Focus Areas
Over the last 30+ years, RTC:Rural has explored many different areas of research, guided by our strong collaborators with disability community members and other stakeholders. We have organized this work into topics around community living, employment, health, and rural disability.
![Woman in a wheelchair in crowd of an outdoor concert](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/bottom/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/community-living-icon.jpeg)
Community Living
Community Living resources promote accessibility and participation in rural communities.
![Man purchasing product from cashier at small business](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/bottom/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/employment-icon.jpeg)
Employment
Employment resources focus on rural community development and service delivery.
![Three young people wearing sports uniforms hug each other while one smiles at the camera](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/center/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/health-icon.jpeg)
Health
Health resources focus on the management of secondary health conditions and health promotion.
![Woman waving on a porch swing](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/center/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/rural-disability-icon.jpeg)
Rural Disability
RTC:Rural uses a wide variety of data from large public datasets to help answer questions about the disability experience in rural and urban locations
![Screenshot of disability map of the United States](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/center/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/disability-maps-icon.png)
Disability Maps
Disability Maps resources include geographic representations of large dataset analyses.
![Woman in wheelchair participating in outdoor march](https://images.apps.umt.edu/storage/umt/bottom/700/683/rural-disability-research/images/disability-counts-icon.jpeg)
Disability Counts
Disability Counts includes data dashboards and tools to provide access to state and county-level disability data.