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Expanding Professionalism in Direct Support
Published: March 2025
Job Match Makers: Episode 7: A Job at a Thrift Store
In this episode, Danny Brady from Reach for Resources shares a story about a job search that got off to a rocky start but eventually resulted in a job and better training for managers at a chain …
Published: 2/4/2025
Job Match Makers: Episode 6: A Job Monitoring an Indoor Playground
In this episode, Jessica Stejskal from TSE, Inc. shares how she supported a jobseeker to look beyond working in grocery stores to pursue a job working with children and found an employer that is …
Published: 1/2/2025
NCEO Reports: The Development of Common Terminology: Adding Accessibility Features to the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) (447)
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) collaborated with the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) initiative to standardize accessibility feature terms for assessments. Historically, …
Published: March 2025
Job Match Makers: Episode 5: A Job Doing "Spec Checks" for a Furniture Company
In this episode, Cynthia Capota from Reach for Resources shares how watching a jobseeker put together complicated Lego creations helped her recognize skills he had that filled a need of a furniture…
Published: 12/21/2024
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Understanding Disability Through a Data Lens
Published: March 2025
Momentum: Spring 2025
This issue of Momentum opens with Roman Schibel, an 18-year-old in a transition program who is considering college. The News section features short articles about guidance on vocational rehabilitat…
Published: Spring 2025
Rethinking What Works: March 2025
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights leveraging assistive technology to support competitive integrated employment. The newsletter also features resources from MTI and its partners.
Published: March 2025
RISP Data Bytes: Shift from State to Non-state Congregate IDD Settings, 1998 to 2020
In 1967, almost 200,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) lived in large state institutions. Starting in 1981, the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver helps people …
Published: March 2025
RISP Data Bytes: Total Medicaid ICF/IID and Waiver Recipients and Percent Growth Needed to Serve Those Waiting: Fiscal Year 2020
Every year, the number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) receiving long-term supports and services (LTSS) grows. However, there are still people with IDD on waiting …
Published: February 2025
RISP Data Bytes: More People with IDD Get Services in Homes Shared by Three or Fewer People: Fiscal Year 2020
Since the 1960s, living arrangements for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) have shifted from institutions to smaller, community-based settings supported by Medicaid Home …
Published: January 2025
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Moving Mountains: Life, Unlimited
Published: March 2025
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 11: Interview: Simon Duffy on Global Citizenship
Researcher and activist Simon Duffy talks with Janet Stewart, Impact managing editor, about self-direction efforts around the world. Duffy's current work around citizenship takes self-direction …
Published: 2/13/2025
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 10: Putting Self-Determination Back in Self-Direction
Impact issue editors Julie Bershadsky, Marian Frattarola-Saulino, and BJ Stasio discuss the state of self-directed services for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. …
Published: 2/13/2025
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: February 2025
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about the new issue of Impact , which explores the …
Published: February 2025
Impact: Feature Issue on Self-Direction
This issue shines a light on how self-directing support services makes a difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities. Programs working to make self- …
Published: Winter 2024-25
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New Impact on Self-Direction
Published: February 2025
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A Wednesday with Liz
Published: February 2025
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Forum: Disability at Work
Published: February 2025
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MNLEND: Apply Today!
Published: February 2025
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Leveraging Assistive Technology to Support Competitive Integrated Employment
Jolene Juhl (Senior Employment Services Manager) and Lindsay Alexander (Regional Rehabilitation Supervisor) from Minnesota State-Operated Community Services discuss how they leverage assistive …
Published: 2/13/2025
Policy Research Brief: Hearing Aids are Disproportionately Inaccessible for Individuals with Disabilities
Hearing loss is a common problem in the United States, especially among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Although hearing aids are effective, they are not used very …
Published: December 2024
Rethinking What Works: February 2025
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights an ICI study that aims to identify what information and resources are needed for an online retirement education and planning resource for older …
Published: February 2025
NCEO Newsletter: February 2025 issue
NCEO’s February 2025 newsletter focuses on providing essential resources to support decision making around assessment participation. We highlight briefs on determining appropriate assessment paths …
Published: February 2025
Executive function is associated with behaviour problems in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability
Background: Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) commonly have behaviour problems. The present study aimed to determine which of the most common clinical features experienced by …
Published: 2025
Rethinking What Works: January 2025
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights LifeCourse Connect, a resource MTI offers free throughout 2025 to people with disabilities and their families. The newsletter also features other …
Published: January 2025
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: January 2025
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about a new data portal developed at ICI that …
Published: January 2025
NCEO Reports: Developing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for Interim Assessments that Include All Students (#445)
This report provides a resource for state and district assessment staff as they develop requests for proposals (RFPs) for interim assessments for all of their students, including those who require …
Published: January 2025
MTI Quarterly Trainings: Understanding Customized Employment and the Discovery Process
Margie Webb MS, CRC, a Customized Employment Specialist with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, explains how we can improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities through Customized …
Published: 11/7/2024
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Revealing OT’s Role in Mental Health
Published: January 2025
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Speak Out on Subminimum Wages
Published: January 2025
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Cunningham, ICI Staff Spotlight Urgent Mental Health Needs
Published: January 2025
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Reducing Turnover with Better Data
Published: January 2025
Policy Research Brief: Declining Use of Residential Settings of Seven or More People with IDD
