In this collection from a conference held in Washington D.C. in early 2003, contributors describe their research in key areas of the continuing process of mainstreaming people with intellectual and developmental disabilities into educational opportunities, employment and communities. Concentrating on the needs of researchers, they describe their work in evaluating young children with or at risk of developmental disabilities; effective education in the least restrictive setting; transitions to adulthood; support for needs in homes, community lives, social roles, behavior, mental health, communication, crisis, and health; biomedical research for primary and secondary prevention; support of families across the life span; self-advocacy, self-determination, social freedom and opportunity; emerging technologies; and healthy aging. Many topics include narratives and case studies and the list of references is comprehensive. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less