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Direct linkFriedman, Carli – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: In the United States, 16 states have adopted Technology First initiatives to improve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' access to technology. Method: Our aim was to examine if Technology First initiatives impact the allocation of technology in Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) for people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications
Friedman, Carli – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Research indicates Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) with intellectual and developmental disabilities face disparities in quality of life outcomes. This study's aim was to examine how ableism and racism impacted the quality of life of BIPOC with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Methods: Using a multilevel linear…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Racism, Quality of Life, African Americans
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
One of the most common reasons people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) return to institutions is because of maladaptive behaviors. This study's aim was to examine the impact organizational supports can have on the community outcomes of people with dual diagnosis--those with IDD and psychiatric disabilities. We analyzed…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Mental Disorders
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Despite physically relocating "into" the community, many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) fail to be meaningfully included "in" the community. The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule was introduced to expand community integration, person-centered services, and choice. The aim of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Community Services, Home Programs
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with more severe impairments often face service disparities. The aim of this study was to explore not only disparities in quality of life outcomes for people with IDD with severe impairments, but also disparities in the supports they receive from disability service organizations. Our…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Severe Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Friedman, Carli; Rizzolo, Mary C.; Spassiani, Natasha A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Self-management of health includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) playing a key role in health management in collaborating with healthcare professionals. Methods: This study analysed data from Personal Outcome Measures® surveys (n = 1,341) to explore self-management of health. We had the following…
Descriptors: Self Management, Health Behavior, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Friedman, Carli; Crabb, Caitlin – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Restraint, restrictive interventions, and seclusion are hotly contested practices with inconclusive evidence of their effectiveness. Because the use of restraint and seclusion on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is controversial and its effectiveness doubtable, this study was conducted to explore if and how they were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Isolation, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
There are decades of research indicating ableism is extremely prominent. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between disability prejudice and institutionalization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This study had two research questions: (1) How does disability prejudice impact the number of people…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Bias, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are the "backbone" of long term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States (Bogenschutz, Hewitt, Nord, & Hepperlen, 2014, p. 317). This study examined the relationship between DSPs and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' (IDD) quality of life. To do so, we utilized…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life, Paraprofessional Personnel
Friedman, Carli – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2018
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver programs provide the majority of long-term services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Relatively new (2014) HCBS rules (CMS 2249-F/2296-F) governing these programs require "meaningful community" integration of people with disabilities…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Community Services
Friedman, Carli; Rizzolo, Mary C. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
The United States long-term services and supports system is built on largely unpaid (informal) labor. There are a number of benefits to allowing family caregivers to serve as paid personal care providers including better health and satisfaction outcomes, expanded workforces, and cost effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers
Friedman, Carli – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Participant direction allows people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and/or their families to direct services; in doing so, participant direction shifts participants from passive recipients to active consumers. Medicaid encourages, but does not require, states to allow participant direction. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health Insurance, Expenditures
Friedman, Carli – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 1915(c) waivers are one of the largest providers of long-term services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). HCBS waivers also play a prominent role in providing day habilitation services for people with IDD. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Day Programs, Resource Allocation
Friedman, Carli; McNamara, Ellyn – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2018
Speech language and hearing (SLH) services can improve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' (IDD) health, autonomy, and community participation. The aim of this study was to explore how SLH services are offered to people with IDD across the nation, particularly in fiscal year 2015 Medicaid Home and Community Based Services…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Health