The number of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in institutions has been declining for decades. However, many people with IDD still live in settings with seven …
Published: December 2024
Participation in Mainstream Community Groups by Older U.S. Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Multiple Case Study
Background : Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities want to be included in all aspects of community life, but social inclusion continues to be very limited. Method : We used a …
Published: 2024
Job Match Makers: Episode 4: A Job Creating and Performing Live DJ Shows
In this episode, Jill Eastman from our podcast partner, the University of Massachusetts-Boston's Institute for Community Inclusion, shares a story about supporting a jobseeker to customize a job …
Published: 12/18/2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: December 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about ICI's collaboration with Gillette Children’s …
Published: December 2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Text-to-Speech: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for text-to-speech is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Test Breaks: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for test breaks is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Tactile Graphics: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for tactile graphics is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Student Reads Aloud to Self: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for student reads aloud to self is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Spell Check: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for spell check is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Speech-to-Text: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for speech-to-text is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Small Group and Individual Administration: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for small group and individual administration is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Signed Administration: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for signed administration is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
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ICI, Gillette Children’s Collaborate for Better Services
Published: December 2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Scribe: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for scribe is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Recorded Oral Delivery: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for recorded oral delivery is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Preferential Seating: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for preferential seating is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Paper Format: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for paper format is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Noise Reduction: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for noise reduction is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Multiple Days: States’ Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for multiple days is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Assistive Technology: Research
This fact sheet on assistive technology is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on …
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Highlighting: Research
This fact sheet on highlighting is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use of …
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Highlighting: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for highlighting is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Human Read-Aloud: States' Accessibility Policies, 2023
This summary of states’ accessibility policies for human read-aloud is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO).
Published: 12/16/2024
Accommodations Toolkit: Text-to-Speech (Computer-Generated Voice): Research
This fact sheet on text-to-speech is part of the Accommodations Toolkit published by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO). It summarizes information and research findings on the use …
Published: 12/16/24
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RISP Report Available Now
Published: December 2024
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‘Radical Inclusion’: Calvit Wraps Long Career at Interact
Published: December 2024
Momentum: Winter 2024-25
This issue of Momentum opens with college student Kellie Shaw. The News section features short articles about the first Minnesota college to receive an inclusive higher education grant, Fall 2024 …
Published: Winter 2024-25
RISP Data Bytes: Before and After the HCBS Rule: Percent of People with IDD in Settings of Seven or More People
The 2014 Medicaid HCBS Final Rule aims to improve outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and enhance their rights and choices. The rule coincided with a …
Published: December 2024
Rethinking What Works: December 2024
This issue of Rethinking What Works explores the finances of organizational transformation. It also features upcoming trainings and resources.
Published: December 2024
Rethinking What Works: November 2024
This issue of Rethinking What Works introduces MTI's podcast series Job Match Makers. It also features upcoming trainings and resources.
Published: November 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Communicating About Assessments with Parents of English Learners with Disabilities (Tool 8)
This tool contains information that states can use to ensure their parent-focused assessment information is inclusive of assessments taken by English learners with disabilities. It also contains …
Published: December 2024
Long-term Supports and Services for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2020
Nearly three-quarters of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) who receive publicly funded support live at home with family members or in their own homes, this report from …
Published: 2024
Policy Forum: Access and Unmet Needs for Technology for People with IDD: Results from FINDS Survey
This Policy Forum, held on November 13, 2024, discusses the recent Policy Research Brief titled, Access and Unmet Needs for Technology for People with IDD: Results from FINDS Survey. Discussants …
Published: 11/13/2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Planning for the Accessibility Needs of an English Learner with a Disability Who Participates in State Alternate Assessments (Tool 7)
This tool describes a planning process for determining the access needs of an individual student who is an English learner with a disability and will take state alternate assessments. It includes …
Published: November 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Planning for the Accessibility Needs of an English Learner with a Disability Who Participates in State General Assessments (Tool 6)
This tool describes a planning process for determining the access needs of an individual student who is an English learner with a disability and will take state general assessments. It includes …
Published: November 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Deciding Whether an English Learner with a Disability Should Participate in State Alternate Assessments of Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science (Tool 5)
This tool describes a way to ensure that all potential assessment participation decision makers are informed about the state’s content assessments and considerations for determining whether a …
