Breaking Ground
Council Magazine
Breaking Ground, produced by the Council since 1990, informs readers of innovative programs and practices, disability policy issues, and stories about the lives of Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. It comes out 4 times a year.
Approximately 6,000 copies of each issue are distributed to individuals with disabilities, family members, state agencies, advocacy organizations, and legislators. Each year, a special arts issue is produced, which shares artwork by and about Tennesseans with disabilities.
Are you an artist with disabilities who would like your artwork considered for our annual Breaking Ground Arts issue? Do you know of any inclusive art programs in your community? Are there other success stories about disability you would like to share with a larger audience? Let us know about your ideas or send us your creative work anytime by contacting tnddc@tn.gov!
If you'd like copies (electronic or print) of older issues or to sign up to get a Braille copy of the magazine, please let us know at tnddc@tn.gov or 615-532-6615.
Download a PDF version of Breaking Ground 115 here.
Download a plain text version of Breaking Ground 115 with image descriptions here (Word document).
Go to the webpage for the issue to explore additional content.
Breaking Ground 111
- Breaking Ground 111 - Education Watch
- Breaking Ground 111 - Autism at Work
- Breaking Ground 111 - 5 Ways to Help Your Child Get Ready for Adulthood
- Breaking Ground 111 - An Insider’s View of Inclusive Higher Education
- Breaking Ground 111 - TN Disability Pathfinder Upgrade
- Breaking Ground 111 - Have you heard about MAPs?
- Breaking Ground 111 - Precious Cargo Act
- Breaking Ground 111 - Meet new members
Breaking Ground 109 - Annual Arts Issue
- Fine Art (A-M artist last name)
- Fine Art (N-Z artist last name)
- Short story: The Shadows of Castille de Magnus
- Essay: Honest Directions for Wheelchair Users
- Poem: Conquering the Beyond
- My Hands Are My Eyes
- Let’s MOVE! - Inclusive Dance program
- All-Access Inclusion Network
- Steal Away: Soul Connection Through Dance and Music
- Bringing Theatre to All
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Breaking Ground 107
- Breaking Ground 107 - How to Use Technology for Connection and Independence
- Breaking Ground 107 - Keeping the Peace with Google Home
- Breaking Ground 107 - Podcast: "The Landscape” of Disability
- Breaking Ground 107 - Project Search: The Place for Opportunity
- Breaking Ground 107 - Transformation at Every Level: Change Comes to VR
- Breaking Ground 107 - VR business services match employers to workers
- Breaking Ground 107 - Rosie Roaming: Have Wheels, Will Travel
- Breaking Ground 107- New Center for Decision-Making Support
- Breaking Ground 107 - Stories from Family Support
- Breaking Ground 107 - Enabling Tech Paves a Path to Independence
Breaking Ground 106
- Breaking Ground 106 Introduction
- Breaking Ground 106 - TN Inclusive Higher Education Alliance
- Breaking Ground 106 - The FUTURE is Now at University of Tennessee
- Breaking Ground 106 - Internships During COVID Pandemic
- Breaking Ground 106 - First Next Steps Class 10 Years Later
- Breaking Ground 106 - Plant for a Change: A SustainABLE Business Takes Root
- Breaking Ground 106 - Finding my path in a pandemic
- Breaking Ground 106 - TennCare Internship Puts Employment Values to Work
- Breaking Ground 106 - TDOT Office of Mobility and Accessible Transportation
Breaking Ground 105 Arts
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Introductions
- Breaking Ground 105 - Vanderbilt’s Adaptive Fashion Lab
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Poetry
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - AbleVoices: I AM DETERMINED!
