All of Us Research Project Partners
To conduct outreach to the disability community on the All of Us Research Program, AAHD started the Disability Community Engagement Partner Project (DCEPP). As part of the DCEPP, AAHD is working with a national consortium of national and local disability organizations to increase the participation of persons with disabilities in the All of Us Research Program and address the unique needs of the disability community. A list of the national organizations that AAHD is working with is as follows:
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Georgia Tech Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation
- Lakeshore Foundation
- National Association of the Deaf
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Council on Independent Living
- Spina Bifida Association
- United Spinal Association
- University of Illinois at Chicago Center on Capacity Building for Minorities with Disabilities Research
- University of Montana Rural Institute
- University of New Mexico Division of Disability and Health Policy
- University of Washington Center on Human Development and Disability
For our local partners, AAHD is working with nine organizations located in markets being targeted by the All of Us Research Program. These markets and organizations are as follows:
- Atlanta: disABILITY LINK
- Boston: Boston Center for Independent Living
- Chicago: Progress Center for Independent Living
- Denver: Atlantis Community
- Houston: Independent Living Research Utilization
- Miami: Center for Independent Living South Florida
- Milwaukee: Independence First
- Phoenix: Ability360
- Seattle: Disability Empowerment Center
