The ADA Audio Conference Series is a collaborative effort of the 10 Regional Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers. The sessions provide continuous education on regulations and trends under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Each sessions is scheduled from 1:00 to 2:30 pm Central Time (90 minutes) and is real-time captioned on the Great Lakes ADA Center web site. A written transcript and digital recording of each session is archived on the Great Lakes ADA Center web site.
June Issacson Kailes, Faculty, Western University of Health Sciences, Center for Disability Issues in the Health Professions (CDIHP), a partner on the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Medical Equipment
"I know I can get my wheelchair through that door, but I don’t know how I going to get my body into that machine!" Hear about: new data from the RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation national consumer needs assessment survey on medical equipment; strategies for getting accessible medical equipment into offices of health providers, existing resources for accessible equipment (exam tables, chairs, scales, mammography); using tools to communicate with providers about your accessible equipment needs; and the project’s next steps - designing new equipment, effecting change within the medical equipment and health care industry and health care public policy.