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Building Community Capacity to Advance Employment: Putting Faith to Work
The percentage of people with disabilities who are employed continues to be critically low. The existing services and supports infrastructure faces many constraints, including its limited capacity …
Published: 2014
Involvement of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Child Protection System
The present study provides information about children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are involved in the child protection system in a large, Midwestern state. Findings revealed that …
Published: 2014
Unmet needs and quality of support for parents of transition aged youth: Differences by disability group, age and household income
This study examined access to and quality of supports for families of adolescents with disabilities.Methodology: An online survey was completed by family members of transition-aged young adults …
Published: 2013-12-27
Families of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Policy, Funding, Services, and Experiences
Families are critical in the provision of lifelong support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Today, more people with IDD receive long-term services and supports…
Published: 2013-10-01
Issues Concerning Self-Report Data and Population-Based Data Sets Involving People With Intellectual Disabilities
This article examines two methodological issues regarding ways of obtaining and analyzing outcome data for people with intellectual disabilities: (a) self-report and proxy-report data and (b) …
Published: 2013
Observations of Academic Instruction for Students With Significant Intellectual Disability: Three States, Thirty-Nine Classrooms, One View
As part of the validation process for alternate assessments, 39 classroom observations were conducted to gather data about current practices in providing academic instruction to students with …
Published: 2013
Self-Determination and Choice
Promoting self-determination and choice opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has become best practice in the field. This article reviews the research and …
Published: 2013
Social Inclusion and Community Participation of Individuals With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
As more individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities are physically included in community life, in schools, neighborhoods, jobs, recreation, and congregations, the challenge of going …
Published: 2013
The State of the Science of employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Employment, career advancement, and financial independence are highly valued in the United States. As expectations, they are often instilled at a young age and incentivized throughout adulthood. …
Published: 2013
The State of the Science of Health and Wellness for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Historically, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have experienced health disparities related to several factors including: a lack of access to high quality medical care, …
Published: 2013
Community Living
In the United States, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are granted certain assurances and protections related to community living through public laws and related …
Published: 2013
Economic and Programmatic Indicators Explain Vocational Rehabilitation Employment Rates of Persons With Cognitive Disabilities
This national study investigated state economic health and state Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services for persons with cognitive disabilities. Using 2004 to 2010 extant data from the Rehabilitat…
Published: 2013
The courage to bridge worlds
This article describes the two worlds of "services" and "community," decrying their separation and the results of that separation in the lives of individuals affected by disability.
Published: 2013-01-01
Place of residence and preventive health care for intellectual and developmental disabilities services recipients in 20 states
Objective. We identified trends in the receipt of preventive health care by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by type of residential setting. Methods. We used data from the …
Published: 2012
Implementation of Job Development Practices
We investigated the extent to which employment consultants implemented job development practices recommended in the literature when assisting job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabili…
Published: 2012
Improving the Employment Outcomes of Job Seekers With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Training and Mentoring Intervention for Employment Consultants
The purpose of this study was to validate a training curriculum for employment consultants who assisted job seekers with intellectual or developmental disabilities in finding individual paid …
Published: 2012
Accessible Congregations Campaign: Follow-Up Survey of Impact on Individuals With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD)
The National Organization on Disability's Accessible Congregations Campaign (ACC) was a national effort in the United States to increase congregational inclusion of people with disabilities. This …
Published: 2012
Achieving Change Through Public Policy Activities
Published: 2016
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Prevalence in Somali and Non-Somali children
The current study presents results from an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) public health surveillance project conducted in Minneapolis. The study was designed to compare ASD prevalence in Somali …
Published: 2016
BeFrienders: Impact of a Social Ministry Program on Relationships for Individuals With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
Representatives of a nationally widespread social ministry were surveyed to determine if such an effort had an impact on the social inclusion of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabili…
Published: 2013

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