Category Archives: Intellectual Disability

What’s New?

What’s New?
Iowa LEND is Now Recruiting! The Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (ILEND) program is now recruiting for the 2026-2027 academic year. LEND is an interdisciplinary training program dedicated to improving the health of people with disabilities across the lifespan. Participation in the yearlong program prepares trainees from diverse healthcare, educational, family, self-advocacy,…
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What Else Is New?

What Else Is New?
New Issue of Possibilities in Education and Training The latest issue of the Possibilities in Education and Training newsletter is now available.  This issue features the history of the Conner Training Connection (CTC) and how Evert Conner’s dream to live independently changed the lives of hundreds of Iowans with disabilities.  The issue also features an…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD Shares Vaccine Confidence Videos

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD Shares Vaccine Confidence Videos
Learn from first-hand accounts of people with disabilities and their families The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities) has produced three brief videos to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence in the disability community. These videos feature an adult with an intellectual disability and a parent and her daughter with autism who…
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