The Institute on Disability and Human Development
The Institute on Disability and Human Development
The Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD) includes the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service (UCEDD) for the State of Illinois. Our mission is to promote the community participation, health, empowerment, and advocacy for and with people with disabilities and their families in all aspects of society. We offer interdisciplinary pre-service training, provide clinical and community services, conduct research, and disseminate information about disability to academicians, policymakers, businesses, government agencies, and service providers.
Pre-service training
Interdisciplinary pre-service training offered through the UIC Department of Disability and Human Development academic programs, internships, and the IL LEND program.
Community service
Model services, community training and technical assistance based on the latest research and best practices.
Research
Nationally recognized disability research programs translating research into policy and practice.
Information dissemination
Sharing information with academicians, policymakers, businesses, government agencies, service providers and the general public to increase knowledge and awareness of disability issues.
Caitlin Crabb
Caitlin Crabb is a research assistant professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD) and a DHD Disability Studies PhD graduate. Within DHD, Caitlin works for the Institute on Disability and Human Development, the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities for the state of Illinois. She has worked on projects related to Medicaid managed care, non-emergency medical transportation, transitions of people with developmental disabilities out of Illinois state-operated developmental centers (SODCs), an evaluation of the person-centered planning process for adults with developmental disabilities receiving Medicaid waiver services in Illinois, quality reviews of Ligas consent decree class members, and an evaluation of the Best Buddies Friendship program in Chicagoland high schools. Caitlin's research interests focus on access to home and community-based services for people with developmental disabilities and quality within those services.
IDHD Events
IDHD News
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Dr. Gould will be presenting on "Disability Inclusion, Corporate Responsibility, and Workplace Flexibility: Analyzing Theory and Practice."
All are welcome to join the discussion!
Register for free: https://wvu.zoom.us/meeting/register/cqlQaWQdRa-ixx-cbIEeBw…
Join us for a conversation exploring the concept of hospital aesthetics—how medical spaces, technologies, and systems shape embodied experience, representation, and care—through the lens of contemporary disability art. The event will feature a presentation by Amanda Cachia, introducing key ideas from her book Hospital Aesthetics, followed by responses from artists Riva Lehrer and Sandie Yi, both of whom are featured in the publication. Together, the speakers will consider how disability artists challenge dominant medical narratives, reframe clinical and institutional environments, and propose alternative aesthetics rooted in access, interdependence, and care, drawing on both artistic practice and personal encounters with the medical industrial complex.
Thursday, February 19
4:00–5:15 PM
DHSP Room 166 (Auditorium)
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
