What It Is
Disability policy consists of statutes, regulations, and court decisions ("policy on the books"). It also consists of the practices that administrators, service providers, and families adopt ("policy on the streets").
What We're Doing
We carry out disability policy research by analyzing policy on the books and on the streets according to the "core concepts" of disability policy in different policy arenas. These arenas include early intervention/early childhood education, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), transition into adulthood and participant direction over Medicaid and state funds and family support.We also provide testimony to the U.S. Senate on end-of-life decision making and the Kansas Special Commission on closing state developmental centers (institutions). We also explore the implications of the Human Genome Project.