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Art in the Digital Landscape
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Artful Connections
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Visual Artwork
- Breaking Ground 105 Arts - Outlawed [Short Story]
Breaking Ground 104 - COVID-19
- Breaking Ground 104 Introduction- COVID-19
- Breaking Ground 104 - How the Pandemic Changed Pathfinder
- Breaking Ground 104 - Growing Independence Through Technology
- Breaking Ground 104 - New TN Crisis Care Policy
- Breaking Ground 104 - How I Used My Voice During COVID
- Breaking Ground 104 - Stories of Working during the Pandemic
- Breaking Ground 104 - New TN Center for Decision-Making Support
- Breaking Ground 104 - Virtual Early Intervention
- Breaking Ground 104 - TCAD: Meeting Needs in a Pandemic
- Breaking Ground 104 - Pressing On: Technology and the Pandemic
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Breaking Ground 103
- Breaking Ground 103 - Introduction
- Breaking Ground 103 - ABLE Act Turns Five Years Old
- Breaking Ground 103 - Ensuring Clear Communication: TEIS Transition Continues
- Breaking Ground 103 - COVID-19 Special Grants
- Breaking Ground 103 - Disability Rights TN Client Assistance Program
- Breaking Ground 103 - Looking Back, Forward: 30 Years of the ADA
- Breaking Ground 103 - Changing Minds and Systems - New Council Grants
- Breaking Ground 103 - All About IEPs - Tips from a Specialist and a Parent/Teacher
Breaking Ground 102
- Breaking Ground 102 - Introduction
- Breaking Ground 102 - Council Role in Crisis
- Breaking Ground 102 - Your Input Can Shape the Council’s Work
- Breaking Ground 102 - Searching for Silver Linings in COVID Times
- Breaking Ground 102 - New Vanderbilt Centers Prepare for Employment
- Breaking Ground 102 - Accessibility and Dignity in Public Restrooms
- Breaking Ground 102 - Katie Beckett Waiver: What do families need to know?
- Breaking Ground 102 - A Will to Farm: TN AgrAbility
- Breaking Ground 102 - Reflections from Lauren McCabe, Council Intern
- Breaking Ground 102 - Five Things I’ve Learned about Self-Advocacy
Breaking Ground 101 - Be Heard, Be Counted
- Breaking Ground 101 - Introduction
- Breaking Ground 101 - Teaching Empathy
- Breaking Ground 101 - My Path Back to Career after Traumatic Brain Injury
- Breaking Ground 101 - Tennessee Deaf Mentor Program
- Breaking Ground 101 - Voting is Power
- Breaking Ground 101 - Why the Census Matters
- Breaking Ground 101 - Disability Day on the Hill
- Breaking Ground 101 - Tikkun Olam Makers: Vanderbilt
- Breaking Ground 101 - Meet our New Leadership Development Director
- Breaking Ground 101 - DIDD Report on TN’s Early Intervention System, Katie Beckett Program
Breaking Ground 100 Arts
- Breaking Ground 100 Arts - Introduction
- Breaking Ground 100 Arts - Fine Arts Selections
- Breaking Ground 100 - Andrew Braach: Traditional country singer
- Breaking Ground 100 - Indicator Art
- Breaking Ground 100 - Poetry by April Meredith
- Breaking Ground 100 - Brent Redmond’s Four-Wheel Art
- Breaking Ground 100 - Poetry: Make Believe
- Breaking Ground 100 - Poetry: Life on the Spectrum
- Breaking Ground 100 - Telling Stories through Art
- Breaking Ground 100 - Disability Arts Access in Rural Tennessee
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Breaking Ground 99 - Technology
- Breaking Ground 99 - Introduction
- Breaking Ground 99 - Living in a Smart Home
- Breaking Ground 99 - Aira
- Breaking Ground 99 - Anita and Technology at Work
- Breaking Ground 99 - A Calm Place through Technology
- Breaking Ground 99 - Growing a Business through Technology
- Breaking Ground 99 - Technology in My Life
- Breaking Ground 99 - Youth Leadership Academy 2019
- Breaking Ground 99 - Technology and an Unexpected Life Change
- Breaking Ground 99 - Ned Andrew Solomon Retirement
Breaking Ground 98
- Breaking Ground 98 - Tennessee Business Enterprise
- Breaking Ground 98 - Thoughts about Relationships
- Breaking Ground 98 - Austin Peay's Full Spectrum Learning program
- Breaking Ground 98 - AbleVoices
- Breaking Ground 98 - Closing the Disability Voting Gap
- Breaking Ground 98 - Story Time with a Twist
- Breaking Ground 98 - Tabletop Role-Playing
- Breaking Ground 98- Tennessee Talks
- Breaking Ground 98 - UHC Pathways internship program
- Breaking Ground 98 - New Council Members
Breaking Ground 97
- Breaking Ground 97 - Partners Reunion 2019
- Breaking Ground 97 - Project SEARCH: A path to the future
- Breaking Ground 97 - Chyna's Journey through ECF CHOICES
- Breaking Ground 97 - Empowered Ladies
- Breaking Ground 97 - 2018-19 Partners in Policymaking Class Graduates
- Breaking Ground 97 - People First of TN
- Breaking Ground 97 - MyRide TN
- Breaking Ground 97 - Getting a Life Back with Technology
- Breaking Ground 97 - Tennesseans of All Stripes Come together for Children with Significant Needs
- Breaking Ground 97 - Flying the Friendly Skies
Breaking Ground 96
- Breaking Ground 96 - Edward Mitchell, ABLE Ambassador
- Breaking Ground 96 - Using Enabling Technology
- Breaking Ground 96 - TriStar Centennial Sensory-Friendly Rooms
- Breaking Ground 96 - TN DD Network Collaboration
- Breaking Ground 96 - Disability Leadership Academy Year 2
- Breaking Ground 96 - Have You Heard? TRC-Smyrna is Changing!
