March 24, 2025
AMIA joined the Disability & Rehabilitation Research Coalition (DRRC), comprising 28 national organizations, commended the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its draft Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research for FY26-FY30. The DRRC emphasized the critical need for biomedical, functional, and outcomes research to support the approximately 70 million adults and 4 million children living with disabilities in the U.S. They advocated for the systematic collection of disability data and urged the NIH to implement the strategic plan by summer 2025 to enhance health outcomes and independence for individuals with disabilities.