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
Role of SSA Disability Programs in the COVID Pandemic: SSDI/SSI and Poverty Presented by Hyun Ju Kim at the 2023 NARRTC Conference on April 25, 2023 Type: Presentation	2023	Demographics, Measurement
Food Insecurity and Disability Presented by Megan Henly at the 2023 NARRTC Conference on April 25, 2023 Type: Presentation	2023	Food Sufficiency
Annual Disability Statistics Collection Presentation Presented by Shreya Paul at the National Disability Finance Coalition's Disability Finance Webinar on March 22, 2023. Type: Presentation	2023	Demographics, Measurement
A Statistical Understanding of Disability in the LGBT Community Surfus, C.R. (2023) Statistics and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/2330443X.2023.2188056 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2023	Demographics, Health, Measurement
Spatial distributions in disaster risk vulnerability for people with disabilities in the U.S. Harrati, A., Bardin, S., Mann, D.R. (2023) International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103571 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2023	Community Living
Labor shortage, remote work boosted employment of people with disabilities Dr. Andrew Houtenville and the nTIDE Report featured in article about the boosted employment of people with disabilities. Type: News article	2023	Employment
Comparing Effects of Question Set Order and Location within a Survey Instrument of Two Commonly Used Disability Question Sets Among U.S. Adults Brucker, D.L. (2022) Disability and Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101424 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2022	Measurement
Aging with a Disability and Aging into Disability: Examining Health Outcomes in Rural and Non-Rural Communities (Poster) Presented by Megan Henly at the 2022 APHA Conference Type: Other	2022	Community Living, Health
Remote work opened some doors to workers with disabilities. But others remain shut Dr. Andrew Houtenville and the Institute on Disability featured in NPR article on the effects of Long COVID and requests for workplace accommodations… Type: News article	2022	Employment
Disabled Americans Reap Remote-Work Reward in Record Employment News article in Bloomberg US Edition featuring nTIDE data. Type: News article	2022	Employment
Doses on Demand program brings COVID-19 vaccines to residents' homes Dr. Andrew Houtenville and the Disability Statistics Compendium featured in NPR article on mobile vaccines provided in Virginia. Type: News article	2022	Community Living, Health
Looking For Talent? Find Out How To Hire Disabled Workers Great article in Forbes online featuring quotes from Andrew Houtenville, John O’Neil, and nTIDE data. Type: News article	2022	Employment
Americans Aging With Disabilities Are More Likely to Have Multiple Chronic Conditions Brucker, D. L., Lauer, E., & Boege, S. (2022). Journal of Disability Policy Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073221107079 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2022	Demographics, Health
COVID-19 Impact on Disability, LGBTQ+, and Employment Authored by Chris R. Surfus and presented at the ASPA Annual Conference in March 2022. Type: Presentation	2022	Employment
COVID-19 Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy Among People with Disabilities Poster Co-authored by Shreya Paul and Andrew Houtenville and presented at the NAARTC conference in Washington DC on April 27, 2022 Type: Presentation	2022	Health
Employment, Disability Status, and Job Quality Poster Co-authored by Debra Brucker and Megan Henly and presented at the NAARTC conference in Washington DC on April 27, 2022 Type: Presentation	2022	Employment
How to Increase Employment and Income of People with Disabilities During the Recovery from the COVID19 Pandemic: 10 Ideas One group likely to be a target of options to support the recovery from the COVID19 recession is those with significant disabilities and chronic… Type: Other	2020	Employment
Polacsek, M., Meuser, T., Brucker, D., & Moran, A., (2020). Food Security Status and Food Purchasing Behaviors: findings from a sample of Maine residents during the covid-19 pandemic. University of New England. Data Report Type: Data Report	2021	Food Sufficiency
Mitra, S., Brucker, D., & Jajtner, K., (2020). Wellbeing at older ages: Towards an inclusive and multidimensional measure. Disability and Health Journal, 13(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100926 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2020	Health
Brucker, D., & Sundar, V., (2020). Job Crafting Among American Workers with Disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 30. 575-587. DOI: 10.1007/s10926-020-09889-9 Type: Peer-reviewed publication	2020	Employment