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In addition, the ADA Knowledge Translation Center is conducting a set of systematic reviews.</p>  <h2>State of the Science Conference on the ADA</h2>  <p>The 2021 Virtual State of the Science Conference on the Americans with Disabilities Act was held on April 13th - 15th, 2021. Over three days, the State of the Science featured keynote addresses and presentations on research related to the implementation of the ADA. Access videos, slides, and information from the <a href="https://depts.washington.edu/adakt/sos">2021 State of the Science Conference on the ADA</a></p>  <p>Access webcasts, slides, and information from the <a href="https://adata.org/sos_ada">2016 State of the Science Conference on the ADA</a></p>  <h2>National Network Collaborative Research</h2>  <p>The ADA Participation Action Research consortium examines the factors that influence the participation of people with disabilities in their communities.</p>  <p>Learn more about the <a href="/ada-participation-action-research-consortium-ada-parc">ADA Participation Action Research Consortium (ADA PARC)</a></p>  <h2>ADA Knowledge Translation Center Research</h2>  <p>The ADAKTC is conducting a set KT research projects and translating findings into plain language summaries for policymakers, technical reports, publications in peer-review journals, and presentations at national conferences.</p>  <p>Learn more about the <a href="/national-ada-systematic-review">National ADA Systematic Review</a></p>  <p>Learn more about the <a href="/kt-eval-tech-assist">Evaluation of Technical Assistance Services</a></p>  <h2>Regional ADA Research</h2>  <p>Each region conducts research on important topics related to the ADA. See all the regional ADA research projects below.</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-views-research-search-block-1" class="block block-views"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="block-content clearfix"> <div class="view view-research-search view-id-research_search view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-a5631c88d2c89131c7efee3ca733bf57"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <h3>2016-2021 Research Cycle</h3> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/two_part_study_improving-ada-compliance-cities-and-towns">Region 1: A Two-Part Study to Improving ADA Compliance in Cities and Towns</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-2-small-businesses-and-title-i-ada-implementation">Region 2: Small Businesses and Title I of the ADA Implementation</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-3-americans-disabilities-act-compliance-exploration-barriers-and-how-individuals">Region 3: Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance: An Exploration of Barriers and How Individuals Gain Information on the ADA</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-3-local-government-implementation-americans-disabilities-act-exploration-activities">Region 3: Local Government Implementation of the Americans With Disabilities Act: An Exploration of Activities and Factors Affecting Statutory Compliance</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-4-financial-inclusion">Region 4: Financial Inclusion</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-5-quality-indicators-assistive-technology-postsecondary-institutions-qiat-ps">Region 5: The Quality Indicators of Assistive Technology in Postsecondary Institutions (QIAT-PS) Research Project</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-5-punch-network-and-online-social-professional-networking-amongst-youth-disabilities">Region 5: The Punch-in Network and Online Social/professional Networking Amongst Youth With Disabilities</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-5-ada-success-stories">Region 5: ADA Success Stories</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-5-systematic-examination-ada-transition-plans-and-their-role-development-accessible">Region 5: A Systematic Examination of ADA Transition Plans and Their Role in the Development of Accessible Cities</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-6-promoting-worksite-wellness-and-health-among-persons-disability-project-workwell">Region 6: Promoting Worksite Wellness and Health Among Persons With Disability (Project WorkWell): Role of ADAAA to Counteract Obesity in the U.S.</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/access-users-service-animals">Region 6: Access for Users of Service Animals</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-6-survey-cils-their-knowledge-and-capacity-provide-training-and-ta-ada">Region 6: Survey of CILs on Their Knowledge and Capacity to Provide Training and TA on the ADA</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-6-pilot-study-tool-screen-individuals-cancer-vocational-rehabilitation">Region 6: Pilot Study of a Tool to Screen Individuals With Cancer for Vocational Rehabilitation</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-7-ada-local-government-survey">Region 7: ADA in Local Government Survey</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-7-evaluation-national-ada-symposium">Region 7: Evaluation of the National ADA Symposium</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-8-implicit-bias-study">Region 8: Implicit Bias Study</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-8-human-resource-professionals-community-practice">Region 8: Human Resource Professionals--Community of Practice</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-8-law-enforcement-study">Region 8: Law Enforcement Study</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-8-rapid-response-research-questions">Region 8: Rapid Response Research Questions</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-9-evaluate-data-physical-accessibility-primary-care-and-certain-other-providers">Region 9: Evaluate Data on Physical Accessibility of Primary Care and Certain Other Providers in California Including Availability of Exam Tables and Weight Scales</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-9-understanding-role-functional-limitation-measures-electronic-health-records">Region 9: Understanding the Role of Functional Limitation Measures in Electronic Health Records</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-9-barriers-ada-implementation-emergency-management">Region 9: Barriers to ADA Implementation in Emergency Management</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/region-10-health-care-access-and-ada">Region 10: Health Care Access and the ADA</a></span> </div></li> </ul></div><div class="item-list"> <h3>2011-2016 Research Cycle</h3> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/impact-great-recession-unemployment-americans-disabilities">Region 1: The Impact of the Great Recession on the Unemployment of Americans with Disabilities </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/paternalism-self-advocacy-obama-s-community-college-strategy-and-students-disabilities">Region 1: From Paternalism to Self-Advocacy: President Obama’s Community College Strategy and Students with Disabilities </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/comparison-perceptions-factors-job-accommodation-process-among-employees-disabilities">Region 3: A comparison of perceptions of factors in the job accommodation process among employees with disabilities, employers and service providers. </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/negotiating-workplace-accommodations-perceptions-employees-disabilities-employers-and">Region 3: Negotiating workplace accommodations: Perceptions of employees with disabilities, employers and rehabilitation service providers. </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/employers-use-workplace-reasonable-accommodations-retaining-employees-disabilities">Region 3: Employers use of workplace reasonable accommodations for retaining employees with disabilities. </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/development-reasonable-accommodation-factor-survey-results-and-implications">Region 3: Development of the reasonable accommodation factor survey: Results and implications. </a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/best-practices-developing-reasonable-accommodations-workplace-findings-based-research">Region 3: Best practices in developing reasonable accommodations in the workplace: Findings based on the research literature.</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/investigating-accessibility-and-usability-job-application-web-sites-blind-users">Region 4: Investigating the Accessibility and Usability of Job Application Web Sites for Blind Users</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/public-accommodations-state-state-enforcement-and-remedies">Region 4: Public Accommodations: State by State Enforcement and Remedies</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/content/life-after-cancer-medical-practitioners-survey-cancer-survivor-employment">Region 6: Life after Cancer - Medical Practitioners' Survey of Cancer Survivor Employment</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/life-after-cancer-surveying-cancer-survivors-about-their-informational-needs">Region 6: Life After Cancer - Surveying Cancer Survivors about their Informational Needs</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/research/evaluating-effectiveness-training-americans-disabilities-act-implementation-workplace-and">Region 7: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training on the Americans with Disabilities Act on Implementation in the Workplace and Community in the United States</a></span> </div></li> <li class="views-row 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