Author Archive: Jolene Sharp

A New Frontier: Health care access for a doubly marginalized minority

Author: Jolene Sharp July 18, 2022

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“I’d like to connect you with an advocate who can help you enroll in home and community-based services,” a Tennessee Disability Pathfinder information and referral specialist told the young person in need. This call seemed like…
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July 2022

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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