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.
A potential first-of-its-kind drug to treat the symptoms of Rett syndrome received positive top-line results from a phase 3 trial sponsored by Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and led by investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the…
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Note: This opinion piece is shared by A. Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, co-director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD). This commentary is not meant to be a…
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As youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) grow older and transition to adulthood, they face unique health care needs. At the same time, they also experience health care disparities. More research is needed to better understand…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Developmental Medicine is kicking off 2022 with a brand-new speaker series designed for healthcare providers and disability service professionals who work with children with autism and other developmental differences. Perspectives…
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Three new research projects have been funded through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s (VKC) IDD-Reads (Intellectual and Developmental Disability REsearch And Data Science) Awards. IDD-Reads awards are a mechanism of the VKC’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) has recently produced three brief videos to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence in the disability community. These videos feature an adult with an intellectual disability and…
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