State of the Science Conference
The State of the Science Conferences sponsored by the various RERCs develop an agenda for future directions in research, service delivery, and product development based on user needs. They are generally held once each funding cycle.
Workplace Accommodations: State of the Science Conference 2011
The Potential of Emerging Technologies to Increase the Participation of Employees with Disabilities in the Workplace
This one-day conference will establish a national dialogue on the current state and future directions of workplace accommodations. It will be held immediately preceding or following the NARRTC 2011 conference (Early May in Washington, DC).
Emerging workplace technologies -- including both technologies that are new to the market (e.g., mobile wireless devices) and technologies that have not typically been applied as workplace accommodations (e.g., robotics) – offer new opportunities for increasing the participation of people with disabilities in the workplace. This conference will focus on identifying and examining the potential of these technologies. Issues include:
- What are promising new technologies?
- How can emerging technologies be incorporated into new universally designed products and assistive devices?
- How can we measure the impacts of emerging technologies on activity and participation?
- What are the costs, benefits, and policy implications of using emerging technologies as accommodations?
Call for Papers: Abstracts due December 3, 2010. Please use our online conference paper submission form.
RERC on Universal Design's Conference 2008
Conducted in partnership with the Work RERC at the ICADI Conference.
- ICADI Conference Website
- Preconference Agenda: The 21st Century Community
- Presentations from the Workplace Accommodation Track
