As part of a Field Initiated Project (FIP) funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), our research team expanded on Chance to Ride, a travel training curriculum for transitional aged youth with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) developed by the Kennedy Collective. The curriculum consists of 6 lessons and provides powerpoint slideshows for the trainer as well as the trainee.

Read more and download the curriculum here.

It is always important to include people with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) on research teams, especially when the research is to learn about or gather information to help and support people with IDD. When people with IDD are included in the research process, it helps make sure that the research is important and meaningful to people with IDD, as well as their family members, caregivers and service providers. One way to help include people with IDD in research is by using Peer Support. Peer support happens when a person with lived experience provides support and help to someone else with that same lived experience. For this toolkit, lived experience refers to people with an Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability (IDD) who work on research teams.

Learn more and download the toolkit HERE!

Online training developed for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who are serving on research teams.

Read more and access the training HERE!