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Victor Schaffner

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Contact Information:
302-831-3038
Leadership:
Discipline Coordinators:
Specialty Resource Contacts:
Advocacy
Communications
Discipline(s):
Disability Studies
Family/Parent/Youth Advocacy
Communications/Outreach
AUCD Council Membership:
No Council Membership
Vita/Bio:

Position:
Unit Director

Bio:
Victor Schaffner is the director of communications and advocacy at CDS, where he steers and supports the Center's multimedia efforts to inform and engage the disability community, public and policy makers.

Before coming to CDS, Victor was vice president of policy and outreach with the FloridaNEXT Foundation, a senior editorial writer with the Orlando Sentinel, editorial page editor of The Ann Arbor News, assistant metro editor at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, and the editor of Empire State Report magazine in Albany, N.Y.

Publications since 2009:
Victor has published hundreds of editorials, blog posts, columns and op-eds spanning disability and non-disability related subjects. His many honors include the 2010 Florida Society of Professional Journalists' First Place Award for editorials.

Service:
Linked Projects

Communications and Advocacy
Communications and Advocacy
Communications and Advocacy
Communications and Advocacy
Communications and Advocacy
Linked Products

CDS 2012-2013 Annual Report/2014 Calendar
iCanConnect Ad
Free Communications Technology Can Aid Deaf & Blind in Delaware
CDS 2013-2014 Annual Report/2015 Calendar
2014 Artfest Video

Governor Markell Disability Mentoring Day Video
Disability Mentoring Day Video
2014 Annual Report Introduction Video
UDaily article: An ounce of prevention: Emergency preparedness on tap at CDS
UDaily article: Center for Disabilities Studies to host Artfest Oct. 25 in Newport
Project Bridge
News Journal article: Two sides of disability housing debate
Artfest offers Delawareans with disabilities the opportunity of creative expression
CDS 2014-2015 Annual Report/2016 Calendar
Delaware - Steps Ahead
Project Bridge
UDaily article: UD's Center for Disabilities Studies to hold Artfest Sept. 26 in Newport
UDaily article: Free 'Disability Cinema' series
UDaily article: "May 3: CDS session on assistive technology"
UDaily article: CDS Statewide Survey
WDDE article: Artfest offers Delawareans with disabilities opportunity for creative expression
WHYY article: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/86528-univ-of-delaware-artfest-helps-those-with-disabilities-create
News Journal Letter to the Editor on employing people with disabilities
Inclusion blog
UDaily article: "Adding Color to Life: Artfest to mark 10th anniversary Nov. 12 at Absalom Jones Center"
CDS 2015-2016 Annual Report/2017 Calendar
UDaily article: "Nowhere Else to Turn: CDS offers home modifications to qualified individuals with paralysis-causing conditions"
Inclusion blog
MetroKids article: "Tools to Build Kids' Self-Advocacy Skills"
News.delaware.gov article: "Delaware's Disability Mentoring Day to Provide Career-Building Experiences for 56 Students with Disabilities on Oct 17"
UDaily article: "Lifetime Achievement Award: Education professor honored for dedication to school psychology"
Project Bridge
Video: "Disability Mentoring Day in Delaware"
Video: "Delaware Network for Excellence in Autism"
Video: "Delaware LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) program"
WDDE article: Artfest allows people with disabilities to channel creativity together
Artfest Photo Gallery
Newark Post article: "Gaining independence: UD students with disabilities move into dorms"
News Journal op-ed: "Make social and emotional learning a priority"
UDaily article: "April 21: The magic of Artfest"
Artfest Photo Gallery
CDS 2016-2017 Annual Report/2018 Calendar
Inclusion blog
Dover & DC
Video: "Nowhere Else to Turn"
Dover & DC
Inclusion blog
Artfest Photo Gallery
CDS 2017-2018 Annual Report/2019 Calendar
CDS 2018-2019 Annual Report/2020 Calendar
Dover & DC
Inclusion blog
CDS Website
CDS 2019-2020 Annual Report/2021 Calendar
Inclusion blog
CDS 2020-2021 Annual Report/2022 Calendar
CDS Website
Inclusion blog
Placeholder for Report or monograph #1
Assistive Technology Exchange
Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative Fact Sheet
Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
CDS Website
Inclusion blog
CDS 2022-2023 Annual Report/2023 Calendar
Blog post: Mental illness and gun violence: It's not what you think.