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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies

@ihdps.bsky.social
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To conduct timely and meaningful research and evaluation to inform health and disability policy, with the goal of improving access and quality of care for all people, particularly for those with disabilities and chronic illnesses.

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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You are not invisible. Share your story at kuhealthsurvey.org !
Image: Black woman signing in ASL.

Text: You are not invisible! Share your story.

2026 National Survey on Disability (NSHD) kuhealthsurvey.org Phone: 1 855 556 6328 Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
KU-IHDPS is conducting the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD). We have partnered with @360directaccess.bsky.social to help participants via ASL. All participant information is confidential. The survey is now open and you can take it at: kuhealthsurvey.org
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2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
 Thank you for your interest in the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD). This is the 7th time the NSHD has been done. Learning directly from people with disabilities is important to making health care and other services accessible. For more information about the NSHD, visit https://ihdps.ku.edu/nshd. After the NSHD closes, results will also be posted there. You can also contact us at healthsurvey@ku.edu.
Deaf / American Sign Language (ASL) support:
Survey support in ASL is provided by 360 Direct Access Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm Central Time (with additional, limited appointment times). For ASL support with the survey or any questions, please connect with an ASL representative by using your videophone to call 1-855-556-6328 or by clicking on the ASL widget on the right. 
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An ASL interpreter in a video on the right side of the screen. Buttons say ‘Message’ and ‘Schedule’ below.
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Los responsables de formular políticas afirman que las personas que no figuran en los datos son invisibles... No eres invisible. ¡Comparte tu historia en kuhealthsurvey.org !
Imagen: Silla de ruedas vacía en plena naturaleza.

Texto: Los responsables de formular políticas afirman que las personas que no figuran en los datos son invisibles... No eres invisible. ¡Comparte tu historia!

2026 Encuesta Nacional sobre Salud y Discapacidad (NSHD) kuhealthsurvey.org Teléfono: 1 855 556 6328 El correo: healthsurvey@ku.edu The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Policymakers say people who aren't in data are invisible... You are not invisible! Share your story at kuhealthsurvey.org
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Text: Policymakers say people who aren't in data are invisible... You are not invisible! Share your story.
2026 National Survey on Disability (NSHD) kuhealthsurvey.org Phone: 1 855 556 6328 Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
¡Ya está abierta la Encuesta Nacional sobre Salud y Discapacidad (NSHD) de 2026! ¡No eres invisible! Responde a nuestra encuesta y comparte tu historia. Participe en la encuesta en: kuhealthsurvey.org
Toma el 2026 Encuesta Nacional sobre Salud y Discapacidad (NSHD) !
Encuesta en línea: kuhealthsurvey.org
¿Tiene alguna discapacidad o condición de salud?
  No eres invisible.
  Responde a nuestra encuesta y comparte tu historia.
Estamos realizando investigaciones para comprender:

   • Cómo acceden las personas a los servicios de atención médica
   • Qué tipos de atención médica y cobertura de seguro tienen las personas
    • Cómo viven las personas de forma inependiente en sus comunidades
    • Qué obstáculos enfrentan las personas para vivir de manera independiente
¡Si tiene una discapacidad o una condición de salud, tiene 18 años o más y reside en los Estados Unidos o sus territorios, puede participar en nuestra encuesta!
Encuesta en línea: kuhealthsurvey.org
Teléfono: 1 855 556 6328
Correo electrónico: healthsurvey@ku.edu
Esta encuesta está disponible en línea o por teléfono en inglés, español y ASL.
No existe ningún riesgo asociado a la realización de la encuesta. Completarla llevará entre 20 y 30 minutos.
Imagen: Una mujer negra en silla de ruedas, un hombre blanco con gafas de sol oscuras que sostiene un teléfono y un bastón blanco, un hombre blanco con discapacidad del desarrollo que saluda con la mano, una mujer de piel marrón clara que utiliza el lenguaje de señas.
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) is open! You are not invisible! Take our survey and share your story. Take the survey at: kuhealthsurvey.org
Take the 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) !  
    Online Survey: kuhealthsurvey.org
Do you have a disability or health condition?  You are not invisible!  Take our survey and share your story.
We are conducting research to understand:
   • How people get health care services
   • What types of health care and insurance coverage people have
    • How people live independently in their communities
    • What obstacles people have in living independently
If you have a disability or health condition, are age 18 or over, and live in the United States or territories, you may take our survey!
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
This survey is available online or over the phone in English, Español, and ASL.
There is no risk associated with taking the survey. It will take about 20-30 minutes to complete.
Image: A black woman using wheelchair, a white man with dark sunglasses holding a phone and a white cane, a white man with a developmental disability waving, a woman with light brown skin using sign language
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) will be launching soon! Stay tuned for opportunities to take and share the survey! ihdps.ku.edu/nshd
Text: The 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) will be launching soon!

