Dr. Rader is the director of the Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center at the Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Orange Grove is a nonprofit
community-based agency providing a full spectrum of services for people with complex intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Rader is responsible
for the conception, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to address the biopsychosocial health of individuals aging with developmental disabilities.
He is also editor-in-chief of EP Magazine (Exceptional Parent magazine), the nationally respected magazine for parents and professionals supporting individuals with
disabilities.
Dr. Rader is also the president of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry as well as a board member of the American Association on Health and
Disability. He has been a consultant to three Surgeon Generals in the area of health and disability and serves as a consultant to the Healthy Athletes Program at
Special Olympics. He is an adjunct professor of Human Development at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
