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Enhancing Tech Access for Cognitive Disabilities: Real-World Impacts

Explore the real-world impacts of technology access for people with cognitive disabilities. Learn about grants, campaigns, and resources improving inclusion and self-determination. Join the movement!

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Enhancing Tech Access for Cognitive Disabilities: Real-World Impacts

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  1. The Rights of People with Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access Real World Impacts Genevieve Berry Creating Possibilities Conference: Inspiring Creative Minds May 26th, 2016 Rapid City, SD

  2. Overview • Real World Impacts • Declaration Implementation Grants – DIGS • #TechAccess4All Campaign • Available Resources • Q & A“People with and without disabilities should have access to the normal routines and rhythms of American culture.” – Jim Conroy

  3. Real World Impact - Understand “I was lucky to have been born in the computer age. Without them, my life would have been miserable and my scientific career impossible.” – Dr. Stephen Hawking

  4. Real World Impact - Ask www.google.org/impactchallenge/disabilities/

  5. Real World Impact - Possibilities

  6. Real World Impact - Foundations • Inclusion is the norm, not the exception. • Applied Cognitive Technology – extends the foundational efforts established by AT (while still allowing for that niche market). • Technology levels the playing field and is the best tool for ensuring self-determination and quality of life.

  7. Declaration Implementation Grants (DIGS) • 5 Awards @ $10,000.00 each. • Proposals focused on promoting and furthering the Declaration thru: Advocacy, Education, and Legislation. • Anticipate DIGS will be awarded on an annual basis.

  8. “Technology in the Heartland: Ensuring Iowans experiencing disability are not left behind” Iowa Association Community Providers “Networking and Education for Declaration Adoption”Arc of Westchester“You, Me, and Technology: Spreading the Word”YAI “Digital Media Arts Education Lab”The Arc of the Capital Area “Advancing and Promoting the Rights of People with Cognitive Disabilities to Technology and Information Access in Philadelphia”The Arc of Philadelphia

  9. #TechAccess4All Campaign

  10. EXAMPLES OF THE 563 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S.

  11. Available Resources • Declaration Implementation Materials @ www.colemaninstitute.org/declaration • Inclusion Article • To be developed – input?

  12. Brainstorm • Thoughts about the Declaration • Ideas on how to promote / establish platform “People with and without disabilities should have access to the normal routines and rhythms of American culture.” – Jim Conroy

  13. www.colemaninstitute.org.

  14. Thank You Contact Information Genevieve BerryColeman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities 3825 Iris Avenue, Suite 200 Boulder, CO 80301 303-492-0639genevieve.berry@cu.edu@berry_gen http://www.colemaninstitute.org/declaration

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