north carolina representativedeb zuverDeborah Zuver is active in efforts to expand inclusive postsecondary education options in North Carolina. She co-facilitates the NC Postsecondary Education Alliance (NCPSEA) that she cofounded in 2009 at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In her role as Education Consultant she directs a steering committee planning to launch HEELS UP [Higher Education, Education, Living Success-University Participant] Fall 2018.
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Ms. Zuver introduced two new developments at the CIDD; the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program was one of the first in the country to include advocacy as a discipline among its trainee cohort and among the first to create an advocacy faculty position; she supervises these advances. Ms. Zuver is involved with other self-advocacy initiatives and directs Project STIR (Steps Toward Independence and Responsibility), an inclusive team of trainers that provides presentations on self-advocacy and leadership for diverse audiences. She leads evaluation activities for a range of projects. Ms. Zuver holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University West and she is licensed as a family therapist.
LocationCarolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, N.C. |
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Contact UsThe vision of the Southeast Postsecondary Education Alliance (SEPSEA) is for all institutions of higher education in the southeast to be inclusive of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
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