Stay tuned for opportunities to take and share the survey!

Image: Various people with disabilities - a white man with glasses a red shirt, a black woman signing, a man with colorful hair using a wheelchair, a white woman with glasses and a dark blue shirt, a young woman with a peach shirt using a wheelchair with an older woman with glasses in a dark shirt standing behind her
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you everyone who submitted clips to help promote the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)! If you have not sent in a video - we are still accepting clips, they just will not be in the first wave of promo vids! Visit ihdps.ku.edu/video to learn more
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A mix of people with various disabilities and health conditions, including wheelchair users, people with developmental disabilities, and a Deaf woman


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Thank you everyone who submitted clips to help promote the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)! If you have not sent in a video - we are still accepting clips, they just will not be in the first wave of promo vids!

Visit ihdps.ku.edu/video to learn more
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We are looking for people with disabilities to record short video clips (10 seconds!) to help promote the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) launching this fall. Please submit by August 17 so we have time to edit videos and make them accessible! Visit ihdps.ku.edu/video to learn more
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We are looking for people with disabilities to record short video clips (10 seconds!) to help promote the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) launching this fall.

Please submit clips by August 17 so we have time to edit videos and make them accessible!

Visit ihdps.ku.edu/video to learn more

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A woman with one arm records herself with her phone.
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New publication from IHDPS and RTC:Rural shows that people may be left behind by limited ACS questions – including people with depression, heart conditions, and cancer. Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/resc...
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Broad disability question in the BRFSS identifies populations missed by the American Community Survey six disability questions 

Published in Research Connections

doi.org/10.1093/rescon/vmag123

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A woman stands at a bus stop scratching her head as a bus with wheelchair and white cane access signs pulls away
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Would you or someone you know be willing to record a 10-second video clip (or several!) to help us to promote the NSHD? Visit our video page to learn more: ihdps.ku.edu/video
Man using a wheelchair records himself and people behind him with a smartphone on a short stick.

Text: We need people with disabilities to submit videos to help promote the upcoming 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)! 

Visit ihdps.ku.edu/video to learn more
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our newest publication looks at mental healthcare use by people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and serious mental illness (SMI). Read more in Frontiers: tinyurl.com/38d44me6
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Mental health service utilization among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and serious mental illness before and during the emergence of telehealth services

Published in Frontiers in Health Services

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2026.1832994

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A hand holding a phone that reads - Tele Health
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Former IHDPS Director Jean Hall has been chosen by the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns as their Tuesday Trailblazer for her work on health insurance and other disability research. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BX9...
Headshot photo of Jean Hall - a white woman with glasses and shoulder length brown hair
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New journal article from IHDPS explores whether having a proxy leads to people with disabilities being incorrectly represented in survey data. Read the full article at: www.frontiersin.org/journals/res... #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityData
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Does who responds matter?: exploring potential proxy response bias in the Washington Group Short Set disability estimates

