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.
Across the lifespan, families are the most important and consistent source of supports and advocacy for their daughters and sons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Despite this, relatively little is known concerning what parents know about…
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Noted disability public policy advocate Jonathan Martinis, J.D., senior director for Law and Policy at the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, delivered the Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Kennedy Center Lecture “Supported Decision-Making: Protecting Rights,…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) hosts the annual Educate to Advocate training event to encourage and to prepare trainees, professionals, self-advocates, and family members to meet with their legislators on…
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February and March feature sensory-friendly events at Nashville cultural organizations for families with children on the autism spectrum, as well as the annual Assistive and Augmentative Communication Workshop and the Britt Henderson Training Series for Educators….
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Using sophisticated genome mining and gene manipulation techniques, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have solved a mystery that could lead to a new treatment approach for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)….
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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.