Toolkits & Trainings

The Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center (MRTC) of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard developed the Accessibility by Design (AbD) in Clinical Research Toolkit to provide institutions, researchers, participants, and patient advocacy groups with tools to support greater inclusion of people with disabilities in clinical research.  
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The Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) developed this inclusive research toolkit that aims to create equitable, effective collaborations and conduct rigorous, inclusive research with autistic people, the broader neurodiversity community, people with other disabilities, or other marginalized communities. The toolkit includes resources such as trainings, templates, and sample materials.
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The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) network developed the Research Basics Training, a 3-part course that teaches community members about the research process, how to make sure research is ethical, and how to be a community partner.
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The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) network has developed researcher toolkits, guidelines, and dissemination activities.
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The toolkit includes introductory disability definitions and language guidelines, in addition to guidance on creating accessible in-person and virtual events, social media, and disability inclusive employment practices from recruitment to retention.
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The UNSW Disability Innovation Institute in Sydney, Australia, developed the Doing Research Inclusively: Co-Production in Action guidelines, which offer practical strategies for co-producing research with people with disabilities.
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The Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) designed a toolkit for federal agencies, federal grantees, and non-federal entities conducting research in health and wellness and implementing health programs and initiatives. The toolkit offers resources on best practices and strategies for including people with disabilities in research.   
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This toolkit is designed to support healthcare providers in delivering effective and inclusive care. 
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The Research, Engagement and Advocacy for Community Participation and Health (REACH) Lab provides a toolkit designed for researchers with or without a disability who seek resources on peer-support strategies to include more people with IDD on their research teams.  
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Research Ethics for All (RE4All) provides community research partners disability-accessible education in ethical issues in social and behavioral research.  
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The purpose of this toolkit is to present ways for you to better include IDD in research. It provides strategies to make the informed consent process go more smoothly for your participants with IDD.  
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CAST provides guidelines for implementing the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, which can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, and parents. The UDL guidelines, which have been adopted in research environments, promote accessibility for all in learning environments.  
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The Research Engagement and Advocacy for Community Participation and Health (REACH) Lab developed a toolkit that presents strategies for engaging people with IDD in remote inclusive research during public health emergencies.  
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