A.T. Utilization Information Center
Organizations
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Community Research for Assistive Technology
The California Foundation of Independent Living Centers, in collaboration with the California State University at Northridge, is conducting a five-year research program funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The goal of the project is to increase the capacity of the independent living community to work with its members and stakeholders to collect research data on access and use of AT to improve the lives of people with disabilities. [More Information on Community Research for Assistive Technology]
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Disability Statistics Center, University of California/San Francisco
The Disability Statistics Center produces and disseminates policy-relevant statistical information on the demographics and status of people with disabilities in U.S. society. The Center's work focuses on how that status is changing over time with regard to employment, access to technology, health care, community-based services, and other aspects of independent living and participation in society. The Center is based at the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). It receives funding from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) as an RRTC. [More Information on Disability Statistics Center, University of California/San Francisco]
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John P. Murtha Assistive Technology Research Center
The mission of the John P. Murtha Assistive Technology Research Center (ATRC) at NRH is to invent, develop, evaluate, and deploy technologies that enhance recovery, foster independent living, and aid the clinical practice of rehabilitation medicine. The Center builds on a foundation of ongoing work at NRH and its partner organizations especially in the areas of neurologic assessment, technology development, telehealth, outcomes research, and health services research. The ATRC is funded through the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). [More Information on John P. Murtha Assistive Technology Research Center]
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Quality of Life Technology Center
The Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC). QoLT was created to significantly improve and sustain the quality of life for all people by integrating information, engineering, and biomedical innovations for the prevention, rehabilitation and compensation of human ailments. The center is developing new approaches to help manage and maintain physical and mental health, and devices and systems that both restore and enhance natural human perception, cognition, and motor skills for people with reduced functional capabilities due to aging or disability. QoLT is a unique partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh that brings together a cross-disciplinary team of technologists, clinicians, industry partners, end users, and other stakeholders to create revolutionary technologies that will improve and sustain the quality of life for all people. [More Information on Quality of Life Technology Center ]
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RESNA 2013 Annual Conference
June 20, 2013 to June 24, 2013 in Bellevue, Washington, United States
Designed by and for people passionate about the use of assistive technology to improve the health and well-being of people with disabilities, RESNA 2013 offers educational sessions, scientific paper sessions, posters, three plenary sessions with internationally-recognized speakers, and a large exhibit hall. Mixed in are dozens of meetings of committees, SIGs (shared interest groups) and PSGs (professional specialty groups). [More Information on RESNA 2013 Annual Conference]
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RESNA 2012 Annual Conference
June 28, 2012 to July 3, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The RESNA 2012 Annual Conference will be an interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and companies who share a common interest in rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology and disability issues in general. The conference schedule (to be announced at a later date) will include workshops and plenary sessions. Mixed in are dozens of meetings of committees, SIGs (shared interest groups) and PSGs (professional specialty groups). [More Information on RESNA 2012 Annual Conference]
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Emergency Preparedness Survey
Dec 22, 2010
The Shepherd Center in Atlanta is conducting research on the use and usability of wireless technology by people with disabilities. They need volunteers to take an online survey before December 31, 2010. The survey is brief and you will be entered in a drawing to win a gift certificate. [More Information on Emergency Preparedness Survey]
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Tots 'n Tech Needs Your Help!
Apr 18, 2006
The Tots 'n Tech Research Institute (TnT) is an inter-university collaboration between Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA and Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. TnT conducts a national research program about use of assistive technology (AT) to enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities. A major component of the TnT's mission is to produce new knowledge and information about AT use and practices and, specifically, about the ways in which AT may optimize children's development and learning. TnT is currently conducting two surveys to learn more about how Assistive Technology (AT) may have been helpful to (1) parents and (2) infants and toddlers.The first survey, entitled "Family Survey," seeks information from parents whose children are under the age of three years on what kinds of training and experience the parents have had with AT. The second survey, the "Early Intervention Provider Survey," seeks information from multidisciplinary providers who work in early intervention at least one day per week to learn more about how AT may have been helpful to infants and toddlers. If you qualify as either a parent or a provider, please take a few minutes to respond to the appropriate survey. [More Information on Tots 'n Tech Needs Your Help!]
