| 21 June 2009 |
: Call for contributions |
| 5 March 2010 |
: Submission of Workshop & Special Session Proposals |
| 30 April 2010 |
: Submission of Paper
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| 31 May 2010 |
: Notification of Acceptance |
| 18 June 2010 |
: Submission of Final Manuscript |
Download the call for paper HERE.
Call for Paper
The conference addresses current and future developments in the areas of Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology. Topic areas include, but not limited to:
Aging and Disability
- Specific Assistive Technologies designed for the aging population
- Successes and failures of integrating AT into the aging population
- Funding of AT for the aging population
- Gerontology and Geriatric Healthcare
- Technology integration / transfer
- Outcome measures
Assistive Technology (AT)
- AT for special needs children, elderly & activity for daily living
- AT for cognitive support and enhancement and/or substitution of sensory abilities
- AT for mobility and manipulation
- AT for rehabilitation, support care, environment, works place, play and involvement
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- AAC for specific groups, AAC for adult onset disabilities
- AAC assessment, funding
- AAC products, studies & evaluations, translations
- AAC and low tech / high tech
Blind / Low Vision
- Technology application in different age groups within blind and low vision
- AT application in congenital blindness
- AT applications in acquired blindness
- AT assessment for blind and low vision
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Specific AT and outcome measures for deaf and hard of hearing
- Creative use of mainstream technologies for deaf and hard of hearing
- Making existing technologies accessible for deaf and hard of hearing
- Integration of AT into appropriate environment for deaf and hard of hearing
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Employment
- AT integration with current employer
- Transition from school into employment using AT
- Low Tech AT solutions in employment
- Accommodating severe and profound disabilities in employment
- Employment model program
Rehabilitation Technologies
- New rehabilitation techniques & studies, novel assistive technology products
- Assistive robotics, rehabilitative & therapeutic robotics, robotic environments and companions
- Biomedical devices and instruments
- Orthoses, exoskeletons, innovative mobility aids
- User interfaces, brain-computer interface, bio-signal control interface
Special Education
- Specific AT applications for learning disabled population
- Integrating of AT and learning disabilities students into mainstream classrooms
- Transitioning AT with learning disabilities students as they grow and advance
- Computer education strategies for learning disabilities students
Universal Design & Environmental Control
- Inclusive housing, work place, transportation and accessibility issues
- Design for all – user centered approaches / product development
- Smart home technology, environment control technology
- E-Accessibility, e-Inclusion, Universal Design and usability
Others
- Any paper that includes area of disabilities and technologies
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Full Paper Submission Guidelines
- Paper should be original and not published in other conferences, journals, magazines, etc.
- Manuscripts should be no longer than Four (4) pages, in double column format.
- Only Electronic submission will be accepted.
- All paper submission will be peer reviewed by the technical program committee. Accepted work must be presented by one of the authors.
- Note that only MS Word and PDF format documents are accepted and MUST NOT EXCEED 2MB.
- The full conference papers will be published and indexed in ACM digital Library and EI. Selected papers will be included in the Special Issue of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Journal published by Taylor & Francis (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g907313841).
