Welcome

The Workplace Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center (RERC) identifies, develops and promotes new assistive and universally designed technologies that maximize independence and participation of people with disabilities in the workplace. A primary focus of the Workplace RERC is the use of universal design concepts -- the design of products and environments to be usable by all workers, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

Accommodation in Action

Man who is quadraplegic using an adaptive computer workstation in his daily tasks as a construction manager.

Highlights

• Visit the AT Wiki
  Learn more about specific workplace accommodations on the AT Wiki and share your own tips or feedback about accommodations. The numerous articles include information about workstations, computer access, funding of AT, etc.
  
• Join the CATEA Consumer Network (CCN)
  Provide feedback and participate in studies, such as the Work RERC's research on workplace accommodations. If you are interested in being part of the CCN, please take a moment to tell us about yourself in the sign-up survey. Membership is free, and some studies may provide payments for participation. Click Here to Join the CCN!
• Download our new Grocery Checkstand Design Guidelines (PDF)
  Learn how grocery checkstands can be made more accessible for both employees and customers.
  

Work RERC News

• Work RERC will Continue for Another Five Years
  CATEA has recently been awarded a grant to continue research and development as the national Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations (Work RERC) for another five years.
  
• Work RERC Presents Research at ICADI
  CATEA staff and researchers of the Workplace Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center (RERC) presented at the International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence (ICADI) in St. Petersburg, Florida in February. ICADI conference presentations have been posted.
  
• NISH National Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation and Design
  Applications for the 2007-2008 NISH National Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation and Design application are due April 11, 2008. NISH established the National Scholar Award to encourage university-level students to reach out to people with severe disabilities in their communities and to design creative technological solutions to barriers that prevent them from entering or advancing in the workplace.
  
• Workplace Accommodations R&D Digest - April 2008
  Periodic electronic update on project activities and useful resources.
  To subscribe, send e-mail to sympa@lists.gatech.edu with a SUBJECT of "subscribe workrerc-news".
  

Upcoming Events

• The ADA Game
  Southeast DBTAC
  Ongoing
  
• Universal Web Design Course Registration
  CATEA
  Ongoing