New NIDILRR
Long-Range Plan
NIDILRR’s 2018-2023 Long-Range Plan presents a five-year
agenda that will advance applied disability, independent living, and
rehabilitation research. NIDILRR intends for this plan to emphasize
consumer relevance and scientific rigor, to present an agenda that is
scientifically sound and accountable and, as a result, to contribute to the
refinement of national policy affecting people with disabilities.
The new Long-Range Plan builds on the work of the 2013–2017
Long-Range Plan while responding to new developments in the disability,
independent living, and rehabilitation research field and in government. It
continues to stress the importance of NIDILRR’s significant role as a
research institute in the public interest, carrying out a scientific
research agenda to meet the diverse needs of people with disabilities.
The new Long-Range Plan extends NIDILRR’s emphasis on research
outcome domains of community living and participation, health and function,
and employment. It also reinforces the need for investment in three areas
that support outcomes across these domains: technology for access and
function; disability statistics; and a nationwide network of technical
assistance, training, and research centers to support implementation of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Activities that promote the quality
and use of NIDILRR-sponsored research—capacity building and knowledge
translation—will also continue under the new Long-Range Plan.
The new Long-Range Plan also includes themes that emerged from
public input, the state of people with disabilities in the U.S., federal
research planning, key accomplishments of NIDILRR grantees since the last
plan, and a detailed research agenda.
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