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This report was prepared by
Stephen Baker, Margaret Cahill, and Stephanie Teeple-Low of the BIS Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security.
Special thanks to:
Don Barrett of the U.S. Department of Education; Carol Cohen, David Keer and Bill Peterson of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Dinah Cohen of the Office of Secretary of Defense; Adele Gorelick of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities; Sally Rood (formerly) of the Federal Laboratory Consortium on Technology Transfer (FLC); Larry Scadden of the National Science Foundation; Jenifer Simpson of the Federal Communications Commission; Tyrone Taylor (formerly) of the FLC; Jim Geletka, former Executive Director, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA); Lois Thibault of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; Carolyn Ward of Conwal Incorporated; and Joel Kaiser of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their many invaluable contributions.
The survey was prepared with the design assistance of the National Science Foundation, with substantial input from NIDRR and the RERCs. Several organizations provided survey mailing lists, including the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA); the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telecommunication Access located at Gallaudet University; the Center for Assistive Technology - University of Buffalo; the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association; and Medtrade, Inc.
BIS relied on the expertise of various other government agencies as well as university, federal and private laboratories in designing supporting survey for the study and in writing this report. Contributing agencies included:
U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: National Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; National Science Foundation: Biomedical Engineering and Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities; General Services Administration, Center on IT Accommodation; U.S. Department of Defense, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program; Federal Communications Commission, Disabilities Issues Task Force; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Technology Transfer Section, Rehabilitation Research and Development; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Laboratory Management.