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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: Spring 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
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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
Rethinking What Works: August 2024
This issue features opportunities for technical assistance from MTI, upcoming trainings, resources, and an advocacy opportunity.Published: August 2024
Rethinking What Works: June 2024
This issue features MTI's peer mentorship program which helps people with disabilities and their support networks as they explore job options. It also shares upcoming trainings and resources.
Published: June 2024
Rethinking What Works: May 2024
This issue features videos of a day and employment provider serving people with disabilities in rural Minnesota that decided to transition away from a center-based, subminimum wage service model …
Published: May 2024
Rethinking What Works: April 2024
This issue features a video about a Twin Cities organization that shifted from subminimum wage work and center-based employment to competitive, integrated employment opportunities chosen by their …
Published: April 2024
Rethinking What Works: March 2024
This issue features customized employment, a process that identifies the strengths and interests of the job-seeker and matches those with the needs of a business. The issue also shares upcoming trainings and resources.Published: March 2024
February 2024
This issue shares the story and video of Udac, a Duluth employment service provider that won a national award for transforming its service model from center-based day and employment services to …
Published: February 2024
Rethinking What Works: January 2024
This first issue of MTI's newsletter introduces itself, its purpose, and audience. It shares upcoming trainings and featured resources.
Published: January 2024
Rethinking What Works
This monthly newsletter from ICI's Minnesota Transformation Initiative (MTI) shares upcoming trainings, featured resources, and stories from across the state about supporting people with disabiliti…
Regional Differences in Autism and Intellectual Disability Risk Associated with Cesarean Section Delivery
Prior epidemiological studies investigating the association between delivery mode (i.e., vaginal birth and cesarean section [C-section]) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabili…
Published: 2024
Retirement of Workers with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
We examine the retirement of workers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in developed countries, with research predominantly from North America and Australia. We propose that …
Published: 2024
RISP Data Bytes: Estimated Annual Per Person Medicaid Expenditures by Living Arrangement for Adults with IDD, FY 2020
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) typically have better lives when they live on their own, with family, or in other community-based settings compared to institutions. …
Published: October 2024
Job Match Makers: Episode 3: A Job that Combines Fishing and Woodworking!?
Hosts Brian and Sherry are joined in the studio by their Institute on Community Integration colleague, Kathia Fernandez. Kathia shares a story from her time as an employment consultant when she …
Published: 10/7/2024
Job Match Makers: Episode 2: Perspectives from 50 Years in Employment Services for People with Disabilities
In the second episode of Job Match Makers, Brian and Sherry are joined by their Minnesota Transformation Initiative colleague, Don Lavin. Don explains how he left his cousin Vinny behind in New …
Published: 10/7/2024
Job Match Makers: Episode 1: Welcome to "Job Match Makers!"
In the first episode of Job Match Makers, hosts Brian Begin and Sherry Healey introduce the podcast, explain the objective of the Minnesota Transformation Initiative, and talk about their careers …Published: 10/7/2024
Job Match Makers
The Job Match Makers podcast shares stories from employment consultants about supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to find employment in their communities—one person, …
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: October 2024
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 (ICI's flagship …
Published: October 2024
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ICI Staff in Czech Republic
Published: October 2024
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Reimagining Disability Services
Published: October 2024
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In From Africa
Published: October 2024
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New! Impact: Employment and IDD
Published: Fall 2024
Unlocking Potential: Harnessing AI for Inclusive Learning
This report contains the proceedings of a forum held on June 26, 2024 in Seattle, Washington to discuss issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and accessibility in education. A specific …
Published: October 2024
Impact: Employment and IDD
Employment & IDD lifts up National Disability Employment Awareness Month as a time to insist on more and better services to support people with disabilities to get and keep competitive jobs …
Published: Fall 2024
Policy Forum: The Unrestrained Use of Physical Restraints in Schools
This Policy Forum, held on September 12, 2024, discusses the recent Policy Research Brief titled, The Unrestrained Use of Physical Restraints in Schools . Discussants include Anna Heinzerling, …
Published: 9/12/2024
NCEO Brief: Cross-agency Collaboration to Improve Assessments and Outcomes for Students with Disabilities (#36)
This Brief focuses on collaboration between special education and assessment offices, but other offices (e.g., curriculum and instruction, accountability) may also need to be involved. The Brief …
Published: October 2024
NCEO Newsletter: October 2024 issue
NCEO’s October 2024 newsletter features several new NCEO publications. The first article is about several reports published by a project affiliated with NCEO that share findings of research …
Published: October 2024
RISP Data Bytes: Prevalence of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the U.S.
