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.

Author Archive: Anjali Forber-Pratt

Disability erasure, disability identity, and self-advocacy

Author: Anjali Forber-Pratt March 14, 2019

Recently, I had an incredible opportunity to write an article for an academic journal, Rehabilitation Psychology, titled #SaytheWord: A Disability Culture Commentary on the Erasure of ‘Disability’ (Andrews et al., 2019). One of the most thrilling parts…
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March 2019

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center works with and for people with disabilities and their family members, service providers and advocates, researchers and policy makers. It is among only a few centers nationwide to include a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, a Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Training Program, and a Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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