News and Announcements

Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a new law called the Access and Achievement Act. This law will give college scholarships to high school graduates with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Director, Dr. Megan Roberts, was recently awarded the University of Oklahoma 2024 Interprofessional Educators and Practitioners Association (IEPA) Leader of the Year award. Dr. Roberts is a dynamic force in disability advocacy and education. Through her leadership of the OKLEND program,

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. 988 Oklahoma, Oklahoma’s mental health crisis line, is offering daily affirmations via text for those who sign up throughout the month of May. 

Jeanette O'Hara, OKLEND 2022 graduate, is Founder/Executive Director of the nonprofit, Will's House, located just outside Tulsa in Jenks. Recently, Will's House was honored by the ARCH (Access to Respite Care and Help) National Respite Network and Resource Center. Learn more about Will’s House.

The Center for Learning and Leadership (CLL) has updated Alphabet Soup, their dictionary of disability-related abbreviations, acronyms, and terms in a new English/Spanish bilingual edition. In addition to updates to the publication, there are videos in Spanish and in English walking you through the product.