Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities Newsletter – 2023, Issue 3

Director’s Message

Summer greetings! We invite you to read our quarterly newsletter to learn about all the latest news from the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD), Kennedy Krieger Institute and the community.

COVID-19 Resources

Please take a moment to read these important pandemic-related resources from state and national agencies and organizations. Topics include research on Long COVID and coverage options for COVID-19 tests.

IDDRC Corner

The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) is providing Pilot Funding Support for pilot scans of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Kennedy Krieger Institute collaborative effort funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Maryland ABLE Update

Maryland Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) welcomes changes that will benefit people with disabilities in Maryland!

MCDD News

There are a lot of exciting things happening in the MCDD community!

People On the Go Maryland Update

People On the Go (POG) Maryland has several advocacy and training updates to share in this issue of the newsletter

Faith Community Project

In spring 2020, Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) launched the comprehensive Disability, Mental Health, Inclusive Faith Support and Belonging: A Training Collaborative.

Training Update

The MCDD is excited to sponsor several trainees this summer.

In the Community

The MCDD continues to host events and conferences, and to foster advocacy in the community.