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11 OVERARCHING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIES
Pages 293-298

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... Setting research priorities will help focus the limited amount of energy and funding, and enhancing federal efforts should improve both the quantity and effectiveness of current federal efforts.
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From page 294...
... Rehabilitation science and engineering is the body of knowledge that exists at the confluence of these disciplinesdrawing from, and contributing to each. The continued development of a common knowledge base in rehabilitation science and engineering will be important to future research that can benefit people with disabling conditions.
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From page 295...
... ENHANCE THE FEDERAL EFFORT In general, weaknesses in the current spectrum of federal programs in disability and rehabilitation research are not due to inappropriate priorities or other problems within the programs themselves, but rather to a general insufficiency in the magnitude of the overall program of research, its limited visibility, and a lack of effective coordination of the overall constellation of programs. Thus, the constellation of federal research programs in rehabilitation science and engineering needs to be reorganized and administered in a fashion that will improve interagency coordination, enhance visibility, and expand research for the purposes of improving the health, independence, productivity, and quality of life for people with disabling conditions.
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From page 296...
... For the purpose of improving the overall federal effort and addressing the priorities described in the second overarching recommendation, the committee restates Recommendation 10.1 as the third overarching recommendation since its implementation has such broad potential impact and significance. Overarching Recommendation 3.
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From page 297...
... 7.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 Rehabilitation science and engineering should be more widely recognized and accepted as an academic and scientific field of study. As such, the field should receive greater financial support, serve as the basis for developing new opportunities in multidisciplinary research and education, and ultimately improve the health and quality of life of people with disabling conditions.
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From page 298...
... . ADRR would assume the tasks that were formerly assigned to the Interagency Committee on Disability Research and be given enhanced authority through review of disability and rehabilitation research plans and control of funding for interagency collaboration.
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