Wireless RERC - Disability

Save the Date: 2013 Disability Policy Seminar in April

mz22 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:42:15 +0000

The 2013 Disability Policy Seminar will be held in Washington, D.C. on April 15-17. This is an opportunity for individuals to meet with and hear from disability policy experts, including administration officials, key Hill staff and other advocates to discuss the “hottest topics in disability public policy.” This includes topics such as Medicaid, Social Security, the current budget situation and how these relate to and directly impact programs that help individuals with disabilities. The third day of the conference culminates with a breakfast on Capitol Hill and meetings with your elected representatives and staff.

Start Date:

Monday, April 15, 2013 - 9:00am to Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 11:00am

Additional Information:

2013 Disability Policy Seminar Information

Registration Information

Disability Policy Seminar

Disability

public policy

FEDERAL DISABILITY POLICY: WHERE ARE WE NOW?

mz22 — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:45:41 +0000

National Council on Disability (NCD)

Disability

Policy

Press Release

2012 NCD Progress Report

September 19, 2012— The National Council on Disability (NCD) released its annual report on U.S. disability policy titled the 2012 NCD Progress Report. The report presents NCD’s assessment of federal disability policy, the impact that emerging trends and policies had on quality of life and provides recommendations to the legislative and executive branches, including: the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing to formulate a plan to distribute and/or subsidize affordable hand-held currency readers; and the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission to collaborate on enforcement actions to encourage more accessible and effective emergency communications. NCD chairman Jonathan Young noted “In the current era of fiscal restraint, our nation’s long-term fiscal stability depends, in part, on creating meaningful opportunities for Americans with disabilities to contribute to our nation’s collective well-being and eliminating policies that trap people with disabilities in cycles of poverty and dependence.”

A CALL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DESIGNERS

mz22 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:32:07 +0000

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (RESNA)

2013 Student Design Competition (SDC)

Assistive Technology

Disability

2013 SDC Announcement

SDC 2013 Flyer

SDC Website

The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) announced their 2013 Student Design Competition (SDC). The annual competition provides teams of students with the opportunity to present creative and innovative assistive technology designs that can help people with disabilities function more independently. Students from a variety of disciplines are able to participate, including: mechanical, electrical, biomedical engineering, computer information science, architecture, and physical and occupational therapy. The designs are evaluated based on originality, quality and usefulness. Submission instructions will be available in October 2012 and the deadline for submissions is April 26, 2013.

LIVE ON-LINE TOMORROW, FCC CONSUMER ADVISORY MEETING

mz22 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:55:31 +0000

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Consumer Advisory Committee

FCC Live Web Page for Broadcast

September 18, 2012 – The Federal Communications Commission (FFC) is having a Consumer Advisory Committee meeting on Friday, September 21, 2012 from 2:00pm-4:00pm EDT. Agenda items include, but are not limited to, recommendations on broadband access, text spamming, and an item on disability complaints processing presented by Gregory Hlibok Chief, and Susan Kimmel, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office. The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast live over the Internet. The public may submit questions to the Committee via email at livequestions@fcc.gov or via Twitter using the hashtag #fcclive.

Building Rehabilitation Research Capacity at the Nexus of New Technologies, Aging and Disability

blippincott4 — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:58:47 +0000

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for Successful Aging with a Disability (OPIT-RERC) will hold their State of the Science Conference in Marina del Rey, California on October 25-26, 2012. The conference will discuss perspectives on aging and disability research and advances in new technologies with an aim to “develop a strategy for responding to future needs and opportunities and strengthening the comparative effective evidence-base for policy and practice decision-making that embodies the nexus perspective.”

Start Date:

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 9:00am to Friday, October 26, 2012 - 5:00pm

Additional Information:

OPIT-RERC State of Science Conference

Aging

Disability

Events