Michelle Reynolds, senior associate director of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Institute for Human Development, talked about her personal experience of having a sibling with developmental disabilities as she spoke to an audience of more than 500 community leaders, social workers and advocates at the University of North Carolina’s Legacy Speaker Series in early March. The event focused on empowering individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Reynolds is a key developer of the Charting the LifeCourse framework and tools created for individuals and families. It uses plain language and descriptive imagery to describe guiding principles that help people plan, solve problems, manage transitions and explore at each stage of life, such as planning for retirement, managing health care or thriving with an intellectual or developmental disability.
She is a leading advocate for supporting families and self-advocates at a national level and has served on the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities for former President Barack Obama.
