AUCD - Posters: Technology, Assistive Technology & Universal Design
<< Back to ProgramMonday, December 7, 2020 12:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Location: Virtual
Presenters
The Promise of Autonomous Technology: Ensuring the Voices of Individuals with Disabilities are HeardPresenter(s)
Michael Bray, M.A., Ed.S., Associate Direct for Dissemination and Technology, Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LENDAutonomous, or driverless, vehicles are a quickly emerging technology that holds great promise for increased mobility, inclusion, and independence for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This poster will discuss autonomous vehicle research being conducted by the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute (MI-DDI). The goal of the project is to ensure that the voices of individuals with disabilities are heard by those designing, developing, and deploying this promising technology.
Using videoconference technology to survey adults with IDD: A National Core Indicators study
Presenter(s)
Alixe Bonardi, Senior Policy Specialist, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UCEDD/LENDThis presentation describes an 8-state effort pilot test of the use of video-conferencing technology to administer the National Core Indicators� (NCI) In-Person Survey, which is typically administered face-to-face with adults with IDD. This study aimed to understand the feasibility and accessibility of remote surveying, establish protocols needed to standardize administration, collect strategies for a successful survey and document the experience of both the surveyor and the person being surveyed.
Website Accessibility Strategies as an Interdisciplinary Training Opportunity at the Waisman Center UCEDD
Presenter(s)
Stacy Myers, BA, Graduate Project Assistant , Waisman Center, UCEDD/LENDWebsites should be accessible for everyone. The Waisman Center UCEDD (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities) employed graduate project assistants to review, update, and evaluate its website for accessibility. This poster shares the interdisciplinary project's process, techniques, and lessons learned. Relevant disciplines: Information Technology, Information Dissemination, Outreach, Design, Communications.
Assistive Technology for Reading: Various Technology Solutions for Access to Written Information Used in Education, Work, and Community Living
Presenter(s)
Patti Bahr, MSE, Program Manager, Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LENDAccess to information from written text is essential for education, work, and community living. For some, traditional reading with eyes on text may be time-consuming, difficult, or impossible to understand. This session includes a reading disability simulation, discussion, and demonstration of assistive technology for reading. Demonstration will include low tech, high tech, paid, and free options. Bring your own computer, Chromebook, or tablet to download options.
TELEHEALTH: An assessment of diagnostic evaluation versus intervention
Presenter(s)
Aderonke Oyetunji, , Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, UCEDD/LEND2. The use of Telehealth in addressing inequalities in autism service access has limitations it poses in view of logistics and reimbursements. This overview explores the use of telehealth in the evaluation versus intervention services including parent mediated intervention training, and their feasibility outcomes, in ASD. With more research, Telehealth may better serve as an ongoing effective platform in delivering intervention services during and beyond these unprecedented times.
Using Data to Better Reach Audiences Through Electronic Methods
Presenter(s)
Melina Danko, MSJ, Communications Officer, Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LENDAs budgets are tightening and distancing is more prevalent, many are turning to electronic dissemination to share their information. In a virtual world, it is difficult to know if you are actually reaching your audiences, or if users are deleting or overlooking your message before opening. This session will provide an overview of several marketing platforms and how their built in data analytics can help inform strategies.
Assistive Technology for Writing: Various Technology Solutions to Write Used in Education, Work, and Community Living
Presenter(s)
Patricia Bahr, MSE, Program Manager, Center for Disabilities and Development, UCEDD/LENDWriting is essential for education, work, and community living. For some, traditional writing with utensils and paper may be time-consuming, difficult, or totally illegible. This session includes a writing disability simulation, discussion, and demonstration of assistive technology for writing. Demonstration will include low tech, high tech, paid, and free options. Bring your own computer, Chromebook, or tablet to download options.