Aaron Beuoy & Kelsey Goddard

Published in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics DOI: 10.3389/frma.2025.1654769

Images: A black man using a wheelchair talks to a woman in a suit who holds a clipboard with information between them,
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Datasets from Transportation, Labor, and Commerce departments connect employers with talented Americans with disabilities. #DisabilityData #ResearchMatters (Links in comments) - Post 2 of 2
text: A nonprofit disability organization launches a small business accelerator when they learn from the Current Population Survey's disability labor force characteristics data that workers with disabilities are twice as likely to be self-employed than work for someone
image: a woman sitting and drawing on an easeltext: The bad news is all of these datasets are at risk. The good news resources like EssentialData.us help make the case for how federal datasets benefit American lives and livelihoods.text: learn more at EssentialData.us psst did you know? these graphics are made by a disabled designer heart katetext & images: image credits - man with bus - metropolitan transportation authority via Flickr, woman on couch - resume genius via Unsplash, woman drawing - European disability forum via Flickr, man with pig - U.S. department of Agriculture via Flickr
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
U.S. Chief Data Scientist @denicewross.bsky.social worked with the Disability Health Equity Research Network (DHERN) to show the connection between disability data to real outcomes for people with disabilities. #DisabilityData #ResearchMatters (Links in comments) - Post 1 of 2
text: federal datasets for national disability employment awareness month that keep disabled Americans going
images: man with wheelchair entering bus, man with wheelchair feeding pig, Disability Health Equity Research Network logo,
FAS federation of American scientists logo, America's Essential Data logotext: a wheelchair user has an easier commute to work thanks to expanded door-to-door transit services in response to the National Household Travel Survey showing the employment barriers faced by adults with travel-limiting disabilities
image: man with wheelchair entering bustext: A cancer patient continues working during treatment because they find info about workplace accommodations that match their symptoms and job duties in the Job Accommodation Network Situations and Solutions finder database, from the Office of Disability Employment policy
image: woman sits on couch using her laptoptext: A farmworker paralyzed in a combine accident finds the right assistive tech to continue working with help from AgrAbility, a USDA-funded program that exists to serve the 2 in 10 farmers who are living with disabilities, a need made visible by American Survey Data
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We are at the last day of Center on KTDRR 's 2025 Virtual Knowledge Translation (KT) Conference this year, and are learning about lots of great KT resources! One is a pilot project in Nigeria presented by Charles Chibuisi Ehiemere - Familia Solutions. More info in comments.
Website screenshot. Familia Supporting Maternal & Child Health Empowering women of reproductive age with digital health solutions for better maternal and child health outcomes
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The new journal article from IHDPS shows a link between transportation access and better social connectivity and health for people with disabilities. Read more in the Journals of Transport and Health: doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2025.102165 #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityHealth #DisabilityTransport
The moderating effects of perceived transportation access on health and social connectedness for people with disabilities

Published in Journals of Transport & Health

DOI: 
10.1016/j.jth.2025.102165

Man using a wheelchair uses a lift to enter a van with assistance from another man
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Sign up for our newsletter at: tinyurl.com/ycxepyzk #DisabilityResearch
A man in a wheelchair reads a newspaper. 

Text: Interested in disability research? Sign up for the IHDPS newsletter to learn more about the Data Analysis Team, ongoing research, and more! KU The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies logo
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
IHDPS is launching a newsletter! Sign up at: tinyurl.com/ycxepyzk
Text: Sign up for the IHDPS newsletter to keep up on disability research news, resources, and other opportunities! 

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A woman with a prosthetic leg reads a newspaper
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
NIDILRR funds disability research across the U.S., including many IHDPS projects! Learn more about NIDILRR through @lurieinstitute.bsky.social 's explainer series: tinyurl.com/bdh5jsj7 #NIDILRR #DisabilityResearch
Text: NIDILRR funds #DisabilityResearch ! This includes IHDPS projects, like the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)!

