Consumer Advisory Council

WIND Consumer Advisory Council

Our work is guided by: values of service, dignity, collaboration, and innovation.

What is WIND?

WIND stands for the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities.

WIND works to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Wyoming by working with:

• People with disabilities

• Family members

• Support professionals

• Disability advocates

• Local and state agencies

WIND helps people with disabilities in Wyoming:

• Take part in their communities

• Meet their needs and wishes

What is a UCEDD?

WIND is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). When you hear people say this, it sounds like YOU-SAID.

WIND teaches others about issues important to people with disabilities. These issues include health, education, employment, and social service systems.

What is the Consumer Advisory Council?

The Consumer Advisory Council is important to WIND. Consumer Advisory Council members help WIND understand what people with disabilities in Wyoming want and need.

Members help WIND conduct activities in the community.

You will hear people call the Consumer Advisory Council the CAC, which sounds like SEE-A-SEE. Being a member lets you share your viewpoint and opinion.CAC members talk about information that affect people with disabilities, like:

• Needed services and activities

• Training and education needs

• Finding answers to issues through research

CAC members also meet new people from around Wyoming.

Who belongs to the CAC?

People on the Consumer Advisory Council are people with developmental disabilities, their family members, and others who work with people with disabilities.

What do Consumer Advisory Council Members do?

• Attend six meetings a year - two in person and four remotely from a phone or computerAttend WIND events

• Represent WIND at events in your community

• Share resources (websites, people, businesses) that help people with disabilities

• Participate in small groups to help WIND projects

• Help WIND researchers