Learning FROM Disability:
A Lens on Problem-Centered, Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration

Wright State University
May 31st - June 1st 2012

This two-day workshop will examine research focused on the development of technologies to empower persons with disabilities. A unifying theme for the presentations and discussion will be the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to this research, both for problem stakeholders and for contributing science and engineering disciplines.

Learning FROM Disability is being conducted as part of the Technology-based Learning with Disability Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training Program (LwD IGERT) at Wright State University.  LwD IGERT is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Keynote Speakers:   

Broadening Participation in STEM Fields

Dr. Michelle Wheatly

Provost

West Virginia University

There Is Always a Way - Finding work-arounds in business, play and travel

Mike May

CEO

Sendero Group

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Dr. Forouzan Golshani

Dean of the College of Engineering

California State University, Long Beach

Topical Sessions

-Blindness and Low Vision - Navigating the environment and the web 
-Movement Disorders - Biomechanical engineering solutions
-Motor Control Disabilities - Brain-Computer Interfaces
-Traumatic Brain Injury - Monitoring, compensating for, and understanding the
 neurological bases of cognitive impairments

Lab Tours/Interactive Demonstrations

For more information contact the LwD Program Office
937-775-5121 or 937-775-5123
lwd-help@wright.edu or clark.shingledecker@wright.edu