Development of Adapted and Accessible Online Prevent T2 Program for Diabetes Prevention in People with Disabilities

The SBC is a for-profit organization that serves underserved populations’ unmet chronic disease management needs through tailored education. Through this proposal, the SBC seeks to expand its service offerings to people with disabilities (PWD).The SBC is partnering with a state university research department and a world-renown institution serving people with disabilities. This project aims to develop and launch a fully inclusive and accessible National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for people with physical disabilities. The objectives are: 1) to adapt digital content such as videos and graphics and modify the current online DPP software platform; 2) to conduct a usability evaluation of the newly created accessible and inclusive DPP program; 3) to create an addendum to the CDC DPP curriculum on developing accessible and inclusive online DPP programs. Anticipated outcomes include 1) a launch-ready accessible and inclusive online DPP program, 2) usability metrics of the newly developed program, and 3) a new addendum submitted to CDC for approval. If successful, this project shall be the first nationally available, accessible, and inclusive online DPP program for PWD. This proposal focuses on the Health and Function outcome domain of the NIDILRR Long Range Plan.