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Tina Lindon receives the 2022 Jacki Shouse Service Award
Tina Lindon, Staff Assistant for the University of Kentucky (UK) Human Development Institute has been selected to receive the 2022 Jacki Shouse Service Award. Tina has served the University for 37 years and worked with Jacki for many of those years. This award is given to an HDI staff member who demonstrates excellent job performance through…
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Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities Student Spotlight: Ruhiyyih Henderson
Meet Ruhiyyih Henderson: a student in the Human Development Institute’s Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities program! Ruhiyyih has worked with people with a wide range of disabilities of all ages. Ruhiyyih speaks of her time spent with her brother: “Little did I know that teaching him to cross the street to scam cookies and brownies…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Micah Peace Urquilla
Meet Micah Peace Urquilla! Micah is a 28 year old Queer, Autistic, and multiply Disabled self-advocate. Micah lives in Louisville with their husband Manny and their cat Sophie. Micah has been involved in Advocacy for around 6 years, and got started when they attended a summer leadership program hosted by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network hosted…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Clare Andres
Meet Clare Andres! Clare is a third-year graduate student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program at the University of Kentucky. Clare recently completed her first clinical rotation at Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, working in both adult acute care and outpatient rehab in Louisville, Kentucky. This fall, Clare is working at the Child Development…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Gabby Imfeld
Meet Gabby Imfeld! Gabby is currently a third-year student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program here at the University of Kentucky. Gabby initially found interest in physical therapy in high school when she began shadowing an Early Intervention Physical Therapist. Her interest in pediatrics continued throughout her education. For her completion of her undergraduate…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Drummond USAF
Meet Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Jonathan Drummond USAF (retired)! Jon comes to the University of Kentucky with an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Kansas State University) and an M.A. in Social Psychology (Princeton University). Jon is a research assistant for the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute and is pursuing a PhD in the Department of…
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Representation for Models of All Abilities in Clothing Advertisement
Written by Delaney Wickert The popular athletic wear company Aerie has recently expanded their cast of clothing models to include individuals with a range of abilities. Aerie, a product of the popular clothing store American Eagle, has previously made strides in changing the culture of beauty representation in media through their promise to stop editing…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Nicholas Hoffman
Meet Nicholas Hoffman! Nicholas is a fourth-year student at Eastern Kentucky University’s Doctor of Psychology program and is currently enrolled in classes and accruing hours to sit for the Board-Certified Behavior Analyst exam as he works toward becoming a Licensed Psychologist and Behavior Analyst. Nicholas currently provides services through the EKU Psychology clinic as well…
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ASL Team delivers services at Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness
This past October, the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreting Team, housed at the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute, traveled to Orlando, Florida to deliver services at the Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness (SERID) Conference. SERID is an annual conference that OVR State Coordinators for the Deaf in the…
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Time to Change Our Thinking About Disability in Kentucky – Kentucky.com Editorial by Kathy Sheppard-Jones
Kathy Sheppard-Jones, Ph.D., is executive director of the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute (HDI). Roughly one in three people in Kentucky have a disability. Recent data found 75% of Kentuckians without disabilities are employed, compared to 32% of those with disabilities. Before COVID, 84% of Kentucky employers had job vacancies. Now the workforce itself…