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.
In October 2018, Tennessee Disability Pathfinder (Pathfinder) received a supplemental grant from the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities to expand its visibility and outreach to targeted rural counties in the state. Activities included ramping up social…
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Three pilot studies led by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers are competing to serve as the signature project of the VKC Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). The VKC’s IDDRC grant is up for renewal…
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ACM Lifting Lives® and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) partnered again to bring a week of country music and research to campers with Williams syndrome. 2019 marks the 10th year of the ACM Lifting Lives Music…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Director Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues studied the safety and effectiveness of the drug trofinetide in female children and adolescents (age 5-15) with Rett syndrome (RTT). Findings were recently published in…
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On a two-day visit to Tennessee, Julie Hocker, Commissioner of the U.S. Administration on Disability (AoD), met with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) leadership, faculty, and trainees as well as with Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Network partners. Hocker visited at…
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A trio of siblings are currently serving on the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities’ (VKC UCEDD) Community Advisory Council (CAC), and they are bringing a range of perspectives to the work being done…
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The definition and purpose of disability inclusion is to be sure that everyone has the same opportunities to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires. In the 2018-19 academic…
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“Living without being able to communicate is like being behind four glass walls. You are able to see others and they can see you; but you are ignored, or worse, talked down to until you stop…
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A Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Grant and a Director’s Strategic Priorities Grant have been awarded to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) investigators for 2019-20. The grants aim to further our understanding of how social information is processed within…
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Jan Rosemergy, Ph.D., deputy director and director of Communications and Dissemination at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC), has announced her retirement from a position she has held since 1979. For more than 39 years, Rosemergy has…
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This is a monthly email of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Notables published by the Communications staff of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Between issues of Notables, you can stay up to date on the latest Vanderbilt Kennedy Center news, information, and resources via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Facebook page.