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Project Type/Research Category: Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs).
Funding Priority: Participation and Community Living.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living (RRTC/MICL).
The University of Kansas.
Research and Training Center on Independent Living.
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Room 4089 Dole Center.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555.
E-mail: rtcil@ku.edu.
URL(s): http://www.rtcil.org/micl/.
Principal Investigator: Glen W. White, PhD.
PI Phone: 785/864-4095.
Public Contact: Pam Wilits.
Public Contact Phone: 785/864-4095 (V), 785/864-0706 (TTY).
Fax: 785/864-5063.
Project Number: H133B060018.
Start Date: October 1, 2006.
Length: 60 months.
NIDRR Officer: David W. Keer.
NIDRR Funding: FY 06 $649,839; FY 07 $649,908; FY 08 $649,686; FY 09 $649,909; FY 10 $649,636.
Abstract:
The goal of this project is to increase the independence and participation of people with disabilities in their communities through the development and implementation of scientifically sound, theoretically driven, and evidence-based interventions. Researchers accomplish this through six core projects. Two research projects, one on community participation and a second on economic utility, involve development of theory-driven measurement tools. The remaining four projects include the application of these measurement tools as part of their methods and procedures. Two of these projects are interventions and two develop model assessments. The first assessment project uses secondary analysis to develop and implement a model for assessing the economic utility and health-related outcomes of participants enrolled in Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) waivers. The second assessment project evaluates the effects of different independent living advocacy-service models to determine the comparative effectiveness of different models in increasing community participation. The first intervention project examines the effectiveness of personal assistance services and enhanced training to increase consumer participation in the community. The second intervention project is a multisite study that examines the effects of a consumer-led grassroots approach in identifying and removing barriers to increase community participation. Together, these projects represent a comprehensive, integrated, and robust set of activities that recognize that "disability" is an interaction between the characteristics of an individual and his or her environment.
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community participation, Community-based services, Independent living, Personal assistance services, Rehabilitation research.
Documents in REHABDATA:
Influence of a consumer-directed personal assistance services program on the lives of persons with mobility impairments.
Moving from independence to interdependence: A conceptual model for better understanding community participation of centers for independent living consumers.
The Oregon community engagement initiative: A multi-case study of a disability coalition development process.
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