UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion (CDCI)

Supporting people with disabilities in accessing and thriving in their communities since 1974.

We believe in and work towards a diverse and vibrant future with, for, and by people with disabilities in Vermont.

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About

CDCI: Academics, Research, Services, and News

Academics

CDCI is home to UVM’s Disability Studies certificate: earn a powerful professional credential to supplement your existing work focus in just one year.

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Research

CDCI conducts research with Vermonters with disabilities, and shares their own and other research in plain language, audio, and video.

Services

CDCI is home to more than 30 disability service projects, such as the Vermont I-Team, The BEST Project, the Vermont Continence Project, and many more.

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News & Events

CDCI produces stories by Vermonters with disabilities, hosts disability-related events, and helps spread disability news from around the state.

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COACH 4th Edition Now Available!

Choosing Outcomes & Accommodations for Children (COACH): A Guide to Educational Planning for Students with Developmental Disabilities (4th edition). This guide represents more than 40 years of field-testing and used by thousands of education teams K–12 throughout the US and internationally.

Provides a step-by-step roadmap to designing inclusive programs that work in classrooms.
Highlights strategies for fostering authentic collaboration among educators, families, and support teams.
Uses problem-solving methods to prioritize and select individually determined educational priorities.
Includes forms available in both English and Spanish.
Hard copy and digital versions available.

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New CDCI Research

The Vermonter Poll

We polled 632 Vermonters to learn how much they agreed with four statements:

People with disabilities have the same quality of life as people without disabilities.
People with disabilities can contribute to Vermont’s labor force the same as people without disabilities.
Students with disabilities benefit from being in the same classrooms as students without disabilities.
Students without disabilities benefit from being in the same classrooms as students with disabilities.

And we learned that Vermonters with different types of disabilities have different attitudes to disability.

65% of Vermonters surveyed DISAGREE with the statement that people with disabilities have the same quality of life.
72% AGREE that people with disabilities contribute equally to the workforce
74% of Vermonters with no disabilities AGREE that students WITHOUT disabilities benefit from being in the same classroom as students with disabilities.
79% of Vermonters with functional disabilities AGREED that students WITH disabilities benefit from being in the same classroom as students without disabilities.