds.udel.edu

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