This focused issue of Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits focuses on the relationship between technology and written... More > expression for individuals with disabilities. < Less

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. < Less

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Program is charged with generating both research knowledge and... More > development products to improve quality of life for people with disabilities. A retrospective case study of 78 recent development projects from 13 RERCs sought evidence of progress from conception through internal prototype completion and out to uptake and use by an external transfer partner. The results showed evidence of progress to a transfer outcome in 25% of the proposed projects. The lack of progress in the majority of cases is attributed to deficiencies in problem selection and operational issues. These issues appear amenable to the models, methods, and metrics of new product development, which are considered to be standard practice in industry yet not widely applied by people trained as academic researchers. Findings suggest that successful development projects require a level of rigor and relevance in development projects equal to that applied to research projects. < Less

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Program is charged with generating both research knowledge and... More > development products to improve quality of life for people with disabilities. A retrospective case study of 78 recent development projects from 13 RERCs sought evidence of progress from conception through internal prototype completion and out to uptake and use by an external transfer partner. The results showed evidence of progress to a transfer outcome in 25% of the proposed projects. The lack of progress in the majority of cases is attributed to deficiencies in problem selection and operational issues. These issues appear amenable to the models, methods, and metrics of new product development, which are considered to be standard practice in industry yet not widely applied by people trained as academic researchers. Findings suggest that successful development projects require a level of rigor and relevance in development projects equal to that applied to research projects. < Less

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. This issue contains a special focus on technology transfer with regard to assistive technology. < Less

This special issue of Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits focuses on research related to assistive technology applications for children with autism.

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. < Less

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. < Less

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. < Less

ATIA, in partnership with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University, produces... More > Assistive Technology Outcomes Benefits (ATOB) to promote the outcomes and benefits of assistive technology for persons with disabilities across the lifespan. < Less