UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES INC
Learning we are all the same inside
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Renewal and expansion of Disability Awareness Program
We are working to renew and expand our disability awareness program. We are delighted to have piloted three lessons this spring with the remaining five on schedule for fall. The lessons are improved with effective material and methodologies, friendship activities, exposure to challenges people with disabilities face, insight to all that people with disabilities can do, and an empowering definition of disability: doing things a different way. A social and emotional curriculum threads through each lesson teaching children to accept and respect each other despite differences. Each lesson builds on the class before and explores increasingly sophisticated concepts to allow children to develop their own leadership in disability awareness.
UD at Home
Understanding Disabilities is always updating its program to best meet the needs of today's students. Our newest initiative, UD at Home, is a featured segment on our new website which allows students and families to continue learning together in a fun and easy way. This addition to our program has come about in response from parents asking us to provide information about what we teach and the terminology we use so they can continue the conversation in a meaningful way with their children and families. We can think of no better way to strengthen and reinforce UD's in-class messages about respect and compassion than to have the discussion continue at home.
Where we work
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Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES INC
Board of directorsas of 11/20/2017
Karen Serevitch
Nancy O'Brien
Meagan Putney
April Northrup
Michael McDade
Colleen Torell
Andrew Carr
Tonya Petone
Diana Vlamis Koster
Jon Taubman