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: Emma Shouse

Increasing college options in the Southeast for students with developmental disabilities

Author: Emma Shouse July 26, 2017

Student panel (left to right) Diamond Grigsby, Zach Sutton, Bryshawn Jemison (panel facilitator and Next Steps at Vanderbilt alumni), Jamie Galvin, Cory Rankin, and Caitlyn Ford

In May, nearly 70 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities graduated from the five inclusive higher education college programs in Tennessee (Next Steps at Vanderbilt; Lipscomb’s IDEAL program; Union University’s EDGE program; University of Tennessee’s FUTURE…
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August 2017

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.

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.