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February 07, 2005
Call for Papers: WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATIONS: STATE OF THE SCIENCE
The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Workplace Accommodations is announcing a Call for Papers for its 2005 State of the Science Conference (September 15-16, 2005 Atlanta, GA.)
This conference will establish a national dialogue on the current state and future directions of workplace accommodations. The conference format will include plenary sessions, paper presentations in breakout sessions, and extensive opportunity for networking and discussion. A goal of the conference will be to develop an agenda for future directions in research, service delivery, and product development based on user needs for workplace accommodations.
The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners (i.e., rehabilitation engineers, rehabilitation counselors, occupational therapists), policy makers, product designers, employers, and employees with disabilities who are interested in improving access to the workplace for people with disabilities.
We are particularly interested in papers that address one or more of the following themes and questions:
1) Evidence-Based Practice - e.g., what accommodations are effective and for whom; what accommodations are reasonable and what do they cost; what are the gaps in providing accommodations
2) Universal Design and AT - e.g., how are new universally designed products changing the need for assistive devices; what are the benefits and drawbacks of universal design; what tools/efforts can promote development of universally designed products
3) Safety in the Workplace - e.g., what are the unique safety risks for people with disabilities in the workplace; do accommodations compromise workplace safety; can accommodations compensate for safety risks
4) Telework - e.g., is telework a reasonable accommodation; what accommodations do teleworkers need
5) Aging Workers - e.g., what are the types of problems faced by aging workers; what accommodations will an aging workforce need and are these accommodations reasonable
Presentations may address one or more of the conference themes by reporting on Research and Development, Policy Development and Issues, Service Delivery, Best Practices and Case Studies, or Training and Dissemination.
If you would like to present a paper, please submit the following information to the Work RERC by April 1st. * Submission form / contact information (available: www.workrerc.org/sos) * Abstract (250-500 words)
This conference and the Work RERC are supported by Grant H133E020720 of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education.
The Work RERC is a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center that identifies, designs, and develops devices and systems to make people with disabilities more productive in the workplace. A primary focus of the Work 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. The Work RERC is part of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) at Georgia Tech. More information about the Work RERC can be found at http://www.workrerc.org/
Posted by Nancy at February 7, 2005 11:19 AM