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Friedman, Carli – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: In the United States, 16 states have adopted Technology First initiatives to improve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities' access to technology. Method: Our aim was to examine if Technology First initiatives impact the allocation of technology in Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) for people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications
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Carli Friedman – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Recognizing the crisis the COVID-19 pandemic represents to the Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) service system and the health, safety, and quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), states temporarily amended their HCBS programs to strengthen service delivery. States are able to temporarily amend…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Carli Friedman – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study's aim was to examine the impact of pandemic emergency Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) payments on the continuity and security of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Using a multilevel logistic regression, we analyzed secondary Personal Outcome Measures interviews from 738 people with IDD (March 2020…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Pandemics, COVID-19
Parris, Leandra; Talapatra, Devadrita; Murray, Kate – Communique, 2021
This fifth article of the Social Justice Committee's series on health disparities expands on previous articles (i.e., Tan et al., 2020; Ormiston et al., 2021) to discuss applications of advocacy by school psychologists to improve health parity for youth. As previously outlined in Proctor et al. (2020), health disparities are restricted…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Health Care
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Friedman, Carli; Rizzolo, Mary C. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
The United States long-term services and supports system is built on largely unpaid (informal) labor. There are a number of benefits to allowing family caregivers to serve as paid personal care providers including better health and satisfaction outcomes, expanded workforces, and cost effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers
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Friedman, Carli – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) 1915(c) waivers are one of the largest providers of long-term services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). HCBS waivers also play a prominent role in providing day habilitation services for people with IDD. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Day Programs, Resource Allocation