What is disability data justice? How are people with disabilities counted? Why do we need accurate data about people with disabilities? Our guests for this episode are Bonnie Swenor, PhD, the founder and Director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, and Kate Caldwell, PhD, Director of Research and Policy at the Center for Racial and Disability Justice in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Both Dr. Swenor and Dr. Caldwell have been involved in leading efforts to democratize the collection of data on people with disabilities.

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This podcast is funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. (Grants 90DPKT0007, 90RTGE0004, 90RTEM0001, 90SIMS0015).

On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk about cutting-edge research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab that could help people with spinal cord injury regain some motor function.

Our guest is Monica Perez, PT, PhD, Scientific Chair, Arms + Hands Lab at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Her innovative protocol uses noninvasive neurostimulation combined with physical therapy to strengthen connections between neurons and has led to lasting improvements in grasping and walking in some participants with spinal cord injury.

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On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we explore how inpatient rehabilitation length of stay can affect outcomes in people with spinal cord injury.

Our guests are:

• Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, a clinical research scientist in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She is a principal investigator on a new grant that looks at how inpatient rehabilitation length of stay and rehabilitation intensity affect outcomes in people with spinal cord injury in different countries.
• Dr. Jane Duff, a consultant clinical psychologist and head of the National Spinal Injury Center psychology team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in England. Dr. Duff is also an investigator on the grant.

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Transcripts are available on the podcast website.