Friends of the Life Span Institute announce 2009 Graduate Research Assistant award-winners 
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 
appears in the November 2009 issue of New Mobility, a lifestyle magazine for active wheelchair users.
Emily 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 
genetic links to language, speech and reading delays, conducted by Mabel Rice, has been reported by a leading newspaper in West Australia.
Decline in visual spatial ability precedes diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia (David K. Johnson in U.S. News and World Report)
Public 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
Participate in the Household Moves Project!
Ekerdt discusses devotion of family caregivers in Washington Post.
On Kansas Public Radio:
Dieting for Adults with Disabilities
Ann 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
U.S. News and World Report features KU's David Ekerdt's novel research on household disbandment in older age
