By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research, & Laura VanPuymbrouck, Rush University Associate Professor Discrimination is a social determinant of health – a condition in the environments we live, work...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research Health care professionals’ knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes contribute to the ways they provide services and supports to people with intellectual and devel...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is a critical funding mechanism that helps people with disabilities receive the services and supports the...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research A lot of attention is paid to the fact that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to be fat[1] than people without disabilities and trying to reduce their weight. Professionals almost exclusively recommend changing diet and increasing exercise as the only intervention (Cobbaert &... Read more »

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By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research Health care professionals can directly and indirectly impact the outcomes of disabled people. In fact, their biases can result in them providing lower quali...

Learn about the intersectionality of ableism and racism, including how attitudes affect disabled people in everyday life.

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research Occupational therapy can play an important role in helping promote the independence and integration of people with disabilities, older adults, and others. U...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research Disabled people of color do not necessarily experience ableism the same way as white disabled people. Just like disabled people of color do not necessarily ...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research The concept intersectionality is a way to help us understand how different forms of oppression intersect and interact, impacting people with multiple margin...

In 2020, CQL created the Disability Research Mentorship Program for Black Graduate Students in recognition that academic/research job candidates are judged on their history of publications and present...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research A lot more research about autistic people has focused on diagnosis and biology than autistic people’s quality of life. In addition, a lot of research about ...

Self-direction is a service delivery method that allows people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to control the services they receive, often including where money is spent and to ...

By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research It often feels like you can’t go anywhere without hearing about artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, these day...