Description
The purpose of this program is to sponsor research and development activities that lead to new knowledge, products, services, and supports that contribute to improved community living outcomes among people with disabilities. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) aims to support innovative and well-designed research and development projects that fall under one or more of NIDILRR’s general “community living and participation” priority areas. Some of the key areas of focus include: the relationship between the spelling-to-communicate method and improved communication and community living outcomes; technology to improve community living and participation outcomes; artificial intelligence tools intended to improve community living and participation outcomes; ABLE accounts and their relationship to improved economic security and community living outcomes; services, supports, interventions, or policies aimed at improving community living and participation outcomes among youth with disabilities who have been involved in the justice system; and services, supports, interventions, or policies that are intended to prevent fraud and abuse aimed at people with disabilities.
• The research project must focus on people with disabilities as a group or on people in specific disability or demographic subpopulations of people with disabilities.
• The DRRP must conduct research activities in one or more of the following priority areas.
• The DRRP must conduct knowledge translation activities to facilitate stakeholder use of the knowledge, interventions, programs, technologies, or products that result from the research activities.
• The DRRP must involve people with disabilities in the activities conducted under the priority to maximize the relevance and usability of the DRRP’s work and outputs.
• All resources must be accessible, and electronic materials must be in full compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0/2/1 AA success criteria.