Breaking Ground 96

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• Edward Mitchell: ABLE Program Ambassador by Ned Andrew Solomon, Director, Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute, Council on Developmental Disabilities

• A Life-Changer: Using Enabling Technology to promote independence by Krystyne Brown, Public Information Officer, TN Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• TriStar Centennial Offers Sensory-Friendly Rooms for Kids with ASD by Ned Andrew Solomon, Director, Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute, Council on Developmental Disabilities

• Reflecting on the Great Wisdom of Families: Why collaboration across Tennessee’s Developmental Disabilities Network matters by Lauren Pearcy, Public Policy Director, Council on Developmental Disabilities

• State Leadership Academy for Disability Services—Year Two by Ned Andrew Solomon, Director, Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute, Council on Developmental Disabilities

• Have you heard? TRC-Smyrna is Changing! by Patricia C. Wade and Becky Rhea, Tennessee Department of Human Services/Tennessee Rehabilitation Center – Smyrna

• My Brother Does Not Speak, but Supported Decision-Making Can Still Work by by Emma Shouse Garton, Communications Director, Council on Developmental Disabilities

• Deaf Children, Hearing Parents, One World by Lesley Guilaran, Council Member for Southwest TN Development District, Council on Developmental Disabilities