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Research Projects

  • A Predictive Mobility Limitation Algorithm

    Advance research on mobility limited populations

  • Access to Fly

    Developing user-based recommendations to support air travel for people with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

    Man in a wheelchair holding a present
  • Accessible Cities Project

    Mixed Methods Evaluation of ADA Transition Plans and Best Practices

    Three photos - a bus stop on a grassy hill, a badly broken sidewalk, and corner with no curb cut
  • Adaptive Leisure Going Virtual

    Health benefits of adaptive online leisure-time physical activity for people with disabilities in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Bridging Aging and Disabilities Networks for Future Planning

    We seek to strengthen the collaboration between aging and disability networks to better support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families in future planning.

  • Disability and Healthy Communities

    Evaluation of a community inclusion implementation model

  • Disability Inclusion and Employment - Making Flexible Work

    The "Making Flexibility Work" project investigates evolving workplace policies, processes, and practices aimed at fostering disability inclusion in the workplace.

  • Entrepreneurship for Youth with Disabilities

    The EYD curriculum is a customizable, in person or online-ready course for youth and young adults with and without disabilities.

  • Everybody Moves! Supporting access to Leisure-Time Physical Activity for Individuals with Disability from Ethnic and Racial and Minority Backgrounds

    The overall goal of Everybody Moves! is to better understand needs and factors that impact participation to Leisure-Time Physical Activity participation experienced by people with disabilities Latinos and Black/African American backgrounds and to identify gaps in services and resources for meeting these needs.

  • Florida Strive to Thrive

    The Strive to Thrive project in Florida is a pilot study that uses a mixed-methods approach—including an environmental scan, focus groups, and a statewide survey—to understand and address the unique needs of aging family caregivers supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, serving as the foundation for a newly expanded national study.

  • Future Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Aging Families

    This research project focuses on enhancing future planning for families of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through a virtually delivered evidence-based intervention “Virtual Future Is Now” (V-FIN).

  • Illinois Training Initiative to Support People with Dual-Diagnosis

    This project works to identify state priorities in services for people with dual diagnosis of mental health and developmental disabilities (DD), develop sustainable training to promote ongoing collaboration between the DD and mental health, and consider any needed changes in policies and practices to promote access to services.

  • Improve Health Care access through Integrated Care Practices

    Improve health care access through integrated care practices with three goals.

  • Longitudinal health and intellectual and developmental disabilities

    The study examined the impact of health behaviors on the onset and development of certain secondary health conditions as well as functional limitations within the cohort.

  • MindWalk: A Mindful Walking Intervention for Older South Asian Family Caregivers of People with Cognitive Disabilities with Perceived Psychological Stress

    MindWalk is a 12-week pilot randomized control trial (RCT) study exploring the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a mindful walking intervention that combines physical activity and cognitive training to reduce psychological stress, enhance cognitive function, and increase self-efficacy among older South Asian family caregivers of individuals with cognitive disabilities.

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  • Patient Instructor Training Program for BIPOC Adults with IDD

    Pre-service training for healthcare professionals to understand rights and interaction with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Shimizu Foundation Project

    Shimizu Foundation workshop on developmental disabilities services in Illinois

  • Sidewalk Accessibility Tools

    Crowd+AI tools to map, analyze, and visualize sidewalk accessibility for inclusive cities

    Sidewalk Accessibility Crowd+AI Tool
  • Special Olympics Research and Evaluation Translation and Dissemination

    Support the implementation of a co-research training curriculum with three Special Olympics Programs

  • Strive to Thrive: Supporting Families across the Aging and Disability Networks

    Strive to Thrive aims to identify factors enabling individuals with disabilities and their aging family caregivers to thrive.

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