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header - Assistive Technology and Cognitive Disabilities Project

header - Purpose of the Project: 
To examine how electronic organizers (PDAs, handheld computers, voice organizers, watches, cell phones and Smartphones) can be used to promote the independence of people with cognitive disabilities.

header - Project Activities:
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  • Conduct surveys to identify current trends in the use of electronic organizers by people with cognitive disabilities.
  • Conduct research trials of electronic organizers by people with cognitive disabilities
  • Develop Web based catalog of current electronic devices
  • Create an evaluation tool for assessing Web accessibility for cognitive disabilities




Project Partners: 1) Brain Injury Association of America, Inc., 2) Temple University, Institute on Disabilities; 3) University of Akron, School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; and 4) Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S., Department of Education, Grant Number H133A030810

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