What We Do

What We Do

Can You Hear Us Now? does health research. Research means we ask questions, find answers, and share what we learn (products).

Ruben Garcia, a member of the Disability Experience Expert Panel (DEEP), speaks on why listening to adults with ID in health research matters.

We listen to adults with intellectual disability (ID).

  • We ask adults with intellectual disability to tell us about their health, mental health, and wellbeing.
  • We ask questions through interviews with adults with ID and a support person of their choosing
  • We develop products with adults with ID
  • We ask for their feedback on how to improve our research to benefit other people

Brian Boyd, a member of the Research Experience Expert Panel (REEP), speaks on how including people with disabilities from different backgrounds makes our research stronger.

We engage communities.

We partner with communities to include people who are often left out of health research, including:

  • Adults with Intellectual Disability (ID)
  • Black or African American adults with ID
  • Hispanic or Latino/Latina adults with ID

We learn about health and wellbeing by talking with adults with ID from different backgrounds across the country.

We partner with communities in research so that our findings can help communities.

Project Director, Susan Havercamp, speaks on the goals of the research studies.

We do research.

We ask questions, find answers, and share findings in three studies.

John Seeley, a member of the Research Experience Expert Panel (REEP), speaks on community partnerships.

We share what we learn.

We share what we learn so that our findings can help people with intellectual disability and their communities. We share our findings with:

  • The Intellectual Disability community
  • Communities of color
  • Healthcare providers
  • Developmental disability leaders
  • Policy makers
  • Researchers