CROR Outcomes, HCBS Quality Matters, MRSCICS Matters
CROR Outcomes is a quarterly newsletter featuring research updates on our projects at our RRTC on Employment and Disability.
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Should I Disclose to My Employer? It¡¯s More Complicated for People with Invisible Disabilities
When someone experiences a stroke or a traumatic brain injury, they usually have little choice but to inform their employer because they need time off to rest and recover.
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Study: Creating Decision Aids to Help People Navigate the Process of Asking for Workplace Accommodations
Learn more about how to navigate the process of asking for workplace accommodations.
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Edeth Engel: Connecting with People Through Research
Learn more about Edeth Engel and her ability to connect with people through research.
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Pamela Capraro: A Career of Helping People with Disabilities Return to Work
Pamela Capraro and her husband were trying to find better care for their nine-year-old daughter in the late 1980s when they brought her to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) for an appointment.
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Surveys Seek to Identify Job Accommodations that Get People Back to Work
A new study at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91 intends to find out the best strategies for people with physical disabilities to ask their employers for flexible schedules or workplace changes.
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Natasha Kallish: Journalism and Psychology Set Her on a Path to Community-Based Research
Kallish is currently assisting with two CROR projects and handling its social media. By tweeting more frequently and tailoring the tweets to an audience of physicians, professors and academics, she has expanded the center¡¯s Twitter following by 20%.
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Almost 30 years after the ADA, lack of job accommodations continues to be a barrier to employment
When the researchers looked at people who had received accommodations such as flexible scheduling, help with transportation or a personal care attendant/assistant, they found employment rates that were eight percentage points higher than those who had not.
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