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.
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) said “see you later” to Cecilia Melo-Romie, longtime Spanish Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for Tennessee Disability Pathfinder. Melo-Romie retired on May 31 after 10 years of serving Nashville’s Hispanic community by assisting…
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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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A desire to belong is not a “special need.” In fact, belonging is a very ordinary need shared by most everyone, with and without disabilities. This is one of the issues explored by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center…
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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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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.