So glad to share that we’ve published our research agenda! #Disability #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityHealth
'Multimethod research on precarious work under disabling capitalism: Methodological reflections' - Bulletin of Sociological Methodology
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'Multimethod research on precarious work under disabling capitalism: Methodological reflections' - Bulletin of Sociological Methodology
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Disability and Health Journal. The official journal of the American Association on Health and Disability. AAHD membership: access timely research, policy updates, and information essential to the disability community.
Start your AAHD membership now and receive the next issue of the Disability and Health Journal coming out April 2026! Explore all of our membership benefits at: aahd.us/2026/02/memb... #DisabilityAdvocates #DisabilityResearch #DisabilitySky
PhD candidate Christopher Worth from University of Missouri–St. Louis received the 2026 Student Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. https://ow.ly/8MJo50YqaOy #DisabilityResearch #IDD #HigherEducation #Inclusion
What is CIFASD? It stands for the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
CIFASD brings together researchers from around the world to advance knowledge of FASD.
Learn more:
🌐 cifasd.org/about/
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Casi 1 de cada 4 padres y madres en Estados Unidos que viven con sus hijos menores de 18 años tuvo una enfermedad mental durante el último año. Incluye imágenes de cuatro figuras de distintos géneros y discapacidades, con una de ellas resaltada para representar el 1 de cada 4.
El Enfoque de Práctica ParentingWell apoya a profesionales de la salud conductual en la integración de conversaciones sobre la crianza y las experiencias familiares en su trabajo con personas adultas con enfermedad mental. Cada punto está acompañado por una ilustración de un grupo de investigadores analizando y discutiendo datos.
Personas revisoras de la comunidad identificaron beneficios de ParentingWell para la comunidad de Filadelfia:“Los materiales ofrecen una guía para que los profesionales clínicos puedan involucrarse y hacer preguntas sobre la crianza, y no resultan demasiado clínicos.” “Como madre o padre que vive con una enfermedad mental, creo que si este programa hubiera estado disponible antes, habría encontrado estabilidad y éxito en mis prácticas de crianza, en mi vida diaria, en mi carrera, etc., mucho antes.” Las preguntas y actividades se consideraron estimulantes y reflexivas.
Nuevo informe de investigación 📑 La implementación del enfoque de ParentingWell en Filadelfia
Leer más: heller.brandeis.edu/spanish/pare...
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Nearly 1 out of 4 of American parents who live with their children under the age of 18 had a mental illness within the past year. Includes images of four figures of different genders and disabilities, with one of them highlighted to signify 1 out of 4.
The ParentingWell Practice Approach supports behavioral-health practitioners in integrating conversations about parenting and family experiences into their work with adults with mental illness. The adaptation process in Philadelphia included the following overlapping steps: 1 The establishment of an Adaptation Team. 2 Community review of existing ParentingWell content. 3. The ParentingWell Learning Collaborative, an online training program for providers in Philadelphia. Each point is accompanied with an illustration of a group of researchers discussing data.
Community reviewers identified benefits of ParentingWell for the Philadelphia community: The materials provide a blueprint for clinicians to engage and ask questions about parenting and wasn’t too clinical.” “As a parent who is coping with mental illness, I think that if this program had been available sooner, I would have found stability and success in my parenting, daily life, career, etc., a long time ago.” The questions and activities were thought provoking.
New Research Brief 📑 Implementing the ParentingWell Approach in Philadelphia
Learn more: heller.brandeis.edu/parents-with...
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A new publication by Ansha Nega Ahmed in Disability and Rehabilitation shows how spiritual, social, and self connection support resilience and return to work after injury in Ethiopia. Recovery is more than physical.
Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#IDEA #DisabilityResearch
Quote from Joanne Nicholson says that whether you identify as a person with a disability or others think of you as a person with a disability, to be able to speak your mind and feel that you’re being heard and that you are at the table having a two-way conversation. I think that’s about respect. That’s helping to build trust with your provider or your teacher or whomever you’re with or your family member.
In this podcast episode, Dr. Joanne Nicholson sits down with Tamara Huntley and Helen Osborne to discuss communication challenges faced by people with disabilities.
Listen to this episode of Health Literacy Out Loud: zurl.co/sdpOS
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Nominations are now open and may be submitted via the SDS Nominations and Awards Form, available at bit.ly/2026SDSAwards.
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The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) invites nominations for the 2026 SDS Awards, which recognise outstanding contributions to Disability Studies across scholarship, activism, mentorship, and creative practice.
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Research Presentation Spotlight. Designing Learning Spaces for Neurodiversity and Disability. Dr Nicole Merrick.
Young people with disability can face barriers in taking part fully in learning and school life. This project aims to understand how the spaces at school can influence student participation.
Making school buildings more accessible can help all students participate and enjoy school to the fullest.
This study allowed students with disability put forward their thoughts about learning spaces in photo form, and told us how school design impacted their life at school.
This week, we'd like to draw attention to a presentation given by Nicole and Christine in November at the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning's 2025 Symposium.
