My meals, my way: a web-based nutrition platform for people with IDD living independently - name and address: good nutrition ideas LLC, 227 east 36TH AVE., eugene, or 97405

PI and title: kathleen humphries, PHD, director of innovation and development. Agency: nidilrr/ACL; cfda number 93.433, sbir phase i. Project title: my meals, my way: a web-based nutrition platform for people with IDD living independently. Technical abstract: good nutrition ideas (GNI) will work with a community advisory board (CAB) and the software developer inspiringapps, to design and test the feasibility of the my meals, my way (mmmw-platform) web-based nutrition program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (pwidd) living independently. This project addresses nidilrr's major outcome domain of health and function. The CAB, a group of pwidd and direct service professionals, is drawn from community partners makom and dayle mcintosh center. The goals of this sbir phase i project are 1) establish the feasibility of the mmmw-platform with pwidd, and 2) create the mmmw-platform technical specifications for the web-based nutrition program. The objectives include 1A) form a CAB; 1B) CO-create and test the feasibility of the mmmw-platform with CAB members; and 2A) draft and finalize the mmmw-platform technical specifications. The anticipated outcomes of this project include 1) established feasibility of mmmw-platform with target end-users (pwidd), and 2) completed technical specifications of the mmmw-platform that center independent living, nutrition, self-determination, and universal design. The expected product of this phase i sbir is a completed mmmw-platform technical specifications document, ready to be built and tested in phase II. Our anticipated results include that our CAB members will approve of the final design of the mmmw-platform, finding IT usable, accessible, and helpful for their own meal planning. Using the technical specifications developed in phase i, GNI plans to build, test, and commercialize the mmmw-platform in an sbir phase II. The mmmw-platform is expected to lead to improved dietary intake, better health, and increased independence for millions of americans with disabilities.