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Project

Combining Research, Engagement and Art To Enhance Wellbeing

Center:

VA-Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2025

Contact Information:

Kayla Diggs Brody
[email protected]
804-828-3876

Project Description:

Project Combining Research, Engagement, and Art to Enhance Wellbeing (CREATE-Wellbeing) will bring together diverse stakeholders from across the VCU and Richmond community committed to using research, community engagement, and art to promote holistic wellbeing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Members of the committee represent VCU Schools of Education, Medicine, and Arts, self-advocates with IDD, and community artists who will work together to develop relationships, knowledge, and skills related to community engaged, arts-informed research. Project CREATE-Wellbeing aims to serve as an example of collaborative, inclusive research, to develop lasting relationships between stakeholders, and to generate findings and art that can guide ongoing conversation and efforts to promote wellbeing for people with IDD.

Keyword(s):

Developmental Disabilities, Health Equity

Core Function(s):

Developing & Disseminating Information, Demonstration Services

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Adults with Disabilities, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Geographic Areas, Urban

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County