Images: A group of people chatting around at table, including a young woman using a wheelchair.
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Researchers from Brown University have used data from the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) to examine loneliness in adults with disabilities Read the new article in the Annals of Internal Medicine: doi.org/10.7326/ANNA... #DisabilityResearch
A person sits alone at the edge of a bench in a park

Text: Disproportionate Loneliness Burden Demonstrated in Two National Samples of Working-Age Adults With Varied Disability Types

Published in Annals of Internal Medicine   DOI: 10.7326/ANNALS-25-00928
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A new article from IHDPS and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reports that people with TBIs have poorer physical and mental health but were not more likely to be unemployed than their peers Read more - links in comments.
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Traumatic brain injury in those with pre-existing disability: Prevalence, characteristics, and psychosocial function

Published in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000001080
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Interested in disability research? Sign up for our newsletter to get disability research news, resources, and other opportunities! Sign up at: tinyurl.com/ycxepyzk
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Text: Interested in disability research? Sign up for our newsletter!
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) is now closed! While we look at the information people have shared, we invite you to sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop about disability research news, resources, and other opportunities: tinyurl.com/ycxepyzk
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) by contributing your voice, sharing the survey with the disability community, or conducting research that guides disability policy. 

Without your efforts, our work would not succeed!

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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The National Survey on Health and Disability closes today - share your voice before it's too late! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A man in a wheelchair holding a megaphone points at the closing message

Text: The NSHD closes today - July 31. Share your voice now!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The NSHD closes soon - share your voice before it's too late! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A man using a power wheelchair watches as his service dog pulls a door closed

Text: The NSHD closes July 31. Share your voice now!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
There is still time during Disability Pride Month to share your story by taking the NSHD! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice #DisabilityPrideMonth
A woman with a developmental disability flexes her arms

Text: It’s Disability Pride Month - share your disability story!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
There is still time during Disability Pride Month to share your story by taking the NSHD! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice #DisabilityPrideMonth
A woman using a wheelchair lifts a weight - her socks are brightly colored. 

Text: It’s Disability Pride Month - share your disability story!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The NSHD is closing soon - but there is still time to share your voice! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A man with a disability rides a recumbent tri-wheel handcycle on a brick path

Text: There is still time to take the NSHD! Share your voice today!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The NSHD is closing soon - but there is still time to share your voice! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A man with a beard using a wheelchair talks on a cellphone while looking at his wristwatch

Text: There is still time to take the NSHD! Share your voice today!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Two articles from former IHDPS Director Jean Hall and fellow disability researchers dive into how we count people with disabilities in the U.S. Published by @healthaffairs.bsky.social Links in comments below #DisabilityResearch
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Text: The disability mismatch: The case for a comprehensive disability status measure & In measuring disability, do not abandon US standards 

Published by HealthAffairs
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The NSHD is closing soon - but there is still time to share your voice! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A black man wearing headphones and sitting on a couch uses his tablet

Text: There is still time to take the NSHD! Share your voice today!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The NSHD is closing soon - but there is still time to share your voice! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A woman with a prosthetic leg sitting down while looking at her wristwatch

Text: There is still time to take the NSHD! Share your voice today!
2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Interested in findings from the National Survey on Health and Disability kuhealthsurvey.org ? Read about differences in care and insurance access for adults with I/DD: tinyurl.com/56dkkfbk
Woman with developmental disability wearing a medical mask waits on the phone

Text: Differences in Demographics and Access to Care by Source of Health Coverage for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Published by MACPAC
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We need adults of all genders to take the NSHD - but we are especially lacking men's voices! Do you know disability advocates? Tell them about our survey! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
An older black man with glasses stands using a walker

Text: We need more men to share their voice in the NSHD
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Interested in research from the National Survey on Health and Disability kuhealthsurvey.org ? Read about how some counting methods may be missing people with mental illness in a new paper - tinyurl.com/55nvpdkz
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Undercounts of people with serious mental illness using the Washington Group Short Set questions

