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Category Archives: Clinial/Rehab trials
Participate: Survey for PAS Users and the Emergency Experiences
From the Pacific ADA Center and the Center for Personal Assistance Services comes this opportunity to share your experiences in preparing for emergencies: The Center on Disability the Public Health Institute along with the Center for Personal Assistance Services at … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Survey
Tagged emergency preparedness, personal assistance services, survey
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TU Collaborative is Recruiting Eligible Participants for an Internet Education and Social Support Research Study!
The NIDRR-funded Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities is conducting a study on Internet education and social support for mothers with mental illness. The study is recruiting mothers who are interested in participating in an … Continue reading
911 Emergency Services for Individuals with Disabilities Survey Released
On March 16, 2011, the FCC’s Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) released a national on-line survey to determine the most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which persons with disabilities may access Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency services systems. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, ASL, emergency services, FCC, information technology, people with disabilities, Spanish
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For DC area folks: Seeking Participants for Usability Testing
The Paciello Group is seeking DC-area residents with mobility or fine motor disabilities to participate in usability testing on March 8th. TPG needs three people with mobility disabilities and three people with fine motor disabilities to test the accessibility and … Continue reading
Posted in Clinial/Rehab trials
Tagged DC, fine motor skills, mobility, participation, testing, washington, web accessibility
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Participate: Survey on How You Communicate with Emergency Services
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technology is conducting a survey of how people with disabilities communicate with emergency services. Take 5 minutes to fill it out and you could be eligible to win a $250 Amazon gift card … Continue reading
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Tagged emergency services, RERC, survey, wireless
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Speak Up: Comment on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Persons with Print Disabilities
This is a topic near and dear to the hearts of NARIC staffers. We’re a library whose patrons include people with disabilities. Though we do not often get requests for materials in alternative formats, the law requires that we do … Continue reading
Posted in Clinial/Rehab trials, Survey
Tagged books, copyright, reading, visual disabilities, WIPO
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Participate: Delphi study on digital technologies in the workplace
The Center for Advanced Communication Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology is conducting a Delphi study of “the impact of new digital technologies on the employment prospects of people with disabilities.” Delphi surveys use a panel of experts to … Continue reading
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Tagged Delphi survey, employment, technology, workplace accommodations
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Participate: Survey on Workplace Accommodations
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations at Georgia Tech is conducting a new survey on workplace features that aid function: Greetings from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations (Work RERC) at Georgia Tech, We are writing … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, employment, survey, workplace accommodations
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Show Initiative: Help the UPenn Collaborative Identify Asset Building Initiatives
The UPenn Collaborative and the National Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disabilities at the University of Illinois are searching for new and innovative programs that help individuals with psychiatric disabilities to become financially independent: The University of Pennsylvania … Continue reading
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Tagged asset building, financial capacity, independent living, psychiatric disabilities
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Participate: Survey on Synthesized Speech and Audio Description
WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media and IBM Research-Japan are recruiting survey participants who are blind or have low vision to test speech synthesis for audio description of Web video. They are looking for people 18 or older who are … Continue reading
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Tagged audio description, blind, survey, synthesized speech, visual impairments
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