Thank you for visiting the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Developmental Disabilities and Health (RRTCDD). We aim to give you information on health status, health access, and health behaviors of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), strategies to improve health and function among people with IDD through health promotion activities, and how to improve health care access through integrated care practices. In addition we have information on developmental disabilities across the lifespan, disability friendly environments, and caregiver support.
Improving health through health promotion and health care access. Impacting lives for a healthier tomorrow.
Upcoming Presentations and Conferences
Event Information:
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Mon16Oct2017Tue17Oct2017Natcher Building’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland
2017 National Research Summit on Care, Services and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers
Show detailsThe National Research Summit on Care, Services and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers is two-day meeting of researchers, service providers, persons with dementia, family caregivers, and other stakeholder groups.
Registration is free, but space is limited so please register as soon as possible if you want to attend in-person on the NIH campus. To register, click here. If you prefer to watch the videocast, please register and choose the “videocast” option. A link and additional details will be sent to you approximately one-week prior to the event.
Research Studies
- HealthMatters Program Scale-Up
- Impact of Managed Care
- Longitudinal Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Study
- National Health Outcomes Indicators
- Reducing Obesity through POWERS
Department of Disability and Human Development (DHD)
College of Applied Health Sciences (CAHS)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
1640 West Roosevelt Road, M/C 626
Chicago, Illinois 60608-6904
Phone: 1-312-413-1520
Fax: 1-312-996-6942
TTY: 1-312-413-0453
800-996-8845 (V); 800-526-0844 (Chicago Relay Access)
Funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL), National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant # 90RT5020-03