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for AUCD 2025: November 16-19

About This Year's Conference

The AUCD Conference brings together more than 1,100 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, community leaders, and students. This annual event is designed to promote innovative thinking that will launch disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level. With a theme of Stronger Together: Creating a More Inclusive World, this year's Conference focused on the core of the AUCD Network, recognizing that collaboration is critical to advance the rights and opportunities for and with people with disabilities through research, training, education, and service. Thank you to those who joined us in Washington, D.C.

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66%

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AUCD 2024 Awardees

Congratulations to the following AUCD 2024 Awardees who were honored and celebrated during the AUCD 2024 Conference on Monday, November 4.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Sandy Root-Elledge, MA — Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, University of Wyoming: Laramie, WY

George S. Jesien Distinguished Achievement Award
John Butterworth, PhD — Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts: Boston, MA

Special Recognition Award
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati Children’s: Cincinnati, OH

Gold Star Award
Peter Mills, MPP — Legislative Assistant for the Office of Senator Chris Murphy: Washington, D.C.

AUCD International Service Award
Megan K. Roberts, PT, DSc — Center for Learning and Leadership, University of Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, OK

Anne Rudigier Award
Jennifer Morgan — Center on Disability and Development, Texas A&M University: College Station, TX

Gordon Richins Award for Leadership and Advocacy
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities Consumer Advisory Council — Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, University of Wyoming: Laramie, WY

Young Professional Award
Hari Srinivasan — Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, Vanderbilt University: Nashville, TN

Multicultural Council Award for Leadership in Diversity
Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD — Advocacy Without Borders and the AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University: Philadelphia, PA

CORE Trainee Research Award
Ann Marie Martin, PhD — Indiana LEND, Indiana University School of Medicine: Indianapolis, IN

Share Your Thoughts

Please share your feedback! Let us know your favorite moments throughout AUCD 2024, things you would change, and ideas for future Conferences by completing this 10-question survey. On the last page of the survey, be sure to enter your contact information for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card. Your responses are vital as we plan for the AUCD 2025 Conference.

Complete the Survey by December 13