Two new DRDC publications are available
The DRDC continues to explore medication usage in people with disabilities on several fronts. We have two recent manuscripts that can be found here:...
View ArticleImpact of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) on the Educational...
Currently, there are no studies with longitudinal data of placement and outcomes of children before and after the development of EHDI systems. The broad long term goal of this research project is to...
View ArticleAssessing Impact of cCMV Infection on Development and Language in Infants...
Lifelong disabilities are caused by congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection; thus, there is a need to develop data-driven, rational newborn screening and intervention policies. The practice of...
View ArticleSystematic Review and Meta-analysis of Pain Interventions for People with...
Pain, chronic pain, and pain management are of considerable interest in health care, however, little information is readily available about pain prevalence or management for people with longstanding...
View ArticleDavid W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and Morphogenesis
Annually, the DRDC provides support to the David W. Smith Workshop, which brings together clinicians and scientists to advance understanding of normal and abnormal morphogenesis. You can find more...
View ArticleDRDC Publications Update
As of the beginning of 2020, the DRDC projects had produced 54 published manuscripts, two books, and two educational products. You can find the list of DRDC publications here with links to the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Disability-Related Resources
The DRDC has put together a brief list of helpul links to information about the new coronavirus (COVID-19), which is specifically geared towards people with disability and their caregivers and...
View ArticleDRDC Evaluation Report 2019-2020
The Disability Research and Dissemination Center has released its latest Evaluation Report, and you can download or view it under the “About Us” menu at the top of our webpages.
View ArticleModeling Small Area Estimates of Indicators of Children’s Mental Health and...
Using a conceptual framework that recognizes the multiple levels of influence on children’s health outcomes, our team will develop an evidence based analytic approach to examine the extent of the...
View ArticleImproving Measures to Identify Tics and Tic Disorders
The purpose of this project is to analyze data from the existing questionnaires, the Motor or Vocal Inventory of Tics (MOVeIT) and the Description of Tics Symptoms (DoTS). Each questionnaire collects...
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