In 2020, there were an estimated 6.1 million children with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders, or developmental delays, of whom 11% were known to state IDD agencies. There were an …
Published: September 2024
Trends in Privacy of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Before and After the Home and Community-Based Services Final Rule
In 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule intended to improve the quality of HCBS for people with disabilities. …
Published: 9/14/2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: September 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. The first feature story describes the University of Minnesota’s TeleOutreach Hub, which …
Published: September 2024
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: State Assessments for English Learners with Disabilities: State Data Display Templates (Tool 2)
This State Data Display Templates tool is designed to provide state education agencies with templates to use to display state assessment participation and student characteristics data for English …
Published: September 2024
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Forum: Restraints in Schools
Published: September 2024
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Expanding Access for Rural, Highly Mobile, and Military-Connected Families
Published: September 2024
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Special Education’s Difficult History
Published: September 2024
Advances and Gaps in Policy, Practice, and Research in Transition for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Across Four Countries
The difficulties faced by youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families as they move into adulthood are widely documented. The aim of the paper is to explore the …
Published: 2024
Interventions Used with the Direct Support Workforce in Home and Community-Based Settings: A Scoping Review
This scoping review fills the gap on key characteristics of interventions and trainings for direct support workforce (DSW) of adults across disabilities and aging adults. We included quantitative …
Published: 2024
Transition Practices to Promote Active Citizenship of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Transition to adulthood is often defined in traditional terms of transitioning to employment, post- secondary education, and community living. Based on the experiences of youth and young adults …
Published: 2025
RISP Data Bytes: Expenditures Per Person by Age in 2020
In 2020, almost a million people with IDD received HCBS waiver services with an average per-person expenditure of $49,787. Adults often live in non-family homes, so their waiver expenditures are …
Published: August 2024
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Coordinated Service Pathways for Transition-age Youth with Epilepsy in Minnesota
Develop a family-centered model of transition service pathway coordination across education, healthcare, and vocational rehabilitation for young Minnesota adults with epilepsy and/or co-occurring …
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Surveillance of Spina Bifida Across the Lifespan
This project estimates the prevalence of spina bifida (SB) across the lifespan in Minnesota. SB is a congenital disability that results in complex needs and functional limitations that require …
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit
The English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit is designed to provide states and IEP teams with tools they can use to better understand their students who are English learners with disabilities …
English Learners with Disabilities Toolkit: Using Data to Understand the Characteristics of English Learners with Disabilities in Your State (Tool 1)
This tool is designed to provide state education agencies (SEAs), particularly assessment staff, with templates to use to display data on the characteristics of English learners with disabilities. …
Published: August 2024
NCEO Reports: A Summary of the Research on the Effects of K–12 Test Accommodations: 2022 (#444)
This report presents a synthesis of the research literature published in 2022 on testing accommodations for U.S. elementary and secondary students (K–12). The National Center on Educational …
Published: August 2024
MIDAS Project Reports: Parents’ Perspectives on Their Child’s Move from the AA-AAAS to the General Assessment (#104)
This report presents the findings of interviews that were conducted with parents of students who moved from the alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS) to …
Published: August 2024
Transitional Challenges: Psychotropic Medication and Residential Setting Among Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
As youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are transitioning from the school systems and special education supports, many of them are moving into the adult service system (e.g …
Published: 2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: August 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. The first feature story concerns ICI and others urging federal officials to create a …
Published: August 2024
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Check & Connect: Global Reach Conference
Published: August 2024
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Message Sent: DSPs Count
Published: August 2024
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Disability Pride Festival a Success
Published: August 2024
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Impact: Addiction and IDD
Published: August 2024
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Answering the Call
Published: August 2024
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End Diagnostic Overshadowing: Addressing Ableism in the Healthcare Context
This research is intended to confront ableism in healthcare for people with disabilities. The investigators have designed research aims and strategies to reduce implicit bias in the practice of …
MIDAS Project Reports: A Mixed Methods Study on Teaching Students Who Moved From the AA-AAAS to General State Assessment (#102)
This report presents the findings of a study that examined the successes and barriers that teachers faced when instructing students with disabilities who have moved from the alternate assessment …
Published: July 2024
MIDAS Project Reports: Teachers’ Perspectives on Using Multiple Measures of Academic Achievement to Inform Instruction of Students on the Cusp Between the AA-AAAS and the General Assessment (#103)
