Summary of
Responses from a Request for Information: People with Disabilities and
Opioid Use Disorder
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL issued a request for information
about people with disabilities and opioid use disorder, which yielded
comments from 50 respondents, including consumers, community and national
organizations, research teams, and federal partners.
Key findings from this effort are helpful to NIDILRR as it
considers developing new funding opportunities related to the opioid
crisis. These responses provided information about what is known and what
are the most pressing research questions for the disability and
rehabilitation research fiends. A common thread among respondents was that
there are many important unanswered research questions at the nexus of
chronic pain, opioid misuse, and people with disabilities.
Within ACL, NIDILRR works to generate new knowledge and
promote its effective use to improve the abilities of individuals with
disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community; and to
expand society's capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations
for people with disabilities. NIDILRR conducts its work through grants that
support research and development.
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