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| Aid to People with Intellectual Disabilities This is UCT’s top civic project. For more than 40 years the organization has been committed to assisting people with intellectual disabilities. UCT has been a proud sponsor of Special Olympics, with total donations amounting to more than half-a-million dollars. Local councils continue to raise funds and volunteer hundreds of hours to support Special Olympics as well as schools and workshops for people with intellectual disabilities in their areas. Many local councils also conduct Seeds of Hope campaigns in their local communities each year to raise funds for programs for people with intellectual disabilities. In addition, UCT holds an annual international safety poster contest for people with intellectual disabilities. The UCT Charities Trust Fund Inc. was founded in 1997 as a way to help provide scholarships for students and teachers seeking degrees or certification to teach people with intellectual disabilities. Contact the Fraternal Department at amarshall@uct.org or at (800) 848-0123, ext. 126, for more information about these programs. * UCT has changed its official terminology from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disabilities" to bring the organization's No. 1 project more in line with the international community, which has used various terms (including intellectual disabilities) rather than mental retardation for many years. This is due to a belief that the word "mental" has an inaccurate association with mental illness and that the word "retardation" has developed too many negative connotations through the years.This change updates only UCT's terminology and does not reflect a change of any kind in the organization's programs or priorities. |  |
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