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Resources by Topic: People with disabilities

Information Gaps on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Population: A Background Paper
Presents the relevant issues regarding the mental health information needs of deaf and hard of hearing populations, particularly in rural America.
Date: 05/2006
Sponsoring organization: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
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2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant
Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri.
Additional links: 2024 Rural Planning Grants Key Learnings and Final Report
Sponsoring organization: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
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Rural Disability eNewsletter
A monthly newsletter that contains information on disability resources in rural areas, upcoming events, employment opportunities, and more. Subscription form and archival newsletters available.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability Data Dashboard
Provides interactive, county-level data on percent of people with a disability. Users can search by state, metropolitan statistical area, micropolitan statistical area, and not in a metropolitan statistical area.
Additional links: Data Lookup Tool, Institutionalized Populations
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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NIDILRR-Funded Research: Powering Rural Independence & Innovation
Highlights the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities' programs and research on access to community resources, opportunities, and support for independent living for people with disabilities in rural areas. Highlights the role of National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) funding in supporting rural independent living.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Annual Disability Statistics Collection: Build Your Own Statistics - County Level Statistics
Dashboard presenting American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data for county-level statistics on disability prevalence as well as employment, poverty, insurance, and education statistics for people with disabilities.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Research on Disability
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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS): Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): 2023 Survey Results
Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for the year 2023. Covers access to care, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, immunization, H.I.V./AIDS, long-term COVID effects, disabilities, chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis, and more. Data comparing responses from rural, suburban, and urban counties can be accessed via data tables for each question asked.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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HDPulse Interventions Portal
Provides access to a collection of evidence-based interventions, study findings, and intervention materials focused on improving minority health and reducing health disparities. Materials can be sorted by demographic, health disparity population group, health conditions studied, community type (rural, suburban, urban, and other), and more.
Sponsoring organization: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Tennessee Multi-Sector Plan for Aging Data Dashboard
Dashboard providing county- and state-level data on aging in Tennessee. Presents health and demographic data of adults over age 65 in Tennessee, including data on diabetes, cancer, substance abuse, COPD, cardiovascular conditions, and more. Includes a map of healthcare facility locations.
Sponsoring organization: East Tennessee State University Center for Rural Health Research
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State Tobacco-Related Disparities
Dashboard presents state-level data on tobacco use in the form of maps and charts based on a number of demographic categories, such at age, income, and urban-rural location, among others. Allows users to narrow data by state and year and compare demographic factors.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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