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[Kerry Elizabeth Thompson]

I just received this from the Justice For All disability news listserv:

Wheelchair Conference: "Technologies and Strategies for Physical
Transfer of Individuals with Motor Impairments State of the Art
Conference."

Upcoming: A conference to be held by the federal Interagency Committee
on Disability Research (ICDR) Interagency Subcommittee on Technology.
Location: Hilton Arlington and Towers, Arlington VA
Date: Monday, September 10-11, 2007

Agenda to include speakers from Veterans Administration, National
Science Foundation, MDA, National Alliance for Caregiving, NIDRR, DHS,
HHS, various university researchers, others.

Presentations include: "Eye-Controlled Musical Expression For Children
with Severe Disabilities," "A Tongue Operated Magnetic Sensor Based
Assistive Technology for People with Severe Disabilities," "Current
science and future opportunities for mobility and transfer technology,"
"Zero Lift Transfer Program," "Safe Patient Handling and Movement," "The
Robot Wheelchair,""The HLPR (Home Lift, Position, and Rehab) Chair,"
"Transportation Transfer Issues," "Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility,"
and others.

To register for the conference, visit:
http://www.icdr.us/transfer
 and click on registration under conference links. Or, for more
information please contact Barb Rosen at brosen at cessi.net.

Information provided by Jenifer Simpson, Senior Director for
Telecommunications and Technology Policy, AAPD. Contact
aapdjenifer at aol.com

SOURCE: AAPD