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Introduction to the NIDRR Program Directory.

1. Employment Outcomes.

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NIDRR seeks to improve employment outcomes for people with disabilities by funding research into the wide spectrum of employment and disability issues, including economics; Federal, State, and community employment programs; accommodation; technology; education; and ergonomics and the work environment.
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2. Health and Function.

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NIDRR's research focus for health and function addresses challenges to individual care, services, and supports for people with disabilities. Research topics include: medical rehabilitation; health and wellness programs; service delivery; short- and long-term interventions; systems research; and new and emerging disabilities.

Model Burn Injury projects: Browse by project title.
Model Burn Injury projects: All of section in one file.

Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems projects: Browse by project title.
Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems projects: All of section in one file.

Model Traumatic Brain Injury projects: Browse by project title.
Model Traumatic Brain Injury projects: All of section in one file.

3. Technology for Access and Function.

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Historically and currently, research investigating rehabilitation and biomedical engineering and assistive technology has produced results which have helped people with disabilities to achieve and maintain maximum physical function, live in their own homes, attain gainful employment, and participate in and contribute to society. NIDRR's research addresses a broad range of technology, including systems of public technology, such as telecommunications and the built environment, and orphan technology for individuals. The research program also ecourages universal design practices.
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4. Participation and Community Living.

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Independent living recognizes that each person has the right to independence through maximum control over his or her life, based on an ability and opportunity to make choices in performing everyday activities. These activities include: managing one's personal life; participating in community life; fulfulling social roles, such as marriage, parenthood, employment, and citizenship; sustaining self-determination; and minimizing physical or psychological dependence on others. Community integration incorporates ideas of both place and participation, so that a person is physically located in a community setting, and participates in community activities. Issues of consumer direction and control also are integral to concepts of community integration. The goals of NIDRR's research program are to encourage independent living and community integration, to achieve more successful outcomes for people with disabilities, and to foster the development of innovative methods to achieve these outcomes and to measure achievement.

5. Disability Demographics.

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Related disability research emphasizes knowledge areas that are cross-cutting and essential to the support and refinement of disability research generally. The common theme linking disability statistics, outcome measures, Disability Studies, rehabilitation science, and international activities, is that they all provide essential frameworks and building blocks that enable the disability research enterprise to thrive and to address important issues in meaningful ways.

6. Knowledge Translation.

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Knowledge translation provides the tools though which to ensure that people with disabilities become fully integrated and participating members of society. NIDRR's Knowledge Translation efforts ensure the widespread distribution, in usable formats, of practical scientific and technological information generated by research, demonstration, and related activities. NIDRR's challenge is to reach diverse and changing populations; to present research results in many different and accessible formats; and to use technology appropriately.

7. ADA Technical Assistance Programs.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opens more opportunities for persons with disabilities. It also places certain responsibilities on employers, transit and communication systems, state and local governments, and public accommodations. To assist covered parties to understand and comply with the ADA, NIDRR has funded a network of grantees to provide information, training, and technical assistance to businesses and agencies with duties and responsibilities under the ADA.

8. Capacity Building for Rehabilitation Research and Training.

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NIDRR funding for capacity building supports advanced instruction for researchers and service providers, and training for consumers in applications of new research and technology. This involves training researchers across disciplines, training rehabilitation practitioners and service providers to use research-generated knowledge and new techniques; and training consumers to participate in research efforts.

9. State Technology Assistance Projects.

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This program, funded under The Assistive Technology Act of 1998, supports consumer-driven, statewide, technology-related assistance for individuals of all ages and disabilities. The purpose of these grants is to establish a program of statewide, comprehensive, technology-related assistance for individuals with disabilities of all ages.

Please note: The State Technology Assistance and Alternative Financing Projects are now administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The information contained in this database is current as of January 31, 2005, but will not longer be updated by NARIC. We will continue to list these projects as a courtesy to our visitors. For more information on these programs as administered by RSA visit www.ed.gov/programs/atsg/index.html.