Community Event

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Through advocacy, capacity building and systems change, the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) improves the opportunities and lives of over 180,000 North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. Tune into learn more about their advocacy in action, and important updates and information regarding the Innovations Waiver, […]

Join the ECAC to learn about questions parents can ask in spring IEP meetings to anticipate opportunities and challenges their kids may face next school year. Whether your child is moving up a “level,” or just going to the next grade, you’ll benefit from learning how to think it through and gather more information. Presented

The Parent Connect meeting on March 5th will feature a special guest, Anne Stull, LPA, BCBA, who will speak briefly on her work as a psychologist working with autistic people.  The remainder of the meeting will be open for questions, concerns and discussion as usual. Anne has been working with people with special needs since

The Monica Chibuogu Nneji Foundation is hosting Dr. Diana M., Cejas, MD, MPH to speak in observance of Developmental Disabilities & Brain Injury Awareness Month 2024. Dr. Cejas is a neurologist at UNC with clinical interests in autism spectrum disorders and intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities. She will discuss how disability develops, the concept of disability

We Will Walk With You has invited Coastal Credit Union to address financial literacy within the IDD/ASD community in the North Carolina Triangle. As part of the YASS! (Young Adults Socializing and Serving) program, teens and young adults with IDD/ASD across the Triangle are invited to join for an evening of learning more about managing

The North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (NCATP) is a state and federally funded program that provides assistive technology services statewide to people of all ages and abilities. NCATP leads North Carolina’s efforts to carry out the federal Assistive Technology Act of 2004 by providing device demonstration, short-term device loans, and reutilization of assistive technology. They also

As you wander, come by the Artist Link Pop-up in the downtown Durham Marriott Hotel lobby. Many great artists who identify as having a disability set up displays of their work — to show and sell. This event occurs every third Friday.

Curious about the Extended Content Standards aka ECS, “the extensions” or adapted curriculum? The alternate achievement standards are designed for students with significant cognitive disabilities so they can have access to the Standard Course of Study at grade level. Join us to learn more about ECS. Objectives: Review of belief systems Learn about the Federal Law pertaining

What is T-STEP? The T-STEP program was developed to support the transition to college/post-secondary education and employment for 16–21-year-olds with autism spectrum disorder who will receive or have received the Future-Ready/Standard Course of Study high school diploma. Funding is provided through Vocational Rehabilitation (a division of NC DHHS), so T-STEP is free for students/families! Participation