The Great Lakes ADA center is conducting four research projects to improve understanding about ADA implementation. Findings from these projects are used to identify barriers and facilitators to effective implementation, develop a greater understanding of stakeholders' need for and use of disability rights information, and improve ongoing ADA technical assistance efforts.

Find out more about the center's research by clicking on the project links:

• Where the sidewalk ends: The state of municipal ADA transition planning for the public right-of-way in the Chicago region
• "QIAT- PS: Barriers and Facilitators to Assistive Technology use amongst youth with disabilites"
• "PUNCH-IN: Social Media Use, online networking, and the transition to employment"
• "ADA Success Stories: Excellence in Implementation"
• "ADA transition plans and their role in the development of accessible cities"

Interested in learning more about the Great Lakes ADA Center research program?

Pleases contact:
Robert Gould, PhD:
Director of Research
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago
Contact Robert Gould
312.413.2299