#ARClinkage #disabilityresearch #disabilitysupport #accessiblespaces #designaccessibility
While other families talk about sports schedules and weekend plans, many disabled parents are quietly managing crises created by the very systems meant to help them. You’re filling out forms, gathering records, fighting decisions that shouldn’t have happened, and explaining, over and over, that your disability doesn’t make you less of a parent, but it does mean the world isn’t designed for how your brain and body work.
In a recent blog post, Michelle Castille shares her experiences as a disabled parent, likening them to the everyday complexities of doing laundry. Read here: zurl.co/LNw2D
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📢 Now Launched: Diverse Disability Identities: Gender and Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Indigeneity – A Summary of Key Findings
Read the full report here: buff.ly/CT1CGoU
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Disability and health researchers can share study opportunities to be considered for dissemination to our Director of Communications at msayles@aahd.us. #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityResearcher #HealthResearch
A mom using a wheelchair sits at a table with her young child typing on a computer. Text reads Are you a disabled parent, or a professional that serves disabled parents? The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities wants to hear from YOU! We are doing a survey to learn about the needs of disabled parents. Please answer a few questions about how we can best support disabled parents and professionals who serve them. Take survey: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-survey. A scannable QR code to the English survey is visible.
n padre latino con una diferencia en las extremidades sonríe a su hija, quien sostiene un teléfono inteligente para que ambos lo miren. El texto: ¿Eres una madre o un padre con discapacidad, o un profesional que trabaja con madres o padres con discapacidad? ¡El Centro Nacional de Investigación para Padres con Discapacidades quiere escuchar TU opinión! Estamos realizando una encuesta para conocer mejor las necesidades de las madres y los padres con discapacidad. Por favor, responde unas breves preguntas sobre cómo podemos apoyar de la mejor manera a las madres y los padres con discapacidad y a los profesionales que los atienden. Participa en la encuesta: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-encuesta. Se muestra un código QR escaneable que dirige a la encuesta en español.
Help the National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities identify important topics for the community!
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Español: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-encuesta
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Text: Does who responds matter?: exploring potential proxy response bias in the Washington Group Short Set disability estimates Aaron Beuoy & Kelsey Goddard Published in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics DOI: 10.3389/frma.2025.1654769 Images: A black man using a wheelchair talks to a woman in a suit who holds a clipboard with information between them, KU The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies logo
New journal article from IHDPS explores whether having a proxy leads to people with disabilities being incorrectly represented in survey data.
Read the full article at: www.frontiersin.org/journals/res...
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Ingrid Sutherland is recruiting support or healthcare workers to participate in a study of in-home support or respite care for children with a physical and intellectual disability and medically complex care needs.
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Shared decision-making, competitive compensation, and meaningful mentorship are key elements of our peer research training model.
Learn more about our article article: zurl.co/ZawMd
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Image description: A green text bubble reads: NDEAM 2025. Research about disability must include disabled people. Their lived expertise ensures studies center the needs of disabled people, challenge ableist assumptions, and advance justice rather than perpetuate harm. Representation in the field is essential for shaping policies, practices, and knowledge that truly reflect and serve disabled communities. The quote is attributed to Laurin Bixby, who is seen smiling, framed by a blue shadow.
"Employing disabled people in the research field can prevent harm and ensure that research is responsive to the needs of the communities most impacted by the research.” - Laurin Bixby, Research Scientist
#NDEAM #NDEAM2025 #DisabilityResearch
The moderating effects of perceived transportation access on health and social connectedness for people with disabilities Published in Journals of Transport & Health DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102165 Man using a wheelchair uses a lift to enter a van with assistance from another man KU The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies logo
The new journal article from IHDPS shows a link between transportation access and better social connectivity and health for people with disabilities.
Read more in the Journals of Transport and Health:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2025.102165
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The study “Pregnancy Experiences of Deaf People” discusses the difficulties Deaf patients face in getting good healthcare, especially because of their need for different ways to communicate with doctors.
Learn more: zurl.co/luKRb
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In part 1 of the 2-Part Series on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Mothers, researchers at the Lurie Institute shed light on pregnancy outcomes and the disparities experienced by deaf and hard-of-hearing mothers.
Read here: zurl.co/SF2BQ
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Disability Research funded by NIDILRR improves community living and participation, health and function, and employment for people with disabilities. Full funding for NIDILRR is needed to improve health for all: aahd.us/2025/09/disa... #DisabilitySky #Disability #NIDILRR #ACL #DisabilityResearch
To develop the next generation of disability-policy scholars, the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy established the Student Fellowship in Disability Policy.
Meet our 2025/26 fellows: zurl.co/yMnm9
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Join us in welcoming Carolyn Faith Hoffman as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy!
Learn more about Carolyn on our website: zurl.co/A4237
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Our new Resources & Publications page on the website helps parents, researchers, and others easily find the information they're looking for: zurl.co/mNVuV
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This week we would like to highlight an article exploring the aspects of an online platform where families and health professionals could share their health goals for a child with disability.
You can read the article online for free if you're interested!
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Save the Date - September 26. Disability Squeeze Symposium.
Join the Disability Squeeze Symposium (NYC + Zoom) on September 26th (11 AM – 3 PM ET)! Learn about the extra costs of disability and hear from leading advocates and policymakers. Register: DisabilitySqueeze.org #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityHealth #Disability