Individuals with disabilities (both physical and cognitive) constitute 15% of the global
population and 25% of US citizens. However, public administration has not given explicit …

People with disabilities are largely absent from mainstream health research. Exclusion of
people with disabilities may be explicit, attributable to poorly justified exclusion criteria, or …

Social, scientific, and ethical factors underscore the value of respectfully including people
with intellectual/developmental disabilities in research despite significant barriers to their …

Historically, research about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has
been conducted through proxies because of ableist assumptions about people with IDD's …

Nearly 20% of the population has a disability. Despite this, mainstream research often does
not explicitly address the methodological and practical issues that can act as barriers to …

People with disabilities are grossly underrepresented in health research. Equal and just
representation for persons with disabilities is necessary to improve health outcomes and to …

Approximately 1–3% of the world's population experiences an intellectual disability
(ID)(Maulik et al., 2011). Despite social and medical gains over the past several decades …

Background Advances in health equity rely on representation of diverse groups in
population health research samples. Despite progress in the diversification of research …

Disability is often considered a health outcome disproportionately experienced by minority
groups. It is also possible to view people with disabilities as a minority group that itself …

Background In recognition of their status as a health disparities population, there is growing
emphasis on conducting research inclusive of adults with intellectual disability to generate …