of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
TRIAD was part of a collaborative project to develop a new protocol that provides Emergency Room staff with a quick reference guide and resources to consider when treating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The project was driven by a family who had a negative experience in the emergency room while seeking treatment. Michelle… Read more Responding to a need for new protocols in emergency rooms
ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp The most well-known collaboration between the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) is the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp. Each summer, adults with Williams syndrome celebrate music by participating in a songwriting workshop, recording session, songwriter’s night, and a live performance on the stage of… Read more Academy of Country Music, VKC make sweet music together
Vaccine confidence videos The VKC UCEDD produced three brief videos to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence in the disability community. In one video, an adult with Down syndrome shares his initial hesitation and the steps he took to educate himself. In another video, a parent of a child with autism shares her family’s story of educating… Read more New VKC Resources