University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

"""Nothing For Us Without Us"" - A Look into Technological Innovations Aiming to Aid People with Physical Disabilities at the University of Illinois"

Lipa, Karen

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Title
"""Nothing For Us Without Us"" - A Look into Technological Innovations Aiming to Aid People with Physical Disabilities at the University of Illinois"
Author(s)
Lipa, Karen
Issue Date
2012
Keyword(s)
  • disability
  • handicapped
  • engineering
  • technology
  • empathic modeling
  • design
  • Intelliwheels
  • Illinois Prosthetics Technologies
Abstract
"This paper explores recent technological innovations for people with disabilities that have emerged from the University of Illinois. My research has led me to examine several different models for coming up with and developing a design that incorporate the user (a person with a disability) at different stages in the design process. This paper aims to answer the question of which method is most efficient and best provides for the needs and wants of people with disabilities, and finds that there is no ""one size fits all"" standard that would work best in all situations, but that there are some things the university could put into place in order to foster further growth and innovation in this field."
Series/Report Name or Number
  • English 199/CHP; Spring 2012
  • Instructor, Catherine Prendergast
Type of Resource
text
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Diversity on Campus/Equity and Access PRIMARY
This collection examines ways in which the U.S. university and the American college experience are affected by diversity, and difference. In particular, these student projects examine experiences of diversity on campus, including important contemporary social, cultural, and political debates on equity and access to university resources.