Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
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What Happens When Children Create?

• What skills do young people cultivate while they engage in the artmaking process?
• Why are these art-focused experiences a critical component of the educational experience?
• In what ways is student learning a function of sustained arts exposure?
• Do the arts have a purpose and a place in educating students with disabilities?
In the project described in this article, researchers at VSA arts attempted to determine the value of embedded arts education (sometimes called arts integration) for students with disabilities
About Katie

From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.