title: Emerging policy challenges in intellectual disabilities.
abstract: The forces shaping intellectual disability policy-making are diverse; while many of the policy issues reviewed in this issue are specific to intellectual disabilities, there are others that transcend disability-specific concerns. Our review is organized around six emerging demographic and socio-cultural trends that may directly and profoundly impact the intellectual disability field: aging, changing labor markets, immigration, families, federalism, and culture. Each of these trends is discussed in terms of their relevance and potential impact on disability policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA. gfujiura@uic.edu
authors.forename: Glenn T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Fujiura
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Parish
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D011050:Policy Making; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy