The
University of
Connecticut A.J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in
Disabilities Education,
Research, and Service will be a premier center in the
Northeast for
innovative teaching, research, and training for quality
services and
supports for people with disabilities and their families. It
will promote
interdisciplinary collaboration across academic and community
settings,
it will have a life span focus, and it will serve as a
resource for
public policy development through dissemination of research
findings
and information about best practices.