Reports Outline Pediatrics Study Findings from University of Maryland (Reimagining Self-determination In Research, Education, and Disability Services and Supports): Pediatrics

2026 JAN 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- Current study results on Pediatrics have been published. According to news originating from College Park, Maryland, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “After decades of work to advance policy, research, and practice focused on self-determination for people with disabilities, the importance of self-determination is widely acknowledged in education and disability service systems. While the benefits of the growing recognition of the importance of self-determination have been many, there have also been some unintended consequences.”

Financial support for this research came from NORFACE.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Maryland, “One such consequence has been the de-centering of disabled leadership and subsequent confusion about whether the term self-determination refers to an outcome, a program, an intervention, a value, a right, or a movement. In this article, written by an inclusive team of authors, we invite readers to join us in reimagining self-determination, considering ways to further contextualize the concept of self-determination within the practical reality of its application.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “We offer a discussion of the necessity of continuing to center lived disability expertise and implications for policy, research, and practice in this reimagined approach to self-determination.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Reimagining Self-determination In Research, Education, and Disability Services and Supports. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2025. Journal of Disability Policy Studies can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Disability Policy Studies - dps.sagepub.com)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Charles B. Walters, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States. Additional authors for this research include Rebecca B. Smith Hill, Amanda M. Waldron, Cadence J. Russell, Nour Mansour, Josie Badger, Everett Deibler and Karrie A. Shogren.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073251404904. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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