Association of University Centers on Disabilities

{{Short description|United States schools associations}}

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| formation = {{Start date and age|1963}}

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| location = Wayne Ave # 1100, Silver Spring, MD 20910

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The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) is an American institution that operates in the disability field, instituted after the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Currently, AUCD is a network that represents 67 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) in every state and territory in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=1 |title=About AUCD |publisher=AUCD |accessdate=2012-03-09}}{{Cite web |title=Stephen Rock Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from Association of University Centers on Disabilities |url=https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2020/steve-rock-aucd-award |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=University of Nevada, Reno |language=en-us}} AUCD has also established 43 Maternal and Child Health (MCH), Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs, and 15 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (IDDRC).{{Cite web |url=http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=156 |title=History |publisher=AUCD |accessdate=2012-03-09}}