Every year, CDS produces research that’s evaluated by experts, published in scholarly journals and tapped to make improvements in the community. Recent peer-reviewed research from CDS has addressed communication interventions and assessments, collaborations across the lifespan among families of students with disabilities, and differences in reinforcements employed in American, Chinese and Japanese schools.
Access our published research below.
2026
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Raible, S. E., Bualar, T., & Eisenman, L. T.
(2026) From exclusion to empowerment: organisational cases of disability-inclusive employment in Thailandc Development in Practice, 1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2026.2627952
2025
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Alam, I., Haynes, T., madison, f., Tillman, S., Worthy, S.W., Athamanah, L., & Curtiss, S.L.
(2025) Avoiding ableist language in education: What Autistic advocates want you to know Multiple Voices, 24(2), 13-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.56829/i2158-396X-24-2-13 -
Chun, J., Curtiss, S.L., Richard, C., Zhou, K., Castruita Rios, Y., Park, S., Kim, J., & Koc, M.
(2025) Where does hope lie? The dialectical tensions between hopes and expectations of vocational transition planning from the perspectives of autistic young adults, parents, and practitioners Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55, 1857-1875. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06348-9 -
Myers, K. & Curtiss, S.L.
(2025) Inclusive post-secondary sex education using inquiry-based, peer-led learning: A practice brief Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 38(1), 439-446. -
Curtiss, S.L., Stoffers, M., Brown, A., & Mindler, P.
(2025) The effects of Universal Design for Learning on fifth-grade puberty instruction to enable accessibility for students with disabilities Exceptional Children, 92(1), 54-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/00144029251350061 -
Curtiss, S.L., Tillman, S., Subih, M., & Myers, K.
(2025) Mixed-methods study of autistic and non-autistic community member participation in autism research Autism, 29(9), 2268-2281. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613251348543 -
O’Fallon, M.K., Jacobs, O., Rulewicz, E., Christophulos, T., Curtiss, S.L., & Van Horne, A.O.
(2025) A qualitative exploration of support groups for parents of children with developmental language disorder Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(4), 956-969. doi: https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-24-00118 -
Hodges-Fulton, M.R. & Monahan, J.
(2025) Understanding autistic identity disclosure in higher education Autism in Adulthood. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0086 -
Curtiss, S.L. & Stoffers, M.
(2025) Theorizing the role of sex educators in the resistance and reification of epistemic injustices related to the sexual expression of people with intellectual disabilities Archives of Sexual Behavior, 65, 605-621. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-03039-5
2024
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Rispoli, K.M., Curtiss, S.L., & Naguib, S.
(2024) Brief transition-focused education for families of autistic youth: Preliminary mixed-methods investigation Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(5), 1176–1184. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2365415 -
Stoffers, M. & Curtiss, S.
(2024) Understanding appropriate and applicable sex education instruction for people with intellectual disability Remedial and Special Education. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325241261055