
On September 25th, join the Coleman Institute