Transitioning Racial/Ethnic Minorities With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Related Services

Related services were examined for 1,400 racial/ethnic transitioning minorities enrolled in the National Longitudinal Transition Study–2 database after adjusting for demographic and socioeconomic variables. Propensity methods balanced minorities (32%) and nonminorities (68%) on demographic and socioeconomic factors. Logistic regressions determined predictors of each outcome while incorporating propensity scores and survey weights. Education and income influenced more service receipt; whereas, percentage of persons with free or reduced lunch and minorities in high school had lower service receipt. After incorporating propensity scores, differences between minorities and nonminorities attenuated for occupational therapy and career counseling and increased for assistive technology with no services reaching significance after adjustment. Complex analyses incorporating socioeconomic factors best determine differences between racial/ethnic transitioning minorities with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Digital Citizenship: Technology Access and Use for Youth With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Inclusion ◽

10.1352/2326-6988-9.4.263 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 263-275

Author(s):

Kim W. Fisher ◽

Heather J. Williamson ◽

Nichole Guerra ◽

Scott Kupferman

Keyword(s):

Developmental Disabilities ◽

School Health ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽

Technology Access ◽

Social Lives ◽

Full Participation ◽

Online Spaces ◽

Transition Study ◽

National Longitudinal Transition Study

Abstract Technology is integral to the lives of youth who, as digital citizens, use technology to participate in social and civic action to improve their communities. Using a digital citizenship framework and National Longitudinal Transition Study of 2012 data, we explored technology access and use between youth with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). We found youth with IDD have less access and less participation across four digital citzienship elements putting them at greater risk for digital social isolation and community disengagment. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, which has thrust employment, school, health, and social lives to online spaces, we situate our findings on digital access, opportunity, and support and call for individual and systems-level investment in digital citizenship to support full participation.

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Establishing Equivalence: Methodological Progress in Group-matching Design and Analysis

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1352/1944-7558-118.1.3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 118 (1) ◽

pp. 3-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Sara T. Kover ◽

Amy K. Atwood

Keyword(s):

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Propensity Scores ◽

Fragile X ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽

Matching Effect ◽

Equivalence Tests ◽

Variance Ratios ◽

Mean Differences ◽

Group Matching

Abstract This methodological review draws attention to the challenges faced by intellectual and developmental disabilities researchers in the appropriate design and analysis of group comparison studies. We provide a brief overview of matching methodologies in the field, emphasizing group-matching designs used in behavioral research on cognition and language in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome. The limitations of relying on p values to establish group equivalence are discussed in the context of other existing methods: equivalence tests, propensity scores, and regression-based analyses. Our primary recommendation for advancing research on intellectual and developmental disabilities is the use of descriptive indices of adequate group matching: effect sizes (i.e., standardized mean differences) and variance ratios.

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Race and Health Disparities in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Living in the United States

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1352/1934-9556-52.6.409 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 52 (6) ◽

pp. 409-418 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Haleigh M Scott ◽

Susan M Havercamp

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Ethnic Minority ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Hispanic Americans ◽

The United States ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽

Ethnic Minority Groups ◽

Racial Ethnic

Abstract Research has documented disparities in health care and access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and people in racial and ethnic minority groups. Though both populations are underserved, the additive impact of being both a member of a racial/ethnic minority and having IDD is largely unknown. This study uses data from a nationally representative survey to explore health service utilization among adults with IDD belonging to minority racial/ethnic groups compared to adults with IDD who are White. The results of this study indicated that racial/ethnic minority groups are disadvantaged in several essential areas of health care utilization and that Hispanic Americans are particularly underserved. Additional research is needed to identify and address the factors driving this difference.

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