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Archive: What's New
9/9/2010
Kennedy Krieger Institute Awarded $8.5 Million to Study Aging and Dementia in Adults With Down Syndrome
N.I.H. Grant Will Fund Research to Establish Criteria for Determining Alzheimer's Disease, Leading to Early Intervention
Kennedy Krieger Institute in concert with its Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center have been awarded $8.5 Million to study aging and dementia in adults with down syndrome by the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Branch. The study will address crucial gaps in knowledge about Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome.
9/2/2010
Rosa's Law (S.2781) & the Elizabeth A. Connelly Act (H.R. 4544)
Legislation that would replace the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" in specific federal health, education, and labor laws.
8/27/2010
H.R. 1255
Congressmen continue to sign on to a bill that would limit the authority of the Protection & Advocacy system to protect the rights of persons living in insitutional settings
Information and talking points.
Archive: In the News
8/4/2010
The Arc Announces Distinguished Research Matters! Award Winner: Dr. Charlie Lakin
The Arc announced this year's Distinguished Research Matters! Award winner, Dr. K Charlie Lakin. Dr. Lakin, an AUCD Board Member, is the Director of the Research and Training Center on Community Living and the Associate Director of the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota UCEDD.
8/4/2010
The Arc Announces Distinguished Research Matters! Award Winner: Dr. harlie Lakin
The Arc is proud to announce this year?s Distinguished Research Matters! Award winner, Dr. Charlie Lakin. Charlie is the Director, Research and Training Center on Community Livingm Associate Director, Institute on Community Integration, and an AUCD Board Member.
7/30/2010
Sandra Friedman, M.D., M.P.H, Appointed as the Associate Director of the Colorado UCEDD and LEND
JFK Partners, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (UCDSOM), is pleased to announce the appointment of Sandra Friedman, MD, MPH, Section Head of Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UCDSOM, as Associate Director of the Colorado University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program.
