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Danish Centre for Assistive Technology. Inger Kirk Jordansen www.hmi.dk. Danish Centre.
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Danish Centre for Assistive Technology Inger Kirk Jordansen www.hmi.dk
Danish Centre • The Danish Centre for Assistive Technology (former name: Danish Centre for Technical Aids for Rehabilitation and Special Education) is the Danish National Information and Resource Centre on Assistive Technology for Rehabilitation and Education
The aim • To contribute to the creation of equal opportunities for disabled persons - within the areas of • Rehabilitation • Assistive technology • Special education • e-Accessibility
Founding • Founded in 1980 • A non-profit organisation • Partly financed through • public funding granted by the Association of County Councils and the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, • partly financed through other sources of income such as project participation and sale of services • We are 30 persons working at the Danish Centre
Spheres of activities • Assistive Technology for people with disabilities, including ICT to be used for all purposes in the home, in education, at work and in leisure activities • Accessibility to physical environment, housing, services and technology • Housing design and home adaptation • Testing of assistive technology (including accredited testing) • Supply of assistive technology • Standardization • Research and development
Information activities • National database of assistive technology,www.hmi-basen.dk • Web, www.hmi.dk • Electronic conferences, www.hmi.infopop.net • Two magazines, HIT and hjælpemidlet • Books and reports • Seminars and theme-related day courses • Conferences and exhibitions
Cogain related work • ECU project ”EUSTAT –Empowering Users through Assistive Technology” (1998 – 1999) • Nordic project ”USDAT – USer involvement in the Development and evaluation of Assistive Technology” (1999 – 2001) • Nordic project ”Advanced Input devices – internet guide on advanced Computer Input Systems for persons with severe physical disabilities”, www.aac-input.org (2000 – 2001) • Danish project ”Eyegaze – User experiences and guide to select eyegaze system” (2000) • Nordic project ”Provision of Assistive Technology in the Nordic Countries”, www.nsh.se (2003 – 2004) • EC project ”EASTIN –European Assistive Technology Information Network” (2004 – 2005)
Niels-Erik Mathiassen Søren Ålykke Else Marie Hansen Inger Kirk Jordansen People Involved in COGAIN
Role in COGAIN • Leader of WP 7: Community outreach • Market study and demographics of user population • Providing advise to policy makers • Information dissemination through the popular press • Expos, trade shows, user community conferences