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A series of briefs summarizing recent research on a range of policy issues affecting persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These briefs form the basis of a series of ICI webinar discussions known as Policy Forum.

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Date

June 2025
In publication since 6/23/2026

Type

Brief 

Frequency

Several times yearly

Publisher

Research and Training Center on Community Living (RTC-CL)

Products

• Policy Research Brief: Housing Options for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: Hearing Aids are Disproportionately Inaccessible for Individuals with Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: Declining Use of Residential Settings of Seven or More People with IDD
• Policy Research Brief: Access and Unmet Needs for Technology for People with IDD: Results from FINDS Survey
• Policy Research Brief: The Unrestrained Use of Physical Restraints in Schools
• Policy Research Brief: State IDD Agencies’ Views on Self-Directed Services
• Policy Research Brief: Representation of Direct Support Workers in Popular Media
• Policy Research Brief: Adults with IDD are Given More Medications than the Rest of the Population
• Policy Research Brief: The Employment Impacts of Being a Family Caregiver
• Policy Research Brief: Institutionalization Bias in Long-Term Services and Supports for People with IDD
• Policy Research Brief: Overrepresentation of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Moving Between Large State-run Institutions and the Criminal Legal System
• Policy Research Brief: Most People with IDD Getting Long-term Supports Live with a Family Member
• Policy Research Brief: Are Large Institutions for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities a Thing of the Past?
• Policy Research Brief: How Much Do Direct Support Professionals Make? Putting Wages In Context
• Policy Research Brief: Wage Compression Among Direct Support Professionals
• Policy Research Brief: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Vaccinations
• Policy Research Brief: Predictors of Annual Turnover Among Direct Support Professionals
• Policy Research Brief: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Work Life and Wage Augmentation
• Policy Research Brief: The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: Low Wages and Racial Disparities
• Policy Research Brief: Developments in Living Arrangements and Choice for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: A Taxonomy for Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: A Review of Commonly-Used State Employment Measures in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services
• Policy Research Brief: A National Review of Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Policy Research Brief: Behavioral Outcomes of Deinstitutionalization for People with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities - Third Decennial Review of U.S. Studies, 1977-2010
• Policy Research Brief: Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - A Critical Review of the State of Knowledge and a Taxonomy to Guide Future Research
• Policy Research Brief: Family Support Services in the United States: 2008
• Policy Research Brief: Implementation of Consumer-Directed Services for Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities - A National Study
• Policy Research Brief: Innovative Models and Best Practices in Case Management and Support Coordination
• Policy Research Brief: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities in Relation to SSI Redetermination
• Policy Research Brief: The Inclusion of Disability as Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in State Codes
• Policy Research Brief: Family Support Service in the United States
• Policy Research Brief: Status of Institutional Closure Efforts in 2005
• Policy Research Brief: Costs and Outcomes of Community Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services - The First 20 Years
• Policy Research Brief: Wages of Direct Support Professionals Serving Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - A Survey of State Agencies and Private Residential Provider Trade Associations
• Policy Research Brief: Alternative Schools and the Students They Serve - Perceptions of State Directors of Special Education
• Policy Research Brief: Health Status, Health Care Utilization Patterns, and Health Care Outcomes of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - A Review of the Literature
• Policy Research Brief: Family Support for Families of Persons with Developmental Disabilities in the U.S.: Status and Trends
• Policy Research Brief: "No Right is More Precious" - Voting Rights and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Policy Research Brief: Behavioral Outcomes of Deinstitutionalization for People with Intellectual Disabilities - A Review of Studies Conducted Between 1980 and 1999
• Policy Research Brief: Policy Research Brief: Comparing Mortality Rates for the General Population, Adults with IDD and People with IDD in State-Run IDD Institutions Before, During and After the COVID Pandemic in the United States