Center for Studying Disability Policy

Upcoming Event

Retirement and Disability Research Consortium

August 5 and 6, 2021, the Social Security Administration will hold its annual meeting of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. This year’s meeting will be held virtually. The agenda features a lineup of disability policy researchers, including Mathematica’s Michael Anderson and Michael Levere. More information about the agenda and registration is available here.

In the News This Week*

Egan, Lauren. “Biden Says ‘Long COVID’ Could Qualify as a Disability Under Federal Law." NBC News.

 

Demony, Catarina. “Disabled Workers Fear COVID-19 Silver Lining to Fade as ‘Old Normal’ Returns.” Reuters.

 

Abrams, Abigail. “Democrats Want to Reform This Program That Helps Poor Elderly and Disabled Americans.” TIME.

 

Rawlinson, Kevin. “Government Disability Strategy Risks Becoming a ‘Car Crash’, Says Tory Peer.” The Guardian.

 

Inman, Michael. “Disability Advocates Call on Federal Government to Increase Income Support as COVID-19 Pandemic Lingers.” ABC News.

Recent Articles

Carlson, Sarah R. “Pre-Employment Transition Services: What Secondary Special Education Teachers Need to Know.” Intervention in School and Clinic, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

Friedman, Carli, and Mary C. Rizzolo. “Value-Based Payments: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Quality Indicators Associated with Billing Expenditures.” Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, vol. 59, no. 4, 2021, pp. 295–314.

 

Greco, Chelsea E., David R. Strauser, Sa Shen, John F. Kosciulek, D.G. Strauser, and Brian Phillips. “Understanding the Impact of Functioning on Career Factors for Individuals with Disabilities and Criminal Backgrounds.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, vol. 60, no. 6, 2021, pp. 359–374.

 

Harris, Jason. “How I Use SDM in My Own Life: SDM and Me.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

McGinley, Jacqueline, Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Heather L. Church, and Victoria Knoke. “Advance Care Planning for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A State-by-State Content Analysis of Person-Centered Service Plans.” Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, vol. 59, no. 4, 2021, pp. 352–364.

 

Nowrouzi-Kia, Behdin, Nirusa Nadesar, Yingji Sun, Markus Ott, Gobika Sithamparanathan, and Priya Thakkar. “Prevalence and Predictors of Return to Work Following a Spinal Cord Injury Using a Work Disability Prevention Approach: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Trauma, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

O’Hara, Nathan N., Dionne S. Kringos, Gerard P. Slobogean, Yasmin Degani, and Niek S. Klazinga. “Patients Place More of an Emphasis on Physical Recovery Than Return to Work or Financial Recovery.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 479, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1333–1343.

 

Orbai, A.M., S.M. Reddy, N. Dennis, R. Villacorta, S. Peterson, L. Mesana, S.D. Chakravarty, et al. “Work Absenteeism and Disability Associated with Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis in the USA—A Retrospective Study of Claims Data from 2009 to 2020.” Clinical Rheumatology, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

Rosenstein, Emilie. “Activation, Non-Take-Up, and the Sense of Entitlement: A Swiss Case Study of Disability Policy Reforms.” Swiss Journal of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 2, 2021, pp. 241–260.

 

Scheef, Andrew R., and Michelle McKnight-Lizotte. “Utilizing Vocational Rehabilitation to Support Post-School Transition for Students with Learning Disabilities.” Intervention in School and Clinic, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

Schillaci, Rebecca S., Caroline E. Parker, Meg Grigal, and Maria Paiewonsky. “College-Based Transition Services’ Impact on Self-Determination for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.” Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, vol. 59, no. 4, 2021, pp. 269–282.

 

Schwartz, Ilene S., and Elizabeth M. Kelly. “Quality of Life for People with Disabilities: Why Applied Behavior Analysts Should Consider This a Primary Dependent Variable.” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021, online ahead of print.

 

Schwartz, Naomi, Ron Buliung, and Kathi Wilson. “Experiences of Food Access Among Disabled Adults in Toronto, Canada.” Disability & Society, 2021, online ahead of print.

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 week's 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 Nexis, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Ovid, PubMed, SAGE, and Scopus. Content featured in the weekly Disability Policy Research News Alerts reflects coverage of disability policy issues in the 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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