- Breaking Ground 96 - My Brother Does Not Speak, but Supported Decision-Making Can Still Work
- Breaking Ground 96 - Deaf Children, Hearing Parents, One World
Breaking Ground 94
- Breaking Ground 94 Introduction
- Breaking Ground 94 - Oris G. Bowen Breaks Employment Ground
- Breaking Ground 94 - Gaining Skills for the Real World
- Breaking Ground 94 - Kathleen Lehigh: a Ninja Librarian’s Quest for a Career
- Breaking Ground 94 - Where Enabling Technology Meets Employment
- Breaking Ground 94 - Student with Autism Achieves Success through Social Skills Training
- Breaking Ground 94 - Tyler Bates: An “Employment and Community First” Success Story
- Breaking Ground 94 - Remembering Dr. Thomas Cheetham
- Breaking Ground 94 - Youth Leadership Academy 2018
- Breaking Ground 94 - New Council Staff and Member
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Breaking Ground 93
- Breaking Ground 93 - Reimagining Supports for Families
- Breaking Ground 93 - A Tool for Helping People Have Good Lives
- Breaking Ground 93 - Chattanooga Programs Promote Safety
- Breaking Ground 93 - Borderless Arts Breaks Ground in Egypt
- Breaking Ground 93 - Inclusion is a Right
- Breaking Ground 93 - East Tennessee Project Search
- Breaking Ground 93 - Siblings in the Spotlight
Breaking Ground 92
- Breaking Ground 92 - 55 Years of the DD Act
- Breaking Ground 92 - Career Connections
- Breaking Ground 92 - Camp EmPower, MePower
- Breaking Ground 92 - Enabling Technology: Modernizing supports for people with disabilities
- Breaking Ground 92 - Enabling Technology: A parent’s perspective
- Breaking Ground 92 - Partners 2017-18 Class Graduates
- Breaking Ground 92 - What Independent Living Is (and is not)
- Breaking Ground 92 - Partners 2018 Annual Reunion Conference
- Breaking Ground 92 - Martin McGrath: An independent living story
- Breaking Ground 92 - Remembering Council Member and Partners Graduate Douglass Hall
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Breaking Ground 91 - 2018 Arts Issue
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Introductions
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Compilation of Visual Artwork
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Dance is a Universal Language
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Tunes and Teens
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - To My Battered Sisters
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Harmony's Song
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Lessons
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Much Ado about Mosaics
- Breaking Ground 91 Arts - Juggling Words
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Breaking Ground 90
- Breaking Ground 90 - What's Cooking at TSU Extension?
- Breaking Ground #90 - TSU Extension Program
- Breaking Ground 90 - Project SEARCH at Progress
- Breaking Ground 90 - Parent Perspective on ECF CHOICES
- Breaking Ground 90 - Expanding the Workforce through Internships
- Breaking Ground 90 - Leadership Academy for Excellence in Disability Services
- Breaking Ground 90 - Transition Tennessee
- Breaking Ground #90 - Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Breaking Ground 90 - New Council Members
- Breaking Ground 90 - New Staff at TennCare
Contacts
Editor-in-Chief, Breaking Ground Magazine
Jolene Sharp
p. 615-253-8778 c. 615-917-0824