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Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 

Publications and other products of scholarship related to research and practice in intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

Journal Articles 

  • Johnson KR, Blaskowitz M, Mahoney W. Technology supports for adults with intellectual disability: Secondary analysis of a scoping review on occupational therapy practice. Can J Occup Ther. [accepted]

  • Gary KW, Sima AP, Taylor JP, Johnson KR, Stromberg KA, O’Neill-Pirozzi TM. Temporal trends of functional outcomes for people of color and Whites with TBI. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education. [accepted]

  • Blaskowitz M, Johnson KR, Bergfelt, T, Mahoney W. 2021. Evidence to inform occupational therapy intervention with adults with intellectual disability: A scoping review. Am J Occup Ther. 75(3): 7503180010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.043562

  • Johnson KR, Bogenschutz M, Peak K. 2021. Propositions for race-based research in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Inclusion. 9(3): 156-169. https://doi.org/10.1352/2326-6988-9.3.156 

  • Mahoney W, Blaskowitz M, Johnson KR. 2021. Scoping review of occupational therapy related assessments for adults with intellectual disability. Am J Occup Ther. 75(3): 7503180100. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2021.046342   

  • Washington SE, Johnson KR, Hollenbeck, JM. 2021. Environmental modification and supports for participation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review of the literature. Am J Occup Ther. 75(4). [in press]

  • Jones D, Nicolaidis C, Ellwood LJ, Garcia A, Johnson KR, Lopez K, Waisman TC. 2020. An expert discussion on structural racism in autism research and practice. Autism in Adulthood. 2(4).
    https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2020.29015.drj

  • Johnson KR, Bagatell N. 2020. Negotiating tensions on the front-line: Circuits of accountability and self-governance in institutional care of adults with intellectual disability. Work Employ Soc. 34(4): 644-660.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019872647

  • Bogenschutz M, Dinora P, Johnson KR. 2019. Case management workforce supporting people with ID/DD: Indications of a new frontier of the workforce crisis. Intellect Dev Disabil.
    https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-57.6.499

  • Johnson KR, Blaskowitz M, Mahoney W. 2019. Occupational therapy practice with adults with intellectual disability: What more can we do? Open J Occup Ther. 7(2). https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1573

  • Gary KW, Sima A., Wehman P, Johnson KR. 2018. Transitioning racial/ethnic minorities with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Influence of socioeconomic status on related services. Career Dev Transit Except Individ. https://doi.org/10.1177/2165143418778556

  • Johnson KR, Bagatell N. 2018. “No! You can’t have it.”: Problematizing choice in institutionalized adults with intellectual disabilities. J Intellect Disabil. 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629518766121

  • Johnson KR, Bagatell N. 2017. Beyond custodial care: Mediating choice and participation for adults with intellectual disabilities. J Occup Sci. 24(4): 546-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2017.1363078
     

Book Chapters 

  • Belgrave FZ, Gary KW, Johnson KR. Culture, race, and disability. In: D. Dunn’s, editor, Understanding the experience of disability: Perspectives from social and rehabilitation psychology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2019. p. 122-136. 

Presentations 

  • Advancing health equity for minoritized people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 2022 North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Raleigh, NC (Oral)

  • Technology-related intervention for adults with intellectual disability: A scoping review, 2020 American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Conference, Pittsburg, PA *cancelled due to COVID-19* (Poster)

  • An occupational perspective on racial and ethnic disparities in service access and use, 2018 Society for the Study of Occupation: USA Conference, Lexington, KY (Panel)

  • Institutionalized adults with intellectual disabilities and the problematization of choice, 2018 World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress, Cape Town, South Africa (Oral)

  • Intellectual disability, basic human rights, and the problematization of choice, 2017 Occupational Therapy Summit of Scholars, Boston, MA (Oral)

  • Beyond custodial care: Mediating choice for institutionalized adults with ID, 2017 American Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA (Oral and poster -American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging Scientist Distinction)

  • Making visible the ruling relations of participation in occupation, 2016 Joint International Conference in Occupational Science, Portland, ME (Oral)

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