Partners

The KU School of Social Welfare is partnering with the KU Department of Sociology, UMKC Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, and the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center to carry out the research. 

This project is also guided by an Advisory Board consisting of community stakeholders who provide ideas and recommendations, to best ensure that the project is responsive to community needs.  Advisory Board members include:

• Mike Burgess; Disability Rights Center; mike@drckansas.org
• Barb Conant; Kansas Advocates for Better Care; baconant@hotmail.com
• Liz Long, Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities; llong@kcdd.org 
• Annette Graham, LSCSW; Central Plains Area Agency on Aging; Annette.graham@sedgwick.gov
• Ami Hyten, JD; Topeka Independent Living Resource Center; ahyten@tilrc.org
• Colin Olenick, Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas; colino@sackonline.org
• Steve Sandoval; Southwest Developmental Disabilities, Inc; stevesandoval@sdsicddo.com
• Sandra Shopteese; Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation/Caregiver; sandra.shopteese@ks.gov
• Kelly Smith, Plain Language Specialist, Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas; kellys@sackonline.org
• Carol Whitehair, RN; Home Health and Hospice of Dickinson County; cwhiteha@mhsks.org
• Janet Williams, MSW, Ph.D.; Minds Matter; janetw@mindsmatterllc.com
• Clara Boyd, Direct Care Worker; c142b706@ku.edu
• Tobi Barta, MSW Scholar; tobi.barta@ku.edu
• Lora Swartzendruber, MSW
• Darcy Sullivan, MA; dsullivan10@ku.edu
• Jennifer Babitzke, MS, MA; jennifer_babitzke@ku,edu