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.
VKC researchers report that many prelingually deaf children who use cochlear implants achieve age-typical language and reading comprehension.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, have reported an increase in the number of children in Tennessee and the U.S….
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In a groundbreaking study published recently in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers have uncovered significant genetic connections between human language abilities and musical rhythm skills, providing new insights into the biological underpinnings of these fundamental human…
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A quarter century ago, the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) was established within the Department of Pediatrics by Wendy Stone, Ph.D., who was at that time a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member…
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Children with developmental disabilities — 1 in 6 children in the United States — are less likely to access a gold-standard hearing assessment in the first three months of hearing care, a recent paper in the Journal…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center received a $13 million Department of Defense grant to lead a multisite clinical trial that will evaluate repurposed FDA-approved drugs as treatment options for patients with Rett syndrome. Affecting 1 in 10,000…
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. Despite evidence that it can be identified in the second year of life and that early intervention can improve developmental outcomes, families in underserved and rural communities…
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Together with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) and ACM Lifting Lives, SENSE Theatre® recently presented a two-night performance of Circus del Sé. Written by Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., James G. Blakemore Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, director…
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Years before COVID-19, autism experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center noticed a need for a remote assessment tool to give families who live far from medical centers quick answers to early concerns. A large team of…
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