Research

The Center for Research on Disability studies the real-world issues that shapes lives and communities. We provide expert analysis on disability-related topics like employment, education, healthcare, transportation, food security, Social Security, earnings, and more—offering insight that informs policy, improves programs, and drives change.

Resource Year Topic
Sundar, V., O’Neil, J., Houtenville, A., Phillips, K., Keirns, T., Smith, A., & Katz, E., (2018). Striving to work and overcoming barriers: Employment strategies and successes of people with disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 48(1), 93-10
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-170918
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2018 Employment
Mann, D., & Croake, S., (2018). Learning from State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency variation on the eve of WIOA: State differences in service receipt and employment outcomes by employment status at application. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 48(3
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-180945
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2018 Employment
Brucker, D.L., Rollins, N., & Houtenville, A.J., (2017). Striving to work. Social Indicators Research, 139, 541-558.
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1730-1
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2017 Employment
Brucker, D.L. & Henly, M., (2019). Job quality for Americans with disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 50, 121-130.
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-180994
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2019 Employment
Brucker. D.L., (2019) Variations in poverty by family characteristics for working-age adults in the United States. Family Relations.
DOI:10.1111/fare.12395
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2019 Demographics
Hill, A. & Mann, D. (2019) Do short-term changes in funding improve Vocational Rehabilitation outcomes? Evidence from the ARRA. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 51(3).
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-191051
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2019 Employment
Brucker, D., (2015). Social capital, employment and labor force participation among persons with disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 41(1), 17-31.
DOI:10.3233/JVR-150751
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Employment
Sevak, P., Houtenville, A., & Bruker, D., (2015). Individual characteristics and the disability employment gap. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 26(2), 80-88.
DOI: 10.1177/1044207315585823
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Employment
Brucker, D., Houtenville, A., & Lauer, E. A., (2015). Using sensory, functional, and activity limitation data to estimate employment outcomes for working-age persons with disabilities in the United States. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 27(3), 131-
DOI: 10.1177/1044207315578949
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Employment
Brucker, D., & Houtenville, A., (2015). People with disabilities in the United States. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95(5), 771-774.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.02.024
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Demographics
Ben-Shalom, Y., & Mamun, A., (2015). Return-to-Work Outcomes Among Social Security Disability Insurance Program Beneficiaries. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 26(2), 100-110.
DOI: 10.1177/1044207315583874
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Employment
Brucker, D., (2015). Perceptions, behaviors, and satisfaction related to public safety for persons with disabilities in the United States. Criminal Justice Review, 40(4), 431-448.
DOI: 10.1177/0734016815584997
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 Community Living
Brucker, D., & Scally, C., (2015). Linking public housing, employment, and disability benefits for working-age people with disabilities. Housing & Society, 42(2), 126-147.
DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2015.1076130
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2015 Employment
Mann, D., & Honeycutt, T., (2016). Understanding the disability dynamics of youth: Health condition and limitation changes for youth and their influence on longitudinal survey attrition. Demography, 53(3), 749-776.
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-016-0469-7
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2016 Measurement
Brucker, D., & Rollins, N., (2016). Trips to medical care among persons with disabilities: Evidence from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey. Disability and Health Journal, 9(3), 539-543.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2016.01.001
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2016 Transportation
Sundar, V., Brucker, D., Chang, H., & Pollack, M., (2016). Community and social participation among adults with mobility impairments: A mixed methods study. Disability and Health Journal, 9(4), 682-691.
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2016.05.006
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2016 Community Living
Ladinsky, J., (2017). From WIA to WIOA: Lessons for the implementation of the workforce innovation and opportunity act. Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 39(2), 107-118.
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Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2017 Employment
Mann, D., Honeycutt, T., Bailey, M., & O’Neill, J., (2017). Using administrative data to explore the employment and benefit receipt outcomes of vocational rehabilitation applicants years after program exit. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 46(2), 159
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-160852
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2017 Employment
Brucker, D., & Mitra, S., (2017). Income poverty and multiple deprivations in a high-income country: The case of the United States. Social Science Quarterly, 86(1), 37-56.
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12291.
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2017 Demographics
Sevak, P., Stapleton, D., & O’Neill, J., (2017). How individual and environmental factors affect employment outcomes. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 46(2), 117-120.
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-160848.
Type: Peer-reviewed publication
 2017 Employment