Published: November 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Deciding Whether an English Learner with a Disability Can Participate in All Domains of an English Language Proficiency Assessment (Tool 4)
This tool describes a way to ensure that all potential assessment participation decision makers are informed about the state’s English language proficiency assessments. It includes considerations …
Published: November 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Deciding Whether an English Learner with a Disability Should Participate in the State Alternate English Language Proficiency Assessment (Tool 3)
This tool provides states with components to help ensure that all potential decision makers are informed about the state’s English language proficiency (ELP) assessments. It also provides considera…
Published: November 2024
If Not Us, Then Who? The Role of Human Resource Development in Supporting Employment for People with Disabilities
The purpose of this article is to challenge human resource development (HRD) professionals to acknowledge and accept their role in supporting the employment of people with disabilities and to …
Published: 2024
Rhode Island Statewide Workforce Initiative: SupportWise Workforce Data Summary and Implications for Reporting Period January 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024
People with IDD who want to live and work in their communities need committed direct support professionals, but this workforce is chronically underpaid and short-staffed. This report summarizes …
Published: 2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: November 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first two feature stories are about new publications highlighting how …
Published: November 2024
A Closer Look: Episode 10: Tammy Murner at Black Hills Works
A quiet revolution began over a decade ago in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where the spirit of innovation transforms lives at Black Hills Works . At the heart of this change is the Technology …
Published: 11/15/2024
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The Measure of a Career
Published: November 2024
A Closer Look: Episode 9: Anthony Grindstaff, Larry Williams, and Susan Arwood on Enabling Technology
DSP Anthony Grindstaff, Larry Williams, and Susan Arwood share how enabling technology has changed Larry’s life for the better and how a visit from the Tennessee Governor’s wife, Maria Lee, …
Published: 11/15/2024
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Research Brief: Accessing Technology
Published: November 2024
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Winds of Change
Published: November 2024
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Fort in a Storm
Published: November 2024
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New Frontline Initiative on Technology
Published: November 2024
Frontline Initiative: Using and Supporting Technology Use
Technology has greatly impacted our lives and culture in recent years. For direct support professionals (DSPs), the use of technology at work has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. DSPs can …
Published: Fall/Winter 2024
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 9: The Jobs Issue: Q&A with Julie Sowash
Julie Sowash chats with Impact Managing Editor Janet Stewart about her work with employers to hire people with disabilities. Her company, Disability Solutions, has found jobs for more than 8,000 …
Published: 10/15/2024
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 8: The Jobs Issue: Editors' Round Table
Issue editors talk about the end of subminimum wages for people with disabilities, and about what will take the place of sheltered workshops. A concerning lack of migration from these workshops to …
Published: 10/10/2024
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 7: Treating Addiction Among People with IDD
A noted expert on substance use disorder within the disability community, Elspeth Slayter joins The Conversation to talk about best practices and emerging questions. Her Impact article discusses …
Published: 7/17/2024
Impact, The Conversation: Episode 6: Finding the Truth in My Addiction
Nathan Perry started drinking in his 30s to mask problems in his relationship with his parents. Eventually, he realized he didn't have control over his alcohol use and he started a long road to …
Published: 7/17/2024
A Closer Look: Episode 8: Nick Smith on DSPs Advocating for Themselves and Voting
Direct support professionals (DSPs) are accustomed to speaking up for the wants and needs of the people they support. In this episode, Nick Smith shares his story of speaking up for himself and …
Published: 10/29/2024
A Closer Look: Episode 7: Nick Smith is Seeing the Possibilities
Nick Smith is a master of looking past the barriers and seeing the possibilities. As a seasoned direct support professional (DSP), he has developed the skill of really listening to what the people …
Published: 10/29/2024
More People with IDD Get Services in Homes Shared by Three or Fewer People (2025)
Since the 1960s, living arrangements for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) have shifted from institutions to smaller, community-based settings, supported by Medicaid …
Published: January 2025
Momentum: Fall 2024
This issue of Momentum begins with college student Addie Loerzel. The News section features short articles about new federal guidance on vocational rehabilitation supporting out-of-state services, …
Published: Fall 2024
Momentum: Spring 2024
This issue of Momentum opens with a profile of Anna Krahn, an incoming college student with an intellectual disability. The News section features short articles about the new administrator of …
Published: Winter 2024
Momentum: Winter 2024
This issue of Momentum begins with a profile of a college student with an intellectual disability. The News section features short articles about the first director of the Minnesota Inclusive …Published: Winter 2024
RISP Data Bytes: People with IDD Waiting for HCBS Waiver-Funded Supports in 2020
In some states, people with IDD are on waiting lists for years before they receive necessary services. However, there are different ways of measuring waitlists and who to include when reporting on …
Published: November 2024
Policy Research Brief: Access and Unmet Needs for Technology for People with IDD: Results from FINDS Survey
Assistive technology helps people in daily activities, such as text-to-speech software for communication, transition planning software, and virtual reality for learning job and interview skills. …
Published: October 2024
News
David R. Johnson: A Life of Service
Published: October 2024
Momentum: Summer 2023
In this first issue, Momentum features short articles about the Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Act becoming law in May 2023, moving Minnesota inclusive higher education forward, the North …
Published: Summer 2023
Momentum
Momentum is a quarterly newsletter of Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC) news, events, resources, and student profiles.
Rethinking What Works: October 2024
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), and this issue of Rethinking What Works offers suggestions for honoring NDEAM and learning more about employment for people with …Published: October 2024
Rethinking What Works: July 2024
This issue features the transformation of Lake County Developmental Achievement Center, upcoming trainings, and resources.Published: July 2024
Rethinking What Works: September 2024
This issue features an Employment First conference that MTI sponsored and upcoming trainings and resources.
Published: September 2024

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