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Beyond Social Myths: The Sensory Reality of Autism
Bev Harp also contributed to this article. When most people think of autism, they probably think of the social components, but that’s just one part of what autism is like. […]
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Living with Seasonal Affective Disorder and ADHD: Becky shares her story
Becky Barnes always gets anxious as the cool weather starts setting in because she knows it can be an especially difficult time of year for her. Barnes is one of […]
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Living What You Believe: Jason Jones’ Lasting Influence
By Christina Espinosa Jason Jones. Try to find someone in our world who doesn’t know that name. He let me call him J. People are sharing so many wonderful stories and […]
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Empowering Educators: How Child Care Aware of Kentucky Strengthens Early Learning
We may not know who watches the watchmen, but we know who trains the trainers. Child Care Aware of Kentucky has a robust collection of content about adult learning to […]
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Champion of Communication: Jacqui Kearns Honored with June Downing Award
Jacqui Kearns has respected and tried to further June Downing’s work for years. The organization that Downing was a part of has noticed. TASH, an organization where Downing once served […]
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Child Care Aware® of Kentucky Earns Silver Innovation Award at National Summit
Photo: Left to Right – Bethany Davis, Director of Data Evaluation & Impact, Jill Norris, Regional Child Care Administrator for Two Rivers Region, Angela Cooper, Regional Child Care Administrator for Cumberland Region, and Kate […]
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Leslie to lead Human Development Institute
As Dr. Mykal Leslie steps into his new role as Executive Director of the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI), he’s focused on returning to the core purpose of […]
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Staff spotlight: Dr. Harold Kleinert
One day, says Dr. Harold Kleinert with a laugh, his colleagues are going to decide he’s worked enough and tell him to properly retire. It hasn’t happened yet. Kleinert has […]
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HDI LEND welcomes students!
It’s a new school year, and that means new students – and this time, it’s more new students than HDI has ever seen before. HDI is still offering its classes […]
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Summer Leadership Experience 2025
It’s hard to figure out what to do after you graduate high school, but there are added complications when you have a disability. That’s where HDI’s Summer Leadership Experience Camp […]