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Assessing Autism: New Training Brings Specialty Care to Rural Areas

Autism specialists from ICI’s TeleOutreach Center share their expertise with primary care medical professionals and other professionals serving rural and military-connected families. One of the training modules goes beyond diagnosing autism to discuss factors that can improve an assessment and tailor it to each child's unique needs.

Learn more about autism resources for families.

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This advertisement for the radio broadcast/podcast "Boldly Challenging Abelism" features host Katrina Simons in her wheelchair, smiling and wearing sunglasses and a sleeveless black top with a multicolored heart embroidered on it. The background is orange, and a starburst appears behind her. The show's title appears in overprint. The wordmarks of ICI and the University of Minnesota appear at the base of the ad.

Boldly Challenging Ableism: New Episodes

Boldly Challenging Ableism, the ICI podcast/AM950 Radio broadcast, is back with fresh new episodes. Host Katrina Simons uses her lifelong disability and her advocacy experiences at ICI to boldly and irreverently go where everyone has gone before—to issues like employment, housing, justice, education, and culture.

Exposing ableism. Dismantling myths that marginalize people with disabilities. Reminiscing about decades of advocacy. Untangling the red tape of accessible living. Simons always brings humor and an approachable style that make you think anew about what community inclusion really means.

Listen to the new episodes of Boldly Challenging Ableism.

Diverse students, in their early teens, paddling Wilderness Inquiry canoes on a river in bright sunshine. The students are wearing life vests.

Schleien Scholarship

Administered by ICI, the Schleien Scholarship offers up to $3,000 to qualified students who actively promote the community inclusion of individuals with disabilities, disadvantaged youth, and other underserved populations. These activities could take place in the spring, summer, or fall.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development.

Learn more about the Schleien scholarship.