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Comment
. 2023 Sep 1;128(5):388-392.
doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-128.5.388.

The Work Ahead for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research

Sara T Kover  1 , Leonard Abbeduto  2
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Comment

The Work Ahead for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research

Sara T Kover et al. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. .

Abstract

In "Toward Equity in Research on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," we sought to make entrenched assumptions and practices of intellectual and developmental disabilities research visible by explicitly describing the status quo in terms of models of disability, participant and researcher identities, research priorities, and biases in measurement and treatment approaches. We then curated individual- and systems-level actions drawn from disability justice and broader social justice lenses to offer a way forward. We focused on three major areas (i.e., intersectionality and person-centered approaches, participatory research, and interprofessional collaboration), depicting influences, methods, and actions in a framework of disability, identity, and culture. In this Author Response, we address five commentaries that critique and extend that synthesis.

Keywords: anti-racist frameworks; intersectionality; reproducibility; research practices.

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Resource-allocating entities (outer ring) and systems and processes (center) that determine the impact of IDD research in the context of frameworks & theories and actions & approaches with the potential to perturb inequitable assumptions and practices (Belcher et al., 2023; Bonney & Elison, 2023; Johnson, 2023; King & Parisi, 2023; Thoma & Scott, 2023).
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