This newsletter issue examines Universal Design for people with disabilities from many different aspects and perspectives, including information on technology, distance learning, adaptive equipment and home modifications. Also, this issue provides information on our new training grant: the federally funded Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND).

Read more by downloading the Summer 2009 issue of the Alert! in PDF or HTML.

This newsletter issue examines support services for people with disabilities from many different aspects and perspectives, including the international human rights approach and models of service delivery across countries.
We look at the perspectives of not only policy makers, service providers and direct support professionals, but also that of persons with disabilities who use the services.

Read more by downloading the Fall 2008 issue of the Alert! in PDF or Word.

This newsletter issue features our masters and doctoral graduate academic programs and our students and alumni. Educating future leaders in the disability field is a key mission of the Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD) and its Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD).

Read more by downloading the Spring 2007 issue of the Alert! in PDF or Word.

This issue focuses on families and their roles in the lives of people with disabilities.

We report on a number of research projects that look at families from multiple perspectives, that of the parents, the siblings, and persons with disabilities.
Read more by downloading the Summer 2006 issue of the Alert! in PDF or Word.

This issue of the Alert! features several research projects at the Institute on Disability and Human Development/Department of Disability and Human Development (IDHD/DHD) that chart new territory in examining the health of people with disabilities.

Read more by downloading the Winter 2005-2006 issue of the Alert! in PDF or Word.

In this issue of the ALERT, we are highlighting current activities of each of the academic, service, and research programs within the Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD)/Department of Disabilities and Human Development (DHD) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There are many exciting projects that are making a difference in the community for people with disabilities.

Read more by downloading the Spring 2005 issue of the Alert! in PDF or Word.