AUCD: Growing Leaders, Driving Change (YouTube)
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NARRATOR: At home.
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NARRATOR: At work:
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NARRATOR: At school.
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MAN 1: This is how I want to live my life.
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WOMAN 1: This is what I want for my child.
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WOMAN 2: This is how I want other people to see me.
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NARRATOR: Like everyone,
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NARRATOR: people with disabilities want the right to go to school,
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NARRATOR get a good job,
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NARRATOR make their own choices,
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NARRATOR and contribute to the community.
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NARRATOR: But throughout our history,
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NARRATOR: expectations have been low.
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NARRATOR: Obstacles have been thrown in the way.
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NARRATOR: And opportunities taken away.
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NARRATOR: To make sure that doesn’t happen, we need lots of tools.
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NARRATOR: Good laws.
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NARRATOR: Well-trained teachers and clinicians.
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NARRATOR: Service providers.
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NARRATOR: Solid research.
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NARRATOR: Innovative services
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NARRATOR: That’s why Congress created a network of centers that focus on disability issues.
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NARRATOR: The Centers do their work under many different names, and
Description: Different names appear near each building. UCEDD, LEND, Partnership for People with Disabilities, Institute on Community Inclusion, Boggs Center, MIND Institute, Riley Child Development Center
NARRATOR: Together they form the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, or AUCD.
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NARRATOR: AUCD members build the bridges between the community and universities –
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NARRATOR: making sure great ideas and new information are shared between people with disabilities, their families and friends, lawmakers, doctors, teachers, and more, around the country and around the world.
Description: Cartoon lightbulbs with legs and arms begin marching and rolling in a wheelchair both directions across the bridge. A line weaves through the scene, we follow it as it becomes a timeline back to 1962.
NARRATOR: It all started in 1962. President John F. Kennedy assembled a panel of experts to make recommendations on what the federal government could do for people with intellectual disabilities.
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NARRATOR: People like his sister, Rosemary.
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NARRATOR: The President urged Congress to pass a law to create 19 university-based centers focusing focused on intellectual disability.
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NARRATOR: By harnessing the resources and ingenuity of the entire country and giving voice to people with disabilities,
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NARRATOR: their needs could be addressed.
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KENNEDY: “The time has come for a great new national effort. New medical, scientific, and social tools and insights are now available. I am hopeful that beginning today, this country will move in this field so vital to the welfare of our citizens.
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NARRATOR: Today, the AUCD network spans 125 Centers and Programs nationwide, with at least one in every U.S. state and territory.
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NARRATOR: AUCD members are people with disabilities and family members,
NARRATOR: who lead the disability community.
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NARRATOR: We are teachers and faculty members
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NARRATOR: who educate future professionals to serve people with disabilities.
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NARRATOR: We are students,
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NARRATOR: therapists,
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NARRATOR: and doctors
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NARRATOR: who provide exceptional clinical and community-based services when families need it most.
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NARRATOR: AUCD members are researchers,
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NARRATOR: who find the next scientific breakthrough that will change lives.
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NARRATOR: We are advocates,
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NARRATOR: advancing policies and supporting communities to meet individual needs.
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NARRATOR: AUCD members make up a network
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NARRATOR:
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NARRATOR: By working as a network, AUCD members learn from each other,
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NARRATOR: share knowledge and expertise,
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NARRATOR: and help and empower people with disabilities across the country.
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NARRATOR: Want to learn more?
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NARRATOR: Find the AUCD member in your state or territory and receive the latest disability news and policy updates from AUCD at www.aucd.org.
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NARRATOR: Follow us on social media at @AUCDnetwork on Facebook and @AUCDnews on Twitter.
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NARRATOR: Produced by Rooted in Rights. A project of Disability Rights Washington.
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