“The Promise of Discovery” is a podcast hosted by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) that highlights research in intellectual and developmental disabilities. The goals of the podcast are to host conversations about research in plain language and to highlight “real world” implications. The discussions cover why the research matters in the lives of people with disabilities and families, how the research impacts and enhances what we know already and/or raises additional questions in the field, and what implications the research might have for policy.

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Are Parents of School-Age Children Valid Reporters of Their Children's Grammatical Skills?

It’s important for speech language pathologists to learn about children’s grammar because grammar deficits are often a sign of a language impairment. For this experime...

Visual perception with motor practice leads to lasting brain changes that support learning

This research explored how combining visual perception with motor practice—specifically drawing unfamiliar symbols—leads to lasting brain changes that support learning...

Identifying new therapies for Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a neurodevelopmental disease which affects about 100,000 people in the US. Around 80% of these patients experience cognitive and inte...

Caregiver familiarity with mental health services for children with IDD

Although children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) more often experience mental health concerns, they do not always receive mental health service...

Social Exclusion and Schizophrenia

While public attitudes towards many stigmatized groups have improved in recent years, the same has not been true for people living with schizophrenia, making those wit...

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