FIU Embrace Center for Advancing Inclusive Communities is a center that empowers each differently abled person to live at their fullest potential through research-based and innovative programming, community engagement, and professional skills development.
Research 
Skills Development 
Models of Care 1 in 6
children in the U.S. have a developmental disability - CDC and Health Resources and Services Administration)
34-37%
of youth with autism/intellectual disabilities are less likely to have access to post-secondary education and employment
550K
young adults with autism will enter the U.S. workforce over the next decade - Autism Speaks
1 in 3
adults with different abilities do not have a usual healthcare provider - CDC
Individuals 
Parents & Caregivers 
Employers Educators 
Securing a future for children with disabilities
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Program fosters change, embraces people with developmental disabilities
The Simmons+Hernandez Suarez Fellows Program will be informed by multidisciplinary scholarly inquiry, marked by a high degree of professionalism and directed—always—by ethical decision making.
Fellows will be exposed to a wide range of research and expertise in:
Guided by the scientist-practitioner model, the Simmons+Hernandez Suarez Fellows will form a new, diverse cadre of leaders who work to turn evidence-based approaches into evidence-based practice, transforming once-siloed services into coordinated systems of care, and reimagining communities so that differently abled adults are not relegated to the shadows but fully included as vibrant, contributing members.
