Life Span researcher David K. Johnson links exercise with protection against Alzheimer's.
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Holly Storkel sees advantages of signing with toddlers.

Both her research expertise and personal experience as the mother of a child with cleft lip and palate give Holly Storkel, an LSI investigator in speech language and hearing, a unique perspective on using sign language with young children.

Research by Life Span researcher David Johnson is showing that aerobic exercise could stave off the devastating effects of Alzheimer's disease.

K-CART affiliated scientist Winnie Dunn, chair of the occupational therapy education department at the KU Medical Center, was interviewed November 5 by Kansas City television station Fox 4 about a controversial new treatment for autism.
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A project co-directed by Michael L. Wehmeyer, director of the Kansas
University Center on Developmental Disabilities, has received a $4 million
grant for a national training program to assist people with disabilities.

Ground broken for groundbreaking Children's Campus of Kansas City

Staker and Greenwood led effort for model urban research and service center
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CBS Evening News: Gerontology researcher Kristine Williams says "elderspeak" by caregivers harmful.
NY Times: Elderspeak to seniors begins a downward spiral for older persons

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