NARRTC values and is committed to the tenets of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) across the landscape of NIDILRR-funded projects, to include Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs), Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs), Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs), Field Initiated Projects (FIPs), Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training projects (ARRTs), Research Fellowships, etc. These values are expressed, embraced, and instilled in our organizational culture, behaviors, and practices that promote priorities addressing the employment, community participation, and health and function inequities among multiply marginalized persons with disabilities and fostering change in the research workforce that reflects the demographic makeup of our society and disability community. NARRTC formed a DEIA committee as an ad hoc committee in 2020 and this group continues to lead efforts toward meeting the organization’s commitments. Stay tuned.
