Black History Month: Highlighting Black & Disabled Authors

Author: Yolanda Reyes, Sonoran Center Early Childhood Student Intern

3 Steps to Connection

By Drew Milne

Attendees gather in at the BIO5 Institute for the opening ceremony of 3 Steps to Connection

Meet the Sonoran Center Employment Team

Last month, we covered the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities’ employment Initiatives for transition-aged youth. These programs help make the transition out of high school and into the workplace as seamless as possible for students with disabilities.

Traumatic Brain Injury

On November 29, 2022, the journal Disability & Society published a research paper by the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities’ Austin Duncan. The piece is titled “Living ‘with TBI’ as complex embodiment”. Duncan is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and is a member of the Sonoran Center’s Research & Policy Team. Disability & Society is a leading journal in the field of Disability studies.

Finding Their Way: Native Youth with Disabilities Share Their Voice

Anya Carillo, Native Youth Leader for Finds Their Way

Anya Carillo, Native Youth Leader for Finds Their Way

Sonoran Center Affiliated Faculty Named 2022-2023 University of Arizona Udall Center Fellow

Since 1990, the Udall Center Fellows Program has invited UArizona faculty across campus to take a semester off from their teaching duties to focus on scholarly research that touches on some aspect of public policy. Now in its 33rd year, the Udall Center Fellows Program is pleased to welcome four new fellows to its 2022-23 cohort, including Jamie Edgin, PhD, associate professor at the College of Science’s Department of Psychology and an affiliated faculty of the University of Arizona Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities.