2018 TASH Conference

Adults with IDD face significant obstacles in their daily lives that affect their economic well-being, such as limited employment and lack of autonomy over their finances. This transformative mixed method explanatory sequential proposal aims to explain and understand the financial well-being of adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Proposed methods include a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase, a researcher administered survey N = 66 to participants with IDD at two disability service centers followed by two focus groups with 16 co-researchers with IDD using PhotoVoice as a participatory action research methodology. The proposal seeks to give a voice to and empower adults with IDD by co-researching what financial well-being means then by disseminating the results to community stakeholders and policymakers. Participatory action research makes space for participants/co-researchers voices providing innovative solutions for inclusive life (i.e., inclusion in the financial marketplace) experiences.