News and Information from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Notables is a monthly e-newsletter to share stories about discoveries and best practices that are opening doors and transforming lives for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Supporting Tennesseans with disabilities and their families to flourish in all aspects of their lives is central to the collective work of disability agencies, organizations, programs, and schools. The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center of Excellence in Developmental…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has added two new online toolkits to its collection of free resources, providing helpful information for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum on topics such as goal-setting and sex,…
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A new paper* authored by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member Kathryn L. Humphreys, Ph.D., reports experiences of psychosocial deprivation may have long-lasting consequences for receptive language ability, extending to age 18 years. Receptive language is an essential element…
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A unifying explanation of the cause of autism and the reason for its rising prevalence has eluded scientists for decades, but a theoretical model published in the journal Medical Hypotheses describes the cause as a combination of socially…
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