Disability Research Resources

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• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
• CDC-Disability and Health Branch - Research projects aimed at improving national surveillance of people with disabilities.
• Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation - Research, training and service organization which works with people who have severe psychiatric disabilities.
• Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD) - Research center that focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living.
• Center on Disability Studies - The Center conducts projects on special health needs, transition/employment, mental health, inclusion, disability studies, and Pacific outreach, and publishes an online journal Disability Studies Quarterly.
• Center on Human Policy - Syracuse University based policy, research, and advocacy organization involved in the national movement to insure the rights of people with disabilities.
• Cerebral Palsy - Ask Doctor - Find out about cerebral palsy disease, types of cerebral palsy, and ask doctor if you are eligible for lifetime benefits. Free evaluation.
• GLADNET Association (Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network) - GLADNET brings together research centers, universities, enterprises, government departments, trade unions, & disability-related organizations with a common goal towards competitive employment and training opportunities for persons with disabilities.
• Institute for Health and Disability - Research, training and information dedicated to the study and promotion of the psychological and social well-being of children and youth with disabilities and their families.
• Mobility RERC - The goal of the Mobility RERC is to undertake a major shift in the way wheeled mobility is conceptualized and understood -- from the design of assistive devices that enable individuals to perform activities, to the design of a broad range of interventions that enable as many individuals as possible to actively engage and participate in the everyday community life.
• National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR) - Facilitates dissemination of NIDRR research projects' findings.
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) - NIDRR conducts comprehensive research and related activities to promote full inclusion of people with disabilities of all ages.
• National Organization on Disability - The National Organization on Disability promotes full and equal participation of America's 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects. Raises disability awareness through programs and information.
• National Rehabilitation Information Center - NARIC has collected and disseminated the results of federally funded research projects for 20 years. An average of 200 new documents are added each month.
• RERC on Communication Enhancement - Conducts a comprehensive program of research, development, training, and dissemination activities to assist people who rely on augmentative and alternative communication to achieve their goals by advancing and promoting AAC technologies and supporting the individuals who use, manufacture, and recommend them.
• RERC on Hearing Enhancement - This Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) develops and evaluates technology to accommodate the needs of people with hearing loss. Located at Gallaudet University and funded by NIDRR.
• RERC on Technologies for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities - NIDRR Rehab. Engineering Research Center (RERC) at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehab. Center that focuses on manipulation (through prosthetics), mobility (through prosthetics, functional electrical stimulation, or wheeled mobility), and play.
• RERC on Telecommunication Access - NIDRR Rehab. Engineering Research Center at Trace Center, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. The focus of this RERC is to identify telecommunication access barriers in current and future technologies, identify solutions, and assist industry in implementation.
• RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety - This NIDRR Rehab. Engineering Research Center (RERC) improves the safety of wheelchair users who remain seated in their wheelchair while using motor-vehicle transportation. At Univ. of Pittsburgh and Univ. of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
• RERC on Workplace Accommodations - Identifies, designs, and develops devices and systems to help people with disabilities be more productive in the workplace. A primary focus of the Center is the use of universal design concepts -- the design of products and environments to be usable by all workers, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
• Smith-Kettlewell RERC - This Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) conducts R&D for persons who are blind or have visual impairments. Located at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and funded by NIDRR.
• The Lewin Group - Strategic health and human services consulting firm - provides information on several health-related topics.
• VA Centers of Excellence - Each Center of Excellence (COE) develops its own research agenda, is affiliated with a VA Medical Center and collaborates with local schools of public health and universities to carry out its mission. The research at each COE serves to energize the facility and network with which they are affiliated, and provides a constant source of innovation, creativity and support.