<p>Tennesseans share their personal stories about behavior supports and practices in Tennessee schools in the latest issue of Kindred Stories of Disability.</p>

Tennesseans share their personal stories about behavior supports and practices in Tennessee schools in the latest issue of Kindred Stories of Disability.

<p>The purpose of this toolkit is to present ways for researchers to better include individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their work. Learn more here.</p>

The purpose of this toolkit is to present ways for researchers to better include individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their work. Learn more here.

<p>Professional development series for educators, community stakeholders, and families looking to best serve students with visual impairments</p>

Professional development series for educators, community stakeholders, and families looking to best serve students with visual impairments

<p>Contributions from individuals and organizations help fuel the VKC’s mission by allowing it to expand its research, training, clinical services, and more. Learn more.</p>

Contributions from individuals and organizations help fuel the VKC’s mission by allowing it to expand its research, training, clinical services, and more. Learn more.

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<p>The IDD Toolkit website provides information for the primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Iddtoolkit.org</p>

The IDD Toolkit website provides information for the primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Iddtoolkit.org

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center mission is to facilitate discoveries and best practices to improve the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, have reported an increase in the number of children in Tennessee and the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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VUMC researchers report the number of children with autism in Tennessee has doubled in the past decade

Laurie E. Cutting, a pioneering educational neuroscientist devoted to unlocking the mysteries of brain function in learning, has been named the 2025 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner from Vanderbilt University.

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Cognitive neuroscientist Laurie Cutting wins SEC Faculty Achievement Award

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4/21 - TRIAD Families First Webinar - Understanding Behavior [Virtual]

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