interdisciplinary meetings (see Enrichment Program below). This effort is housed under the umbrella of NLCSD, whose mission is to increase,
through specialized doctoral training, the number
and quality of leadership personnel in higher education and research to enhance outcomes for infants, children and youth who have sensory and/
or multiple disabilities (deafness/hard of hearing,
blindness/low vision, and deafblindness), their
families, and their service providers. This is enhanced by the creation of an expanded community of learners, drawing upon a pool of experts
from all facets of the sensory disability community.
Twenty-seven NLCSD Fellows were admitted to both their home universities and to NLCSD
as first year doctoral students. Students were
provided full time tuition support and a living stipend for four years of study.
The Consortium
Through NLCSD, Fellows are supported by
a wide community comprised of peers, as well as
university faculty and leaders from national agencies and organizations. The Consortium includes
23 universities with 31 doctoral programs in sensory disabilities. Consortium faculty participates
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