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Friends of the Life Span Institute announce 2009 Graduate Research Assistant award-winners Emily Zimmerman

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Emily Zimmerman and Xiaoyi (Kimberly) Hu

The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) co-sponsored a Kansas City session of national town hall meeting on adults with autism held Nov. 13 in 16 cities across the U.S. The Kansas City Star interviewed parents and other participants at the event.

An article by Glen White Glen Whiteappears in the November 2009 issue of New Mobility, a lifestyle magazine for active wheelchair users.

Emily ZimmermanEmily Zimmerman, ABD, is one of six doctoral students nationally to win the prestigious 2009 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Foundation New Century Research Scholarship which carries a stipend award of $10,000.

Research to investigate possible Mabel Ricegenetic links to language, speech and reading delays, conducted by Mabel Rice, has been reported by a leading newspaper in West Australia.

 

David K. Johnson Decline in visual spatial ability precedes diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia (David K. Johnson in U.S. News and World Report)

 

Michael FoxPublic health expert Michael Fox talks about barriers to end-of-life planning and care on KCUR-FM's Up to Date with Steve Kraske.

Mabel Rice research team identifies gene linked to language delays.

Andrea Greenhoot and Todd Little receive Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence.

Turnbulls discuss son's death and research

Glen White advocates accessibility around the world

Ann TurnbullAnn Turnbull recalls Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her campaign to improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.as special guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation

David Ekerdt, Ph.D., University of KansasU.S. News and World Report features KU's David Ekerdt's novel research on household disbandment in older age

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Ekerdt discusses devotion of family caregivers in Washington Post.

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