1900 Gravier Street, G6-2
New Orleans, LA 70122
www.hdc.lsuhsc.edu
Primary Contact: Alisa Lowrey
Phone: 504.556.7567
E-mail: klowre@lsuhsc.edu
Site Description:
The Human Development Center (HDC) was established in 1974. The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (PL 106-402, aka “the DD Act”) establishes, directs and provides partial funding for UCEDD programs to perform four (4) core functions: (a) interdisciplinary training, (b) community service, (c) research/evaluation/policy analysis, and (d) dissemination. HDC is a member of a national network of 67 University Centers of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Service (UCEDD).
The mission of the Human Development Center (HDC) is to provide leadership and innovation in interdisciplinary education, community service, research, and to disseminate information to strengthen and increase the capacity of local communities to support and include individual with [developmental] disabilities and their families in all aspects of life in the community.
