August 15, 2010
New Program at Vanderbilt Opens Doors for Intellectually Disabled
John Russell, Vanderbilt U.
Tammy L. Day, program director of Vanderbilt's Next Step certificate program, works with participants in a technology-training class, where they learn skills that can eventually help them win jobs.
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John Russell, Vanderbilt U.
Tammy L. Day, program director of Vanderbilt's Next Step certificate program, works with participants in a technology-training class, where they learn skills that can eventually help them win jobs.
Sean C. Faulkner, a student at Vanderbilt University, likes proving people wrong when they expect him to fail. Sometimes he listens to "I Want it All," a song by Queen, for motivation. The rock ballad includes the lyric: "Gotta find me a future, move out of my way."
"The song reminds me that if there's a goal that you have set for yourself, you go for it," he says. "You keep going until you get it done."
Mr. Faulkner, 22, enrolled at Vanderbilt in spite of a
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