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Team leads special journal edition on including people with disabilities in research
A team from the KU Center on Developmental Disabilities in the Life Span Institute led the development of the Special Issue of Inclusion, the e-journal of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
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Study Shows Adults with Disabilities Have Challenges with Insurance, Despite Improvements to ACA
LAWRENCE — Expansion of the Affordable Care Act in 2014 improved access to insurance and represented gains in health care for adults with disabilities. But while those gains were documented, what wasn’t known was what challenges still existed in accessing care for that population.
KU Researchers Land Grant to Develop Eating Disorder Screening Tool for Military VA
LAWRENCE — When one thinks of the military, images of elite, highly fit soldiers often come to mind. Conversely, talk of eating disorders generally steers toward undernourished individuals, often young women.
Workshop series designed to boost health of Native American children
Native American parents of young children are invited to a workshop Tuesday, April 2, in Mayetta to help foster the health and development of Native American children from local tribal communities.
Project to pilot tools to meet STEM learning goals in California classrooms
LAWRENCE — Just as the tools of the classroom have changed from slates and blackboards to tablets and computers, so, too, have the learning goals changed.
'Hope 22' exhibition examines mental health in the military
Beginning Nov. 10, the Spencer Museum of Art will host the exhibition “Hope 22,” which features 22 portraits of veterans and active duty personnel accompanied by written accounts of their experiences with the military and mental health.
KU center part of $27M grant to boost literacy for struggling Kansas readers
LAWRENCE — The Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas has been selected to be part of a $27 million federal grant to help schools across the state boost language and literacy skills for struggling readers.
$2 million gift establishes addictions research center at KU
LAWRENCE — The opioid crisis has brought heightened attention to the effects of addic