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Formerly known as Assistive Technology Partners (ATP), the Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (CIDE) envisions a world where all persons with disabilities, and those aging into disability, are engaged in life at home, school, work and play without barriers and without boundaries through appropriate technology solutions. The mission of CIDE is to accelerate applied transdisciplinary technology research and innovation for persons with disabilities and those aging into disability. This includes collaboration with local, state, national and international stakeholders including industry, government, researchers, developers, end-users and their families. The center warmly welcomes actively engaged collaborators, including students, staff, faculty, external partners and the public. The center is defined by the following three core objectives: Scholarly: Advance the discipline of inclusive engineering and design through academics, applied clinical technology research, and engineering development; Translational: Create, modify and improve technologies for people with disabilities and those aging into disability by bridging clinical and engineering sciences; Broad Impacts: Address key societal challenges of aging and disability by partnering with industry, government, engineers, students, families, clinicians, persons with disabilities and the elderly.

The Center for Independent Living in Central Florida, Inc. (CIL) is a private, non-profit organization that was founded in 1976 by Central Floridians dedicated to helping people with disabilities achieve their self-determined goals for independent living. CIL is a consumer-driven organization whose philosophy is based on peer role models: people with disabilities empowering people with disabilities and their families on the road to independence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Mission CIL, in partnership with the community, promotes personal rights and responsibilities among people with all disabilities and strives to eliminate architectural, communication, and attitudinal barriers by providing education, resources, and training to enhance self-determination through informed choice. The Center for Independent Living offers support, acceptance and resources that empower people with disabilities and promote their full inclusion in society. As the only local nonprofit in Central Florida dedicated solely to this cause, we have met this vital need for over 45 years. CIL offers: Employment assistance Housing counseling Accessibility services Communication and education for the deaf Mental health counseling Aging in Place program to keep seniors with disabilities in their homes We serve 7 counties: Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Hardee, Highlands, and DeSoto

The Center for Independent Living of Central PA (CILCP) is a non-profit organization providing an array of services to individuals with disabilities and educating individuals and organizations about disabilities.

Founded in 1998, the Center for Individual Freedom is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with the mission to protect and defend individual freedoms and individual rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The Center seeks to focus public, legislative and judicial attention on the rule of law as embodied in the federal and state constitutions. Those fundamental documents both express and safeguard societys commitment to individual freedom, not only through specific protections such as the Bill of Rights, but also through structural protections that constrain and disperse governmental authority. In addition, the Center seeks to foster intellectual discourse by bringing together independent thinkers to examine broad-ranging issues of individual freedom in our global society. While the Center is decidedly for individual freedom, scholars and legal authorities who share that same basic philosophy differ as to the application of those principles in the complex world in which we live. The Center strives for balanced debate that encourages conflict resolution where there is tension between the rights of individuals and the requirements of government, as well as between individuals.

The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) is a hub of innovation and hands-on support for those who want to discuss and work with higher education trends, models, projects, and resources. CITL uses leading pedagogical approaches, research-based methodologies, innovative instructional technologies, and comprehensive assessment practices to strengthen teaching efforts and improve student learning outcomes. Learn more at citl.illinois.edu.

We are a combined Baylor College of Medicine Section in the Department of Medicine and a VA Health Systems Research Center of Innovation (the latter funded by a center grant from the VA). We conduct high-quality scientific research that improves the health of Veterans and patients across the nation, by helping to ensure the patient-centered delivery of scientific discoveries. We support, mentor and develop outstanding research leaders.

The Center for Innovative OT Solutions (CIOTS) inspires occupation-centered practice by equipping occupational therapists with occupation-based and occupation-focused tools for practice and research. Our tools help occupational therapists infuse more occupation into each phase of practice, including evaluation, intervention, documentation, goal-setting, and reevaluation.