Southeast Disability Business Technology Access Centers
Project Name: Southeast Disability Business Technology Access Centers
Summary: According to 42 U.S.C. § 12101(a)(3) (2000), some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older; and historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem even in this current information age. These forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue and could be seen in areas such as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public services. This collaboratory is therefore being designed to facilitate the core activities being undertaken by state and local agencies working as networks in eight states of the Southeast region of United States in providing - technical assistance, education and training, materials dissemination, information and referral, public awareness, and local capacity building using these technologies in positive ways. This project is supported Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) through the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Project Purpose: To facilitate the core activities being undertaken by state and local agencies working as networks in eight states of the Southeast region of United States in providing - technical assistance, education and training, materials dissemination, information and referral, public awareness, and local capacity building using these technologies in positive ways.
Team Members: Dr. Derrick L. Cogburn and Ben Addom