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Disability Policy encompasses legal and policy analysis research related to federal and state policy related to families and individuals affected by disability. In particular, it addresses formal, written policies (“policy on the books”) and the implementation and outcomes of policy (“policy on the streets”) related to general and special education, social services, health-care, and the human genome project. It includes research on the 18 core concepts of disability policy.
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Publication The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy(The Relationship of Inquiry to Public Policy, 2003) Sailor, Wayne; Stowe, Matthew J.Publication The Core Concepts of DIsability Policy Affecting Families who have Children with Disabilities(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Beegle, Gwen; Stowe, Matthew J.Publication Reaching the Ideal(Education Next, 2003) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Turnbull, Ann P.Publication Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act on youth and their families: Perspectives of foster care providers, youth with emotional disorder, service providers, and judges.(Children and Youth Services Review, 2006) Humphrey, Kristen R.; Turnbull, Ann P.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, IIIThis article, which describes a component of a larger research project, focuses on participants' perspectives on (a) ways that the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) affected access to services for children with emotional or behavioral disabilities and their families, and (b) other ways that the ASFA affected children with emotional or behavioral disabilities and their families. Fifty-eight interviews with 33 participants (youth in out-of-home placements, their parents, foster care providers, service providers, and judges) took place. Participants reported that they believed the ASFA shortened the amount of time families had for correcting problems while their children were in custody. Some service providers may feel less inclined to help families because the law seems to require less from service providers than was required in the past. In addition, participants believed that when courts make decisions involving families, those decisions are more likely to call for termination of parental rights than for reunification. The investigators offer recommendations regarding these issues that involve the ASFA, families, and children with disabilities.Publication Legal Consideration of Inclusion for Infants and Toddlers and Preschool Age Children(Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 2001) Stowe, Matthew J.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, IIIPublication Matrix of Federal Statutes and Federal and State Court Decisions Reflecting the Core Concepts of Disability Policy(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Wilcox, Brennan L.; Stowe, Matthew J.; Umbarger, Gardner T.This article sets out the 18 core concepts of policy affecting families who have children with disabilities. It defines each concept, provides a reference to the constitutional principle(s) that undergird the core concept, cites the federal statutes that reflect the core concept, and references the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and other courts interpreting or defining the core concept.Publication "Imagine All the People, Sharing..." or A (Not So) Modest Proposal Made on the Eve of IDEA Reauthorization(Research & Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2004) Zuna, Nina; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, IIIPublication Five Models for Thinking About Disabilty: Implications for Policy Responses(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Stowe, Matthew J.Publication Eugenics and Sterilization in the Heartland(Mental Retardation, 2003) Wehmeyer, Michael L.Publication Classifications, Social Contracts, Obligations, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court: Sutton v. United Air Lines(Remedial and Special Education, 2001) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, IIIPublication A Taxonomy for Organizing the Core Concepts According to Their Underlying Principles(Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2001) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Stowe, Matthew J.This article organizes and classifies the 18 core concepts. There are nine overarching principles into which the concepts fit: life, liberty, equality, dignity, family as foundation, community, capacity, individualization, and accountability. These in turn reflect three approaches to policy: the Constitutional approach, consisting of the principles of life, liberty, and equality; the Ethical approach, consisting of the principles of dignity, family as foundation, and community; and the administrative approach, consisting of the principles of capacity, individualization, and accountability. There is also a set of Professional principles, which the article illustrates with examples from the field of medicine/health care. Finally, the article demonstrates how the organization and classification of the core concepts create a wholistic, unified approach to policy.Publication A Quality of Life Framework for Special Education Outcomes(Remedial and Special Education, 2003) Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Turnbull, Ann P.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Park, Jiyeon