This report presents the findings of online focus groups conducted with teachers to learn more about their experiences using multiple measures to inform instructional decision making for students …
Published: July 2024
Impact: Feature Issue on Addiction and IDD
Addiction & IDD calls attention to the disparities people with disabilities live with if they also have substance use disorder or problems with gambling, video games, excessive sugar consumption …
Published: Spring/Summer 2024
The Value of Employment for People with Disabilities Around the World: The Dignity of Work
Receiving education and training that lead to a meaningful job, having a career, and being a valued contributor to a professional environment is taken for granted by many. Historically, however, …
Published: 2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: July 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about David Johnson (1951–2024) and his commitment …
Published: July 2024
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Namibia: Community-Driven Priorities
Published: July 2024
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Hong Wins Schleien Scholarship
Published: July 2024
Policy Research Brief: The Unrestrained Use of Physical Restraints in Schools
The U.S. Department of Education defines physical restraints as a restriction that immobilizes or reduces the ability to move torso, arms, legs, or head freely. Because of the inherent dangers of …
Published: July 2024
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Moving Mountains: Perspectives, Richcroft
Published: July 2024
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David Johnson: Unwavering Commitment
Published: July 2024
Webinar: Teacher Perceptions and Perspectives on the Selection and Implementation of Accommodations
This webinar presents research on teachers’ preferences for and perceptions of accommodations, as well as suggestions for how to incorporate these into accommodations decision-making (see NCEO …
Published: 7/3/2024
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Enhancing Secondary/Transition Outcomes Using Check and Connect with the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction
The University of Kansas developed the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI), which teachers use to enable students to set goals, choose, plan, and track progress toward goals. ICI …
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Maryland - College of Direct Support
These services will strengthen Maryland's direct support workforce through professional development, competency-based training, and a credentialing system. The Training Policy Framework for DSPs ( …
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Minnesota Principal Leadership for Inclusive Education Manual
This project develops the Minnesota Principal Leadership for Inclusive Education Manual , an online resource to support school principals in envisioning, designing, and implementing inclusive …
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MN Act Early Partnership with Help Me Grow
MN ACT Early has partnered with Help Me Grow to increase the number of children referred to early intervention, evaluation, and services. Help Me Grow works with culturally and linguistically …
NCEO Data Analytics: Number and Percentage of English Learners with Disabilities by Disability Category, 2013-14 to 2022-23 (#20)
This interactive report presents information on the percentage students with disabilities who are also English learners, and the proportion of these students by disability category for school …
Published: June 2024
NCEO APR Snapshot Briefs: 2021-2022 APR Snapshot #31: Assessment Participation, Performance, and Assigned Accommodations for Students Receiving Special Education Services (#31)
This report provides a snapshot of the participation and performance of students receiving special education services on statewide reading/language arts and mathematics assessments for 2021-22. …
Published: 6/25/2024
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Best Practices for Health Communication for Adults with Intellectual Disability
The ability of healthcare practitioners to communicate effectively with their patients is critical. This project aims to identify best practices in providing health-related communication that …
NCEO Reports: Two Pieces of a Puzzle: The 95% Participation Requirement in State Plans and States’ Opt-out Policies (#443)
This report presents the findings of an analysis of states’ Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Consolidated State Plans in regards to the 95% participation requirement. …Published: June 2024
A State Discussion Guide to Understanding, Developing and Sustaining Balanced Assessment Systems That Are Inclusive of All Students
This state discussion guide is designed to facilitate discussions within state education agencies about how to create and sustain a balanced assessment system that is inclusive of all students, …
Published: June 2024
FYI from the Institute on Community Integration: June 2024
The Institute's monthly staff newsletter features news of recent activities, accomplishments, and resources. This month's first feature story is about a powerful new video series, filmed by ICI …Published: June 2024
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The Power of Play
Published: June 2024
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Knowledge is Power: ICI, Partners Launch New Sexuality Series for OPWDD
Published: June 2024
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“Just The Beginning”: MNLEND Graduates Celebrate Success
Published: June 2024
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Hewitt, Staff Lead New IDD Issue
Published: June 2024
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Lakin Receives Outstanding Achievement Award
Published: June 2024
Special Education Teachers in Minnesota, 1840s to 2023: Roles, Qualifications, Training, Supply, and Continuous Shortages
This book documents special education teachers' role in Minnesota history from the 1840s until 2023. Few special education teachers were trained before a 1957 state law required services for all …
Published: 5/15/2024
Direct Support Professionals: Diversity, Disparities, and Deepening Crisis
In the United States, direct support professionals (DSPs) support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) so they can live in the community. Thirty years of deinstitutionaliza…
Published: 6/1/2024

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