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Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Integrated Health Care & Self-Directed Recovery

This RRTC located within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago creates, modifies, and improves self-directed models of medical care and mental health services that promote recovery, health, and employment for people with psychiatric disabilities and co-occuring medical condition by promoting self-determination and full community participation.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Place-based Solutions for Rural Community Participation, Health, and Employment

The RRTC at the University of Montana Rural Institute conducts research and knowledge translation activities across health, community living, and employment domains to explore develop, and test strategies to improve the quality of life of rural people with disabilities.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Promoting Healthy Aging for Individuals with Long-Term Physical Disabilities

The RRTC at University of Washington is devoted to better understanding the factors associated with healthy aging in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS), late effects of polio (PPS), and muscular dystrophy (MD).

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Promoting Interventions for Community Living (RRTC/PICL)

University of Kansas’s RRTC/PICL within the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies promotes community participation outcomes for adults with physical and multiple co-occurring disabilities, living in the community or transitioning from nursing facilities to the community.

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Vocational Rehabilitation Practices for Youth and Young Adults

The RRTC on Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Practices for Youth and Young Adults at TransCen, Inc. provides a comprehensive, balanced, and rigorous view of the strategies, methodologies, and models of VR service for youth and young adults (Y&YA) with disabilities in the United States.

Rehabilitation Research Training Center (RRTC) on Employment for People with Physical Disabilities

The goal of this project at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is to promote job retention by persons with physical disabilities. Project partners include Northwestern University, the University of Washington, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and two regional ADA Centers.

Rehabiltation Engineering Research Center on Improving Health and Function Through Use of Performance Standards in Wheelchair Selection

This center at the University at Pittsburgh investigates performance-based selection as a rehabilitation strategy that uses results from standards testing to inform the process of selecting appropriate wheelchair products for people with mobility disabilities, matching appropriate and quality products to meet user needs.

Reining Hope Adaptive Equine Assisted Activities & Therapies

Provide adaptive equine-assisted activities and programs to individuals living with special needs.

Reliable Medical Transport

Reliable Medical Transport is committed to providing exceptional transportation services to those with mobility issues.

Rensselaer County Unified Family Services

Provide a network of supportive and preventative services, which enable the County’s elderly to maintain themselves productively and independently within the community.