Join the Consumer Advisory Council and Make Your Voice Count
Your experiences, insights, and ideas can help shape services and supports for people with disabilities across Wyoming. By joining the Consumer Advisory Council (CAC), you become a partner in guiding WIND鈥檚 work鈥攁dvising on programs, identifying community needs, and helping create meaningful change. Members attend two in-person and two virtual meetings throughout the year, connect with others who share a commitment to advocacy, and represent WIND in their local communities. Travel costs and accommodations are provided so everyone can participate fully.
If you are a person with a developmental disability, a family member, or someone who supports individuals with disabilities, we invite you to apply. Together, we can build a Wyoming where everyone has the opportunity to participate in everyday community life.
Learn More and APPLYCAC Resources and Materials
CAC Bylaws
This document outlines the bylaws of the WIND UCEDD Consumer Advisory Committee, ensuring individuals with developmental disabilities and their families guide and evaluate WIND鈥檚 work.
WIND's Five Year Plan (2022-2027)
Over the next five years (2022-2027), WIND will strive to improve outcomes for individuals in the areas of health and wellness, education, early intervention, employment and assistive technology.
AUCD Plain Language Guide
People who attend a Community Advisory Council (CAC) meeting for the first time may find the abbreviations confusing. This guide will help you understand abbreviations that are used in the disability community.
AUCD Council on Leadership in Advocacy
Members of the CAC are affiliated with the Council on Leadership in Advocacy (COLA) which unites individuals with disabilities and family members across the AUCD Network in advisory and advocacy roles.
CAC Meeting Booklets
View the meeting booklets from the most recent CAC meetings in 2025.
Congratulations to WIND's Consumer Advisory Council
In December 2024, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) recognized WIND鈥檚 Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) with the Gordon Richins Award for Leadership and Advocacy. This award recognizes individuals or groups for their exemplary leadership and advocacy, fostering inclusion and leadership opportunities for people with disabilities and their families within the AUCD Network and beyond. Upon receiving this honor, the Council Chair, Sandra Thiel, expressed deep gratitude on behalf of the entire CAC. In her comments, she also shared a powerful vision for Consumer Advisory Councils nationwide: 鈥淲e hope that CACs across the country fully realize their critical role in enhancing the strength of their UCEDD. Our voices are indeed valued. They are meaningful and necessary as we strive for full inclusion for ALL citizens.鈥� WIND appreciates the tremendous support of our CAC. Their work and advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities in Wyoming is unparalleled.
CAC Coloring Books
Ready, Set, Go!
In Ready, Set, Go!, Sam introduces us to Sally, a new girl in class who has a learning disability. Sally explains her dyslexia as mixing up letters and numbers, which causes her problems with reading and math. She works with a classroom aide, Mr. Gonzales. The book closes with Sam, Jack and Sally going swimming.
Play Ball!
Play Ball! introduces us to Jack and Sam. Jack uses a wheelchair because he can't walk. As the boys get to know each other, they find they share many common interests, including playing baseball. Sam introduces Jack to more of his friends, and they PLAY BALL!
Summer Field Trip
Summer Field Trip teaches us all about seizures with Fred and his friend Cathy, who has epilepsy. On a trip to the mall, Cathy as a seizure after playing arcade games. Fred and their classmates learn what a seizure is and what to do if someone has a seizure.
Let's Ride
Let's Ride introduces us to Fred, and some of the effects that traumatic brain injury can have. This book emphasizes the importance of wearing helmets and appropriate bicycle safety. It also describes some of the strategies that can be used to address the effects that a traumatic brain injury can have after the outward injuries have healed.
Going to the Zoo
Going to the Zoo introduces Ben who has a hearing impairment, and Joe, his brother who sometimes acts as his interpreter. The class is going to the zoo, and George and Sally are curious about Ben and Joe's use of sign language. The boys explain that they use sign language to talk, and explain what it is. They also teach their friends some sign language.
