The NIDILRR Tools Collection

Welcome to the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Tools Collection, a web site that supports NIDILRR's commitment to the widespread dissemination of the scientific and technological information generated by grantees' research, demonstration projects, and training related activities. More than 40 surveys, checklists, needs assessments, measurement devices etc., are gathered here and made available through an easy-to-use interface.

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About the Tools Collection.

The Tools Collection forms part of NIDILRR's Knowledge Translation (KT) initiative. KT applies the processes of identifying, evaluating, capturing, enhancing, and sharing NIDILRR's applied research information on disability and rehabilitation research.

Based on the FY 2002 and 2003 Performance Reports, 71 projects reported having created and/or utilized tools. A tool is defined here as "an instrument or process created, in whole or part using NIDILRR funding, to acquire quantitative or qualitative information, knowledge, or data on a specific disability or rehabilitation issue." This includes checklists, survey instruments, assessment scales, questionnaires, evaluative software, and interview schedules designed for specific disabilities.

More information about the Tools Collection.

Learn how to add your tool to the collection.

More information on NIDILRR's projects is available through the NIDILRR Program Database.