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Research & Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities

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Focus Areas

Over the last 30+ years, RTC:Rural has explored many different areas of research, guided by our strong collaborators with disability community members and other stakeholders. We have organized this work into topics around community living, employment, health, and rural disability.

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Community Living

Community Living resources promote accessibility and participation in rural communities.
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Employment

Employment resources focus on rural community development and service delivery.
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Health

Health resources focus on the management of secondary health conditions and health promotion.
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Rural Disability

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.
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Disability Maps

Disability Maps resources include geographic representations of large dataset analyses.
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Disability Counts

Disability Counts includes data dashboards and tools to provide access to state and county-level disability data, as well as data on individuals who are institutionalized in correctional facilities (i.e. prisons and jails) and nursing homes.