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Research & Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities

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Rural Disability Overview

The RTC:Rural uses a wide variety of data from large public datasets to help answer questions about the disability experience in rural and urban locations. Most data are at the county level, which allows for comparison between metro, micro and noncore counties across the U.S.

Our data come from several federal agencies including: the , , , , , and .

Defining Rural

Resources and Publications

  • Disability statistics research aims to better understand the disability experience captured within large national datasets.

    Publications

    August 2022 | Genna Mashinchi, Emily Hicks, Arin Leopold, Lillie Greiman & Catherine Ipsen | Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences | online access; PDF

    August 2022 | Christiane von Reichert | Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences | online access; PDF

    February 2022 | 91次元 Rural Institute | PDF; EPUB; Word document

    February 2020 | Catherine Ipsen & Lillie Greiman | Annual Disability Statistics Compendium | archived video; transcription; presentations

     

    February 2018 | Rayna Sage & Lillie Greiman | National Disability Institute Blog | online access

    June 2018 | Christiane von Reichert | 91次元 Rural Institute | PDF

    November 2018 | Rayna Sage, Bryce Ward, Andrew Myers & Craig Ravesloot | The Journal of Rural Health | PDF; online access

     

    October 2017 | Lillie Greiman | 91次元 Rural Institute | PDF

    May 2017 | Bryce Ward, Andrew Myers, Jennifer Wong & Craig Ravesloot | American Journal of Public Health | PDF; EPUB; online access

  • Disability and participation measurement seeks to understand the experiences of different groups of people with disabilities.

    Publications

    October 2022 | Jean P. Hall, Noelle K. Kurth, Catherine Ipsen, Andrew Myers & Kelsey Goddard | Health Affairs | online access; PDF

     

    January 2021 | Catherine Ipsen, Noelle Kurth & Jean Hall | Disability and Health Journal | PDF; online access

     

    2018 | Catherine Ipsen, Cathy Chambless, Noelle Kurth, Sara McCormick, Rebecca Goe & Jean Hall | Disability and Health Journal | PDF; online access

    Letter to the Editor:  

    2017 | Jean P. Hall, Catherine Ipsen, Noelle Kurth, Cathy Chambless, Sara McCormick & Rebecca Goe | Disability and Health Journal | PDF, online access

     

    2015 | Christina Nicolaidis, Dora Raymaker, Marsha Katz, Mary Oschwald, Rebecca Goe, Sandra Leotti, Leah Grantham, Eddie Plourde, Janic Salomon, Rosemary B. Hughes & Laurie E. Powers | Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action | PDF; online access

     

    2015 | Nicholas A. Livingston, Tannis Hargrove, Lillie Greiman, Andrew Myers, Catherine Ipsen & Craig Ravesloot | Rehabilitation Psychology | abstract

     

    2014 | Julia Hammond & Tom Seekins | Environmental Contexts and Disability | abstract

     

    January 2013 | Tom Seekins & Glen White | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | PDF; online access

     

    October 2012 | Tom Seekins, William Shunkamolah, Michael Bertsche, Colin Coward, Jean Ann Summers, Amanda Reichard & Glen White | Disability and Health Journal | PDF; online access

     

    2012 | APA Task Force on Guidelines for Assessment and Treatment of Persons with Disabilities: Kurt F. Geisinger, Kay Kreigsman, Irene W. Leigh, Elina Manghi, Izabela Z. Schultz, Tom Seekins & Greg Taliaferro | American Psychological Association | online access

    2007 | Tom Seekins, Catherine Ipsen & Nancy Arnold | Rehabilitation Psychology | abstract