A Focus on Lived Experience Improves Disability Research

Because of the disability community’s persistence in advocating for inclusion, policymakers and researchers increasingly recognize that collaborating with people who have lived experience of disability is crucial to better designed programs and policies.

In commemoration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Denise Hoffman , Kimberly Aguillard , Brianna Elgart, MPH , and Amaka Osuoha, MPH PMP reflect on how perspectives from the disability community have improved the quality of Mathematica's research—and showed us policies and interventions that can more effectively help people with disabilities meet their employment goals. Full blog:

https://www.mathematica.org/blogs/centering-the-lived-experiences-of-people-with-disabilities-in-research #NDEAM