{"588211":{"#nid":"588211","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank: Emerging Technology and a More Accessible\/Inclusive Workplace","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModerator: \u003C\/strong\u003EKaren Milchus, Senior Research Engineer and Associate Director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAre there any tools or strategies that you use to make your work tasks easier? Perhaps these include consulting reminder notes, \u0026ldquo;zooming\u0026rdquo; in on documents with small text, or using a hands-free method for talking on the phone. While these things might make your job easier, for a person with a disability, they might determine whether or not he or she is able to work. In a study from CATEA, 75% of the employees with disabilities reported that they could not perform all of their job duties without accommodations. Yet, about a third of the respondents reported that they had unmet accommodation needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECould some of these unmet needs be addressed with the assistance of emerging technology? Could what we are learning about the \u0026ldquo;smart home\u0026rdquo; be applied to a \u0026ldquo;smart office\u0026rdquo;? What types of cognitive, manipulation, or sensory aids might be developed? Can telemedicine technologies be applied to provide remote job assistance? We\u0026#39;ll brainstorm ways that current Georgia Tech research might be repackaged to assist people with disabilities in the workplace, with the goal of developing some ideas for future funding opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tank\u0026nbsp;is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that\u0026nbsp;everyone is doing.\u0026nbsp;This is an informal gathering where the moderator kicks off the weekly topic, but everyone is encouraged to join the discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIdeas for future Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tanks? Send comments or suggestions to Russ Clark (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:russ.clark@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eruss.clark@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Maribeth Gandy\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emaribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Thursday Think Tank is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that everyone is doing."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2017-03-02 20:45:52","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:33","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-03-09T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-03-09T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-03-09T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-03-09 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-03-09 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-03-09 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"531101","name":"Tennenbaum Institute"},{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"359","name":"disability"},{"id":"173648","name":"Karen Milchus"},{"id":"1668","name":"workplace"},{"id":"360","name":"accessibility"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}