Research and Training Center on Independent Living
Click here for fact sheets about our major research project on community participation by people with disabilities.
This project addresses a range of topics that relate to accessibility, participation and community receptivity, such as:
- The most effective services that CILs provide
- Healthcare use by people on HCBS waivers
- A grassroots advocacy approach to improving healthcare access.
Removing Environmental Barriers: Independent Living for People With Psychiatric Disabilities
In this webcast, researchers discuss their project focused on helping people
learn about grocery store use and providing them with adaptations. Presenters:
Full Participation in Independent Living: Are We Making Progress?
An overview of the NIDRR-funded Research
and Training Center on Full Participation in Independent Living (RTCFPIL)
at the University of Kansas is discussed in this webcast in addition to
preliminary data from its first three research projects. Presenters: G.
White and D. Nary
Advocacy and Research for the 21st Century: Interviews with Key Disability Rights Informants
Through
30-minute telephone interviews, key informants with 16 disability advocacy
and research organizations — half were visible leaders in
shaping national disability policy during and after passage of the ADA,
half were state and local leaders who represented constituencies who had
not had a visible presence at the national level — discussed
their top five research and advocacy priorities for the next ten years in
this report and how they thought research could advance the disability advocacy
agenda. Authors: B. O’Day
and M. Goldstein. View at http://www.rtcfpil.org/training/RTCtraining3.shtml
One-Stop Center Training Series
Divided into sections, this manual includes
One-Stop information for centers for independent living, outreach to
underserved groups, staff development for One-Stops, using mystery customers
to assess One-Stop services, and newsletter articles for use. View at http://www.rtcfpil.org/training/RTCtraining4_5.shtml
Tribal Disability Concerns Report Method: Respecting Sovereignty and Building
Describing a process to identify and involve American Indians in research
and to address their tribe’s issues, this report presents and overview
of the process, examples, and additional resources. Author: H. Scalpcane
Training Consumers with Acquired Brain Injuries to Serve on ILC Committees
and Boards
This manual explains how a meeting is run and the various tasks
that go into making a meeting productive. Authors: K. Froehlich, G. White,
and R. Gutierrez
