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The Kansas AgrAbility Project recently gave a large group of soldiers transitioning to civilian life and veterans from Fort Riley an up-close look at how people with disabilities can be active, successful farmers in the Sunflower State.

The Life Span Institute’s Work Group for Community Health and Development has been re-designated as an of official World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health and Development for another four years (2016-2020).

The Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC) has been awarded a five-year $5.40 million cooperative agreement from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Maria* was critically injured in an act of domestic violence. Bradley,* a veteran, returned from Iraq with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.

LAWRENCE — The Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation Center has become the Life Span Institute’s 14th affiliated center.

LAWRENCE — Before reaching age 5, up to 45 percent of children in the United States experience “significant and non-normative” trauma such as maltreatment, chronic stress caused by poverty, exposure to violence at home or in the community, or a parent suffering from an alcohol, drug or psychologi

LAWRENCE — Online education is growing rapidly, reaching millions of students every day.

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study led by University of Kansas Medical Center researchers could lead to a reduction in early preterm births -births before 34 weeks of gestation - which are a major burden on the health care system and a concern for mothers worldwide.

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study led by University of Kansas Medical Center researchers could lead to a reduction in early preterm births -births before 34 weeks of gestation - which are a major burden on the health care system and a concern for mothers worldwide.