Research
Glasgow University Centre for Excellence in Development Disabilities
The Glasgow University Centre for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) was established in 2000. Internationally, UCEDDs have built on the original concept and aims of the University Affiliated Program (UAP) model, developed in the USA in the 1960s. The Glasgow UCEDD adopts the UCEDD principles, in order to further the inclusion and wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities. The Glasgow UCEDD strives to work in partnership with others to make a difference; to improve people's lives and futures, and is a partner organisation in the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability.
In March 2023, the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory (SLDO) and the University Centre for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) merged.
This exciting development brings together multi-disciplinary researchers to form one of the UK’s largest research centres dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory is a specialist public health observatory, set up in 2015 to generate usable health intelligence that can impact positively on the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities in Scotland. In 2023 the Observatory merged with the UCEDD research group at the University of Glasgow to become one of the UK's largest research and teaching centres dedicated to improving the lives and health of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