Published in 

Frontiers in Psychiatry

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1606154/full
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We need adults of all ages to take the NSHD - but we are especially lacking voices from people under 35! Please tell disability advocates you know about the NSHD! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
A young woman with a prosthetic leg wearing glasses sits on a couch

Text: We need more people under 35 to share their voice in the NSHD
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We need people all over the U.S. to take the NSHD - but we are especially lacking voices from Mississippi! Do you know disability advocates in Mississippi? Send them a message about our survey! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice
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Text: We need more people in Mississippi to share their voice in the NSHD
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What assistive technology do you use? What accommodations do you need? Tell us by taking the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #AssisstiveTechnology #DisabilityResearch
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Text: The NSHD asks what accommodations and assistive technology people use outside of their home
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What disabilities or health conditions do you have? When did they start? Tell us by taking the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #Disability #DisabilityResearch
Young blind white woman holding a white cane
Text: The NSHD asks about disabilities and health conditions, and when they began
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The NSHD asks people if they work for pay, including self-employment Are you employed? Do you work for someone else or are you self-employed? Tell us by taking the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityEmployment #DisabilityResearch
Man with a prosthetic leg loads lumber boards onto a stack
Text: The NSHD asks people if they work for pay, including self-employment
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Interested in research findings from the National Survey on Health and Disability? Find journal articles and plain language summaries at: ihdps.ku.edu/nshd-publications You can still take the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityResearch #HealthResearch
A black man using a wheelchair sits at a table reviewing text books

Text: 2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
How healthy are you overall? Tell us by taking the NSHD: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityHealth #health #HealthyLifestyle #HealthResearch
A Latina women in a wheelchair wearing bright rainbow socks lifts a dumbbell with her arm

Text: The NSHD ask people about their physical, mental, and overall health 
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"I'm in Hell …": Experiences of Unmet Health Care Needs Among People with Pre-Existing Disability and Long COVID from IHDPS and @kumedcenter.bsky.social has been published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Read it at: muse.jhu.edu/article/959114
Older woman holding the side of her head and grimacing while sitting near a window
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Does Medicaid or other insurance cover your healthcare needs? Tell us by taking the NSHD: kuhealthsurvey.org #MedicaidMatters #health #DisabilityHealth
A female health professional speaks to a female patient in an office

Text: The NSHD asks if Medicaid or other insurance meets people's healthcare needs
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
What are your healthcare needs? Is there anything you need that you are unable to get due to insurance denials or other barriers? Tell us by taking the NSHD: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityHealth #InsuranceCoverage #medicine #DisabilityResearch
A man's legs - one is prosthetic at the knee

Text: The NSHD asks about healthcare needs - such as prosthetics, medical equipment & prescriptions
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Personal assistance needs are often unmet. Do you use PAS? Do you need PAS but don't get it? Tell us by taking the NSHD: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityHealth #PersonalAssistance
A woman pushes a man in a wheelchair across a parking lot

Text: The NSHD asks people about their use of personal assistance services 
2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
People with disabilities can be at risk of developing secondary conditions from certain diseases. Tell us about your health by taking the NSHD at: kuhealthsurvey.org #disability #DisabilityHealth
A white man with a developmental disability presses his hand against his head while wrapped in a blanket

Text: Ten percent of people with disabilities develop Long-COVID after being infected with COVID-19
*Source: doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307794

2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies @ihdps.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Is the transportation you need always available? Is it accessible? Tell us by taking the NSHD: kuhealthsurvey.org #AccessibleTransportation #AccessibleTransport
A woman using a wheelchair rides a subway train

Text: The NSHD gathers information on the availability and accessibility of transportation

2025 National Survey on Disability (NSHD)
kuhealthsurvey.org
Phone: 1 855 556 6328
Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu
The University of Kansas Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies
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