Community Living Summit


The Research & Training Center on Community Living hosted a Community Living Summit on Sept. 20, 2016 in Alexandria, VA. Center partners presented the findings of their research to a gathering of disability advocates and policymakers from national organizations. Materials from the Summit are presented below.

Partner Success Stories

The RTC on Community Living held its Community Living Summit on Sept. 20, 2016 in Alexandria, VA, where our community research partners presented their success stories.

With the collaboration of many community partners, the RTC on Community Living tested five interventions to enhance community living and participation. These partner stories highlight the changes that resulted from putting research into action:

Information about Each Research Intervention:

Developing a Health Promotion Assistance Tool: HAIL 

Development and Testing of an Informal PA Training Program (PDFs available upon request)

Home Usability for People with Disabilities: The Home Usability Network

Community Engagement Initiative Knowledge Translation (KT) Project 

Building Capacity for Full Community Participation