Tag Archives: RERCs

Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for September 2020 on Rehabilitation Engineering

Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: I am a new rehabilitation services provider and would like to learn more about how rehabilitation engineering research helps … Continue reading

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RERC on Technologies for Children with Pediatric Disabilities Promotes Research at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technologies for Children with Pediatric Disabilities (Tech4POD) is a NIDRR-funded RERC that focuses on advanced engineering research and the development of innovative technologies addressing children with orthopedic disabilities.  Tech4POD’s four research activities and development … Continue reading

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Wireless RERC Launches New Survey of User Needs!

The Wireless RERC’s consumer research team has launched its updated Survey of User Needs (SUN), a cornerstone survey on wireless use and usability by people with disabilities. The SUN has been completed by over 5000 people with disabilities since it … Continue reading

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Hi from FICCDAT

We’re all set up at Booth 215 in the FICCDAT exhibit hall. We’re right across from the RERC for the Advancement of Cognitive Technologies and the Smith Kettlewell RERC on Blindness and Low Vision. FICCDAT is six conferences in one, … Continue reading

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Funding Opportunity: 2 new Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

Grants.gov announced the release of two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs): The first is an RERC on Telerehabilitation. Telerehabilitation is remote delivery of rehabilitation services (including occupational and physical therapy and vocational rehabilitation) by phone, … Continue reading

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