Contact Information
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 287-4300
Fax: (617) 287-5342
View the Institute for Community Inclusion website
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM. Some specific project activities take place at nontraditional hours.
Additional Locations: Children’s Hospital at 300 Longwood Ave, Boston
Organization Narrative
Institute for Community Inclusion , a University Center for Excellence for Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), is at the University of Massachusetts Boston & Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Key Interest Areas:
- employing people with disabilities in community settings
- supporting children and young adults with special health care needs
- accessing general education and transition from school- to adult-life
- expanding local recreation and school activities to include people with disabilities
- promoting technology that aids participation in school/community/work activities
- building organizations’ ability to serve culturally-diverse people with disabilities
- examining the impact of national- and state-policies on people with disabilities and their families
Population(s) Served
No information.
Services
- training & service
- technical assistance & consultation
- teaching
- clinical services
- job development
- research
- policy development
- cultural competency
- training
- inclusive national and community service
- transition from school to adult life
- teacher education in vision impairments
- state- and local-agency collaborations and partnerships
- diversity and disability
- universal design
- children and youth with special health care needs
- interdisciplinary leadership training
- community employment and workforce development activities
- self-determination
- employer partnerships
- and Web usability and accessibility issues.
Does not provide Information and Referral
Eligibility/Criteria/Enrollment
No information.
Fees
No information.
Other Information: Paula Sotnik, paula.sotnik@umb.edu ; Meredith Aalto, meredith.aalto@umb.edu