New at ICI

The article, Employees with IDDS, discusses the importance of eliminating stigma that surrounds employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by sharing stories, providing supports, and hiring people with IDD. Many of us feel…

This summer, ICI staff John Butterworth, Staci Jones, Alberto Migliore, Brit Miles, and Jen Sulewski led three sessions at the Reinventing Quality Conference in Baltimore with key partners from the community and the University of Minnesota Institute…

Guardianship is a legal status that gives someone else (a “guardian”) the legal authority to make decisions for a person with a disability. ICI’s Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice (CYVYC) works with youth with disabilities, their families, and…

The ICI’s Jean Winsor and John Butterworth of the State Employment Leadership Network and ThinkWork briefed the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) on emerging employment strategies for people with intellectual…

Congratulations to Dr. Jean Winsor, senior research associate at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI)! Dr. Winsor received a 3-year, $600,000 field-initiated research grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and…

On October 19, State Employment Leadership Network’s (SELN) Amy Huppi will present on a webinar with the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS), Opening the Door: Importance of Great Person-Centered Conversations…

Earlier this year, we held the graduation ceremony for the first training session of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) of the Changing the World of People with Disabilities Foundation for Spanish-speaking parents, held in Spanish with…

The ICI’s Pathways Project for Caregivers of Children with Down Syndrome is recruiting parents and caregivers of children with Down syndrome between the ages of 10–14 to participate in an interactive Facebook group with other caregivers. Caregivers…