RTC on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living
New Findings: Health Disparities for People with Disabilities
Amanda Reichard, Ph.D., is leading research about the economic usefulness and health outcomes of the Kansas Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver. These new fact sheets summarize the findings to date:
- Diabetes Rates Among Adults with Cognitive Limitations
- Preventive Screening Disparities for People with Disabilities
NARRTC Recognizes David Gray
Dr. David Gray (left) is congratulated by Dr. Glen White for receiving the Distinguished Service Award from NARRTC in May 2010.
The award recognizes his outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of disability through research, teaching and advocacy on behalf of persons with disabilities.
Click here to read White's introduction in presenting the award. (NARRTC's former name was the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers.)
News - Updates from the MICL Team
Our quarterly Updates include news about grants, publications, presentations and more from the MICL team.
- Tom Seekins and Craig Ravesloot are coauthors on “Building the case for delivering health promotion services within the vocational rehabilitation system,” published in the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, January 2010. Lead author is Catherine Ipsen.
- Glen White is lead author of an article in the March 2010 issue of Journal of Disability Policy Studies. Craig Ravesoot, Chiaki Gonda, Jamie Simpson, our partner at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and Zach Coble, MICL Fellowship alumnus, are coauthors of “Moving from independence to interdependence: A conceptual model for better understanding community participation of centers for independent living consumers,” (20(4), 223-240).
- Charles Drum, Glen White, Willi Horner-Johnson and Genia Taitano published "The Oregon Death with Dignity Act: Results of a literature review and naturalistic inquiry" in Disability and Health Journal (Jan. 2010, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 3-15).
- Amanda Reichard has had a paper accepted for presentation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Diabetes Translation Conference in April. Her subject is “Diabetes among Adults with Cognitive Limitations Compared to Individuals with No Disabilities in the U.S.”
- Charles Drum received the National Distinguished Disability Research Award from the Southwest Conference on Disability, where he was also the keynote speaker. This award recognizes an individual from the United States who has compiled a distinguished record of disability-related research in the social or physical sciences that has contributed to and advanced our overall knowledge of disability.
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An article by Glen White appears in the November issue of New Mobility magazine. The article 's about his trip to Peru in January ’09 with an American IL Dream Team is titled “Independent Living: From Kansas to Peru.”
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MICL partners at the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities at the University of Montana Rural Institute have produced these new fact sheets, with assistance from Advisory Panel members:
Here are a few highlights from recent issues:
News - Press Releases
Press Room - articles about RTC/MICL
(May 2007). NCIL seeks input from CIL staff on best practices for community participation. Published on National Council on Independent Living website.
(Nov. 2, 2006). National research institute awards $3.25 million to KU disability researchers
(November 20, 2006). White nets $3.25 million to help disabled take part in community. Oread.
Also published at (2006, Summer/fall). Assessing community participation goal of $3.2 million grant to RTCIL.
National Rehabilitation Information Center. (2006, November).Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living RRTC/MICL. Washington, DC.
Project Press Releases
Participation Measurement Systems Development and Training
State Medicaid Waiver Program Measurement Program Funded
Community Participation Materials Funding for Washington University Researchers
Community Participation Practices of Centers for Independent Living Identification Study Funded by Federal Government
Grant Funding for OHSU-Researcher in Disability Measurement Consortium
Disability Researcher Shares Consortium Grant to Study Disability Participation Literature
