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Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 and 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 16 Sites, United States, 2022
Among children aged 8 years in 2022, ASD prevalence was 32.2 per 1,000 children (one in 31) across the 16 sites, ranging from 9.7 in Texas (Laredo) to 53.1 in California. The overall observed …
Published: 2025
MIHEC Learning Community Webinars: Ramp-Up to Readiness
Dr. Jennifer Kunze is the Ramp-Up to Readiness Director within the College Readiness Consortium at the University of Minnesota. She explains how high schools use Ramp-Up to Readiness to prepare …
Published: April 2025
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: April 2025
The Institute’s monthly staff newsletter highlights news about recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month’s feature stories focus on research and advocacy. The first story …
Published: April 2025
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Boyce Leads L’Arche Twin Cities
Published: April 2025
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ACT: Back to its Roots
Published: April 2025
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New Autism Prevalence Findings in Minnesota
Published: April 2025
NCEO Reports: How Students Who Take the AA-AAAS Are Included in State Systemic Improvement Plans (SSIP): An Analysis of FFY 2021 SSIPs (449)
This report presents the findings of an analysis of states’ FFY 2021 State Systemic Improvement Plans (SSIPs) that examined how students who participate in the alternate assessment based on …
Published: April 2025
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ICI Shines at Research Day
Published: April 2025
NCEO Reports: State Discussion Guide: Communicating Assessment Data to Empower SSIP Stakeholders (448)
The purpose of this discussion guide is to support SEAs and local education agencies (LEAs) in states with assessment-related State-Identified Measurable Results (SiMRs) in communicating assessment…
Published: April 2025
Self-injury and the Treatment Gap: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Beliefs About Causal Variables and Treatment Goals Among Caregivers, Researchers, and Clinicians
Introduction: There is a gap between individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who need treatment for self-injurious behavior (SIB) and those who receive it. One contributi…
Published: 2024
Interdisciplinarity and Self-injury: Toward an Inclusive Research and Treatment Paradigm
Background: Historically, the research and treatment of self-injury has been disciplinarily siloed. As a result, the behaviour is understood and treated differently among individuals with and …
Published: 2024
A Qualitative Analysis of Family Caregiver Experiences Accessing Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Introduction : There is evidence of a gap between individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who need treatment for self-injurious behavior (SIB) and those who receive …
Published: 2023
The Critical Insight of Family Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability and Severe Self-injurious Behavior
Caring for a child with self-injurious behavior (SIB) is a significant challenge, which is compounded by the lack of accessible resources to support families coping with severe SIB in autism …
Published: 2024
Self-injurious Behavior in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary Family Systems Review
This conceptual review paper takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of self-injury in families. The overall goal is to begin integrating siloed bodies of knowledge from empirical work …
Published: 2023
A Meta-Analysis of Treatment for Self-Injurious Behavior in Children and Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Self-injurious behavior (SIB) among children and youth with developmental disabilities has not diminished in prevalence despite the availability of effective interventions, and the impact on …
Published: 2024
Latine Voices to Inform Early Intervention Practice: Espero que Nos Escuchen
Latine families constitute a large and growing population with approximately one-quarter of U.S. children identified as having a Latine background ( Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2024 ). Although …
Published: 2025
Social vulnerability and the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among 8-year-old children, Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 2020
Purpose: The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network estimates the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) throughout the United States. Reports through 2010 found …
Published: 2025
Examining Behavioral Interventions for Infancy and Early Toddlerhood: A Systematic Review
Rapid advancement is paving the way to identify children who would likely benefit from early intervention during the first years of life, prior to the onset of significant delays in development. …
Published: 2025
Modifying Quantitative Sensory Testing to Investigate Tactile Sensory Function and Behavioral Reactivity in Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Establishing Feasibility and Testing Sex, Autism, and Self-injury Effects
Sensory reactivity differences are common across neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), however very few studies specifically examine tactile or pain responses in children with NNDs, especially …
Published: 2025
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Forum: ‘We Can’t Go Back’
Published: April 2025
Rethinking What Works: April 2025
This issue of Rethinking What Works spotlights the 2025 MOHR Spring Training Conference next month. MTI co-sponsors the Minnesota Organization on Habilitation and Rehabilitation conference and …
Published: April 2025
RISP Data Bytes: Jails, Prisons, and Large State Institutions: Selected Years 1985 to 2023
Many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who live in state-run facilities of 16 or more people have had previous criminal involvement. In 2023, 19% of people admitted to …
Published: April 2025
NCEO Reports: State Policies and Research on Alternate Assessment Accommodations (446)
This report presents findings from two studies examining accommodations policies and research on alternate assessments based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS). This policy …
Published: March 2025
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: March 2025
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter featuring news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's feature stories are about expanding professionalism in direct support. …
Published: March 2025
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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

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