Choice, Preference, and Disability

Professor in the Department of Special Education, Senior Scientist in the Life Span Institute, and Director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Shogren's research focuses on self-determination and systems of support for people with disabilities and she has a specific interest in the multiple, nested contextual factors that impact outcomes. Dr. Shogren has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals, is the author or co-author of 10 books, and is one of the co-authors of Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Support, the 11th Edition of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' seminal definition of intellectual disability as well as the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's and Adult Version. Dr. Shogren is also the lead author of the Self-Determination Inventory System, a newly development measurement system for self-determination. Dr. Shogrenhas received grant funding from several sources, including the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Dr. Shogren is co-Editor of Remedial and Special Education.Brian Abery, PhD is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration as well as an adjunct faculty member within the Special Education Program. He serves as the Co-director of the Institute's Research and Training Center on HCBS Outcome Measurement and Global Disability Rights and Inclusion Program. Dr. Abery holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology and has been a Principal Investigator and Director of numerous government and foundation funded projects designed to promote the self-determination, health care coordination, social inclusion, and quality of life of persons with disabilities. He has published journal articles, technical reports, and products on self-deter