AUCD 2024 Conference Invitation
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
I am pleased to invite you to the AUCD 2024 Conference from November 3-6. The theme of this year’s event, Stronger Together: Creating a More Inclusive World, emphasizes the strength our Network has when working together to advance research, training, education, and service for and with people with disabilities. I hope you will join us this fall in Washington, D.C. to learn more about our extensive collection of impactful work.
By focusing on the core of what makes the AUCD Network succeed, we celebrate the unity that drives the advancements of every researcher, practitioner, teacher, student, community advocate, and supporter. Each one of you plays a role in making the AUCD Network a collective of advocates and changemakers for inclusive research, inclusive education, meaningful community living, self-determination, and so much more.
We are one Network and we play an equal role. During this year’s Conference, we will devote time to better understand the breadth and depth of the Network, our different focus areas, and the connections we’ve created or can create in the future. We will give space to share perspectives from across the AUCD Network, including the territories and native communities, on successful and collaborative strategies that have elevated our work and discuss ideas that will propel us forward.
We look forward to learning from each other and celebrating all of the Network’s innovative work. Together, we are creating a stronger, more inclusive world. Please join us!
Warmly,
Ilka K. Riddle, PhD
AUCD President Elect and AUCD 2024 Conference Chair
Director, University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
