What We Do
What is the Sonoran UCEDD?
The goal of the Sonoran UCEDD is to ensure full community participation by individuals with developmental disabilities through:
Employees with developmental disabilities working at Jim Click Automotive. Jim Click founded Linkages, a non-profit corporation in 1996 to work as the liaison between area businesses with employment openings and participating rehabilitation providers with qualified people ready to work. The Sonoran UCEDD works with Linkages to ensure employment opportunity for people with disabilities.
What is the Sonoran UCEDD?
The goal of the Sonoran UCEDD is to ensure full community participation by individuals with developmental disabilities through:
- Interdisciplinary training of students and service professionals on developmental disabilities
- Research and analysis aimed at developing new knowledge on disability which can be translated into model programs and public policy initiatives
- Technical assistance and information sharing for the community at large on disability best practices and new information
- Exemplary services and model program development to enhance and expand the systems of support for people with developmental disabilities
Employees with developmental disabilities working at Jim Click Automotive. Jim Click founded Linkages, a non-profit corporation in 1996 to work as the liaison between area businesses with employment openings and participating rehabilitation providers with qualified people ready to work. The Sonoran UCEDD works with Linkages to ensure employment opportunity for people with disabilities.