Disability Policy Research - News Alert

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January 13, 2023

 

Center for Studying Disability Policy

 

Upcoming Event

Pursuing a Secure Economic Future for Youth with Disabilities—Lessons from PROMISE

Join Mathematica on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET for a webinar to learn about the five-year impacts of the Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE) demonstration. PROMISE is one of the federal government’s most substantial efforts to improve the economic well-being of youth with disabilities as they transition into adulthood.

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Funding Opportunity

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is accepting applications for two funding opportunities to advance research on disability and retirement policy. Made possible by funding from the U.S. Social Security Administration, these opportunities are the Dissertation Fellowship Program for doctoral candidates and the Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for junior or non-tenured scholars. The application deadline for both programs is January 31, 2023.

In the News*

 

Alexiou, Gus. “How Employers Can Tackle Uncertainties Around Long Covid in the Workplace.” Forbes.

 

Alfonseca, Kiara, and Mary Kekatos. “At Least 7 Million People Have Long COVID. Here’s How to Support Them.” ABC News.

 

del Mar Crespí Ferriol, Maria. “Get Well or Get Back to Work? Why Some European Countries Want Sick Staff to Return While Others Leave Them to Recover.” Yahoo News.

 

Lee, Don. “Surge in Remote Working Due to COVID Fuels Record Employment for People with Disabilities.” Los Angeles Times.

 

Moreno, Edward J. “Federal Web Accessibility Focus Has Private Sector on Notice (1).” Bloomberg Law, December 2022.

 

Nedvin, Jacqlyn. “How HR Leaders Can Reduce Barriers to Employment for Autistic Adults.” Forbes.

 

Rein, Lisa. “Social Security Uses Obsolete Job Titles to Deny Benefits to Disabled Applicants.” The Washington Post.

Recent Articles

 

Barnard‐Brak, Lucy, David M. Richman, Kagendo Mutua, and Amy Williamson. “Predictors of Employment for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Participating in a Postsecondary Transition Program in the United States.” Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, vol. 36, no. 1, 2023, pp. 116–121.

 

Cureton, Jenny L., Mykal Leslie, Brian McMahon, Hannah E. Lowe, Bridget Tovey, and Phillip D. Rumrill. “Anxiety and Employment Discrimination: Implications for Counseling and Return to Work Practice.” WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, vol. 73, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1091–1102.

 

de Wind, Astrid, Birgit Donker-Cools, Lyanne Jansen, Clare H. Luymes, van der Burg-Vermeulen, Sylvia J., Shirley Oomens, Johannes R. Anema, and Frederieke G. Schaafsma. “Development of the Core of an ICF-Based Instrument for the Assessment of Work Capacity and Guidance in Return to Work of Employees on Sick Leave: A Multidisciplinary Modified Delphi Study.” BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1–10.

 

Friedman, Carli. “Housing Insecurity of Medicaid Beneficiaries with Cognitive Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Disability and Health Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023.

 

Goldman, Howard H., Julia Porcino, Guy Divita, Ayah Zirikly, Bart Desmet, Maryanne Sacco, Elizabeth Marfeo, et al. “Informatics Research on Mental Health Functioning: Decision Support for the Social Security Administration Disability Program.” Psychiatric Services, vol. 74, no. 1, 2023, pp. 56–62.

 

Inanc, Hande, and David R. Mann. “United Kingdom’s Income Support Program for People with Disabilities: Redesign, Reform, and Policy Lessons for the United States.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies, vol. 33, no. 3, 2022, pp. 188–198.

 

Lindsay, Sally, Azar Varahra, Hiba Ahmed, Sara Abrahamson, Sierra Pulver, Mara Primucci, and Karen Wong. “Exploring the Relationships Between Race, Ethnicity, and School and Work Outcomes Among Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities: A Scoping Review.” Disability and Rehabilitation, vol. 44, no. 25, 2022, pp. 8110–8129.

 

Oancea, Corina, Rodica S. Capraru, Ana M.A. Stanescu, and Despina M. Gherman. “Sociodemographic and Morbidity Characteristics of People on Long-Term Sick Leave.” BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1–9.

 

Rosburg, Timm, Gunnar Deuring, Gerhard Ebner, Valerie Hauch, Marlon O. Pflueger, Rolf-Dieter Stieglitz, Pasquale Calabrese, et al. “Digitally Assisted Standard Diagnostics in Insurance Medicine (DASDIM): Psychometric Data in Psychiatric Work Disability Evaluations.” Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022, pp. 1–14.

 

Svanholm, Frida, Gunilla M. Liedberg, Monika Löfgren, and Mathilda Björk. “Stakeholders’ Experience of Collaboration in the Context of Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Pain Aiming at Return to Work.” Disability and Rehabilitation, vol. 44, no. 26, 2022, pp. 8388–8399.

About the Center for Studying Disability Policy (CSDP)

Mathematica’s CSDP was established in 2007 to advance disability policy research, data collection, and program support. Our large, multidisciplinary team works closely with our partners to design policy solutions intended to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

 

*Note: Articles are selected from the previous two weeks’ news and journal publications based on the Center for Studying Disability Policy's focus on the topics of work disability, return to employment, youth with disabilities in transition, disability insurance, and disability policy at the state, federal, and international levels. Sources monitored include EBSCOhost, Google News, and federal publications. Content featured in the biweekly Disability Policy Research News Alerts reflects coverage of disability policy issues from a set of key news media and journal publications. The information, analyses, views, and opinions expressed in the articles, publications, or comments contained therein are those of the authors or speakers, and their appearance here should not be construed as verification or endorsement by Mathematica or any of its clients.

 
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