Workplace Accommodations R&D Digest - News Archive

Issue Contents
July-September 2010
  • Job Accommodations and Workplace Participation
  • Subjects Sought for Survey on Accommodation Costs and Benefits
  • National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC) Starts
  • Disability and Employment Updates: Updates to the ADA Title II and III Regulations, DOL Seeks Input on Implementation of Section 503 of the Rehab. Act, Ten Employment Myths Video
  • Featured Accommodations: iPhone-Based Aids for Vision and Hearing
May/June 2010
  • Social Media, Policy Networks and Accessible Workplace Technologies
  • Share Your Accommodation Stories
  • Connect to CATEA Online
  • New Disability And Employment Resources: ADA: Know Your Rights -- Returning Service Members With Disabilities; Disabilities At Work Radio Show; Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor; Understanding Brain Injury: Guide For Employers
  • Featured Accommodations - Online Reminder Systems
March/April 2010
  • Subjects Sought for Survey on Use of Workplace Accommodations
  • National Engineering Design Challenge: U.D. Award
  • Analysis of Responses to the ICDR’s Call for Recommendations on Disability Research Topic
  • Case Study Resources: People with Disabilities in the Workplace, Work RERC Case Examples
  • Disability and Employment Updates: Walgreens Launches Training Program, Broadband Use in America, FCC Action on Access to Wireless Phones, Updates to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
January/February 2010
  • Studying User Input in Assistive Technology Design
  • Policy Delphi Identifies and Explores Options for Improving Workplace Accommodations
  • National Engineering Design Challenge Winners Announced
  • Survey of Accommodations Use to Launch in Early March
  • Professional Education Opportunities
  • Disability and Employment Updates: Unemployment Statistics, Disability Employment Listening Sessions, Veterans Employment Initiative Website, Think Beyond the Label Campaign
April 2008
  • Work Accommodations for STEM Educators
  • "Building Comfortable Environments for All" Conference
  • National Engineering Design Challenge Winners Announced
  • Policy Updates: The Community Choice Act of 2007, UPS Deaf Drivers Case, Class Action Suit brought by Disabled Veterans, Wireless Devices and People with Disabilities
January 2008
  • Delphi Study on Policy to Support Workplace Accommodations
  • Workplace Accommodation Wizard Assessment Tool
  • Work RERC Web Cast Series
  • Policy Updates: ADA Restoration Act, New Legislation Effecting Veterans, Presidential Candidate Views on Disabilities, ODEP and CVS to Develop Best Practice Models
September 2007
  • Supine Workstation Project: Data Analysis Begins
  • Work RERC to Partner with NISH for JWOD/JETS National Engineering Design Challenge for High School Students
  • Workplace RERC Web Cast Series
  • Policy Update
June 2007
  • Limited Manual Dexterity Anthropometry Study
  • Workplace Assessments: A How To Guide - Two-part web course in July
  • Join the CATEA Consumer Network (CCN)
December 2006
  • Universal Design in the Workplace - Manufacturing
  • Back By Popular Demand – Telework Web Course
  • Join the CATEA Consumer Network (CCN)
September 2006
  • Personas as a Tool For Universal Design
  • Continuing Education: Web Courses on Telework
  • Useful Publications and Other Resources
June 2006
  • Accessibility Study of Secondary Office Spaces
  • User Needs Analysis Reveals Workpace Accommodation Recommendations
March 2006
  • Opportunities for Involvement
  • Recent Presentations
  • Resources and Events
  • AT in the Workplace
December 2005
  • Supine Computer Workstation Tested
  • Case Examples of Workplace Accommodations
October/November 2005
  • Job Satisfaction & Productivity and Accessibility of Support Spaces in Office Buildings
  • Study on Educators with a Disability
  • Disability Employment Awareness Month Announcements
July/September 2005
  • User Needs Survey - Preliminary Findings
  • Prosthetic Wrist Unit Study
  • Workplace Accommodations: State of the Science Conference
April/June 2005
  • Training on Workplace Accommodations - Survey Results
  • OPM Regulations Regarding Federal Job Applicants
  • NCD Report on Emergency Planning
  • AT in the Workplace (Mobility Mate, CursorXP, Stickies)
January/February 2005
  • Development of an Accessible Retail Checkstand
  • NIH Centers on Demography of Aging
  • EEOC and Northwest Airlines Settle Discrimination Suit
  • NCD Report: Progress of Disability Policy
  • AT in the Workplace (Dragon NaturallySpeaking V8.0, ScanTELL)
November/December 2004
  • AudioMORPH Screen Reading Tool
  • AT Act of 2004 Approved
  • UPS Faces Lawsuit for Intentional Disability Discrimination
  • AT in the Workplace (myReader, Cell Phone-Based Screen Readers)
October 2004
  • Accessible CNC Machinery Project
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month Announcements
August 2004
  • Supine Workstation
June 2004
  • Events & Announcements
December 2003
  • Trends in Workplace Accommodations
November 2003
  • Events & Announcements
Nov.2002 - Oct.2003
  • Events & Announcements

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