Focus Areas

collage of different RTC:Rural publications

Over the last 30+ years, RTC:Rural has explored many different areas of research, guided by our strong collaborators with disability community members and other stakeholders. We have organized this work into topics around community living, employment, health, and rural disability.

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Community Living
Man purchasing product from cashier at small business
Employment
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Health
Woman waving on a porch swing
Rural Disability
Screenshot of disability map of the United States
Disability Maps
Woman in wheelchair participating in outdoor march
Disability Counts

Focus Areas

 • Community Living

 • Employment

 • Health

 • Rural Disability

 • Disability Maps 

 • Disability Counts

 

Woman in a wheelchair in crowd of an outdoor concert
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Community Living

Community Living resources promote accessibility and participation in rural communities.

Man purchasing product from cashier at small business
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Employment

Employment resources focus on rural community development and service delivery.

Three young people wearing sports uniforms hug each other while one smiles at the camera
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Health

Health resources focus on the management of secondary health conditions and health promotion.

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Rural Disability

RTC:Rural uses a wide variety of data from large public datasets to help answer questions about the disability experience in rural and urban locations

Screenshot of disability map of the United States
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Disability Maps

Disability Maps resources include geographic representations of large dataset analyses.

Woman in wheelchair participating in outdoor march
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Disability Counts

Disability Counts includes data dashboards and tools to provide access to state and county-level disability data.

Woman in a wheelchair in crowd of an outdoor concert
Man purchasing product from cashier at small business
Three young people wearing sports uniforms hug each other while one smiles at the camera
Woman waving on a porch swing
Screenshot of disability map of the United States
Woman in wheelchair participating in outdoor march

Community Living

Community Living resources promote accessibility and participation in rural communities.

Employment

Employment resources focus on rural community development and service delivery.

Health

Health resources focus on the management of secondary health conditions and health promotion.

Rural Disability

RTC:Rural uses a wide variety of data from large public datasets to help answer questions about the disability experience in rural and urban locations

Disability Maps

Disability Maps resources include geographic representations of large dataset analyses.

Disability Counts

Disability Counts includes data dashboards and tools to provide access to state and county-level disability data.

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