Chicago Center for Disability Research

The Chicago Center for Disability Research (CCDR) is a research unit established for the study of social, psychological, and educational issues relevant to the life experience of people with disabilities. CCDR staff is committed to making key information available and useful not only to the academic and professional sector but to all people with disabilities, their supporters, and advocacy groups.

In a context of increasing recognition of the rights and competence of people with disabilities to articulate their own needs and goals, CCDR seeks to improve the quality of disability knowledge by adopting a dual perspective:

• CCDR employs a scholarly perspective derived from staff members' extensive training and field experience in disability-related disciplines.
• CCDR uses an experience-based perspective derived from staff members' own experience in living with disabilities.