Our resource library brings together research, federal guidance, data, and plain language explanations about disability services, community living, mobility, and related policy.
A note about this library: We share these materials because they can help readers understand the policy questions surrounding disability supports and continuity. Each source reflects the views and analysis of its author or publisher.
What it means: This research explains how differences between state Medicaid programs can make moving to another state harder for people who rely on disability services. It also introduces “intrastate confinement,” a term for being effectively limited to one state because needed supports do not move with you.
What it means: This study shows that people who use Medicaid disability services want to move for jobs, school, and to be closer to people they know. It explains how state-by-state differences in services can affect whether those moves are possible.
What it means: Moving while using Medicaid personal assistance can require hours of research, calls, paperwork, planning, and follow-up. This study explains that hidden work and why people often have to manage it themselves.
What it means: This piece explains why disability services should continue when people move or spend time somewhere new. It connects service continuity to work, education, family life, emergencies, and the freedom to choose where to live.
What it means: This piece looks at how location-based disability supports can affect where people are able to work. It connects portable support with the ability to pursue jobs in different places.
What it means: This report looks at how Medicaid programs decide how much help a person qualifies to receive at home. It explains how assessments, eligibility rules, and automated tools can shape access to everyday support.
What it means: This is a useful introduction to how Medicaid serves people with disabilities. It explains coverage, services, care coordination, and some of the policy choices that affect how support is delivered.
What it means: This piece explains several pressures affecting long-term disability and aging services, including worker shortages, growing demand, state budgets, and federal funding decisions.
What it means: This United Nations tool shows what a strong disability support system can include. It looks at personal assistance, transportation, housing, choice and control, funding, and community-based support through a human rights lens.
What it means: This research looks at how transportation access differs across communities. It can help explain how where someone lives affects the places, services, jobs, and opportunities they can reach.
What it means: This Census research looks at whether disability is connected to where and how often older adults move. It helps put disability and residential mobility into a larger demographic context.
What it means: This article explains how researchers study moving and migration. It is useful for understanding the data and methods behind research about who moves, why they move, and where they go.
What it means: This research looks at movement between rural and urban communities and how disability appears in those migration patterns. It helps show how disability, geography, and population change connect.
What it means: This federal data shows how disability can affect everyday travel. It covers how often people travel, access to vehicles, employment, and the ways people get where they need to go.
What it means: This federal guidance explains how the Olmstead decision applies to Medicaid and community-based disability services. It is a useful source for understanding states’ responsibilities to support people in integrated community settings.
What it means: This piece looks at where federal disability funding goes and how public investment affects access and participation. It helps connect disability rights commitments with the funding needed to carry them out.