{"id":7,"date":"2022-03-09T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:51:22","slug":"welcome-to-the-cdci-wordpress-tree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"link-tiles-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-white\" id=\"Resources\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row align-items-center overview-row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 details\">\n        <p class=\"overline\">About<\/p>        <h2 class=\"uvm-block-header\">CDCI: Academics, Research, Services, and News<\/h2>              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n        <div class=\"link-tiles-grid row\">\n          <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/academics\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Academics<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>CDCI is home to UVM&#8217;s Disability Studies certificate: earn a powerful professional credential to supplement your existing work focus in just one year.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DSC_0595-750x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"A college-aged man with short curly hair and glasses points to something on a laptop, while seated next to a college-aged woman with blonde hair, who is looking at the screen\" 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<\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/research\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Research<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>CDCI conducts research with Vermonters with disabilities, and shares their own and other research in plain language, audio, and video.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nicole-v-forwebsite-750x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"a pale-skinned college-aged woman speaks into a microphone in front of a research poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nicole-v-forwebsite-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nicole-v-forwebsite-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/services\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Services<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>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.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-750x500.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"A blonde woman in her mid-forties arranges the limbs of a small child in a bed, supported by pillows, as another woman looks on\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-1000x667.png 1000w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/24hrpc-front-page.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/communications\/news-events\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">News &amp; Events<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>CDCI produces stories by Vermonters with disabilities, hosts disability-related events, and helps spread disability news from around the state.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adrienne-and-david-pomo-750x500.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"A full-figured white man in his sixties sits next to a mixed-race Asian woman in her forties at a table. Both are wearing headphones and a microphone is in front of the man\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adrienne-and-david-pomo-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adrienne-and-david-pomo-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/adrienne-and-david-pomo-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n    \n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"stats-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-green\" id=\"Stats\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-columns\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 media\">\n        <figure>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1145\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1-justin-at-poster-session-copy-2-1400x1145.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-eleven-nine size-eleven-nine\" alt=\"A masked blind man in a flat cap with a white cane speaks into a microphone in front of a research poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1-justin-at-poster-session-copy-2-1400x1145.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1-justin-at-poster-session-copy-2-800x655.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1-justin-at-poster-session-copy-2-110x90.jpeg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 details\">\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"overline\">New CDCI Research<\/p>          <h2>The Vermonter Poll<\/h2>          <h3>We polled 632 Vermonters to learn how much they agreed with four statements:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>People with disabilities have the same quality of life as people without disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>People with disabilities can contribute to Vermont\u2019s labor force the same as people without disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Students with disabilities benefit from being in the same classrooms as students without disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Students without disabilities benefit from being in the same classrooms as students with disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we learned that Vermonters with different types of disabilities have different attitudes to disability.<\/p>\n\n                    <ul class=\"stats row\">\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">65% <\/span>              of Vermonters surveyed DISAGREE with the statement that people with disabilities have the same quality of life.            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">72% <\/span>              AGREE that people with disabilities contribute equally to the workforce            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">74% <\/span>              of Vermonters with no disabilities AGREE that students WITHOUT disabilities benefit from being in the same classroom as students with disabilities.            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">79% <\/span>              of Vermonters with functional disabilities AGREED that students WITH disabilities benefit from being in the same classroom as students without disabilities.             <\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n          \n          \n                    <ul class=\"buttons-list\">\n                          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/research\/cdci-research-projects\/the-vermonter-poll\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Read the full study<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-cta-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-gray\" id=\"CTA\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-columns align-items-center\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 details\">\n        <p class=\"overline\">Services<\/p>        <h2 class=\"h3\">Browse CDCI Services A-Z<\/h2>        <p><b>Looking for a disability-related service in Vermont? CDCI is home to more than 20 projects that provide services.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>CDCI also collaborates with other Vermont disability advocacy organizations in serving Vermonters with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n                <ul class=\"buttons-list\">\n                      <li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/services\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">Find out more about CDCI&#8217;s service projects<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 media\">\n        <figure>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tea-tray-link-tile.001-750x500.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"Detailed chart of projects by area of emphasis at CDCI\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tea-tray-link-tile.001-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tea-tray-link-tile.001-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tea-tray-link-tile.001-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"featured-cta-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-white\" id=\"CTA\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-columns align-items-center\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 details\">\n                <h2 class=\"h3\">Green Mountain Disability Stories<\/h2>        <p>Featuring stories told by Vermonters with disabilities, about their experiences, opinions, and lives in Vermont &#8212; the Green Mountain State.<\/p>\n\n                <ul class=\"buttons-list\">\n                      <li><a href=\"\/blog\/cdciresources\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n              <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 media\">\n        <figure>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/green-mountain-disability-stories-background.001-1-750x500.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"Green Mountain Disability Stories logo: the international symbol for access in front of a microphone, with rolling green mountains behind\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/green-mountain-disability-stories-background.001-1-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/green-mountain-disability-stories-background.001-1-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/green-mountain-disability-stories-background.001-1-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"events-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-gray\" id=\"Events-Spotlight\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-columns\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 details\">\n        <p class=\"overline\">Upcoming CDCI Events<\/p>                \n              <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 events-grid\">\n                \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1774,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home - UVM Center on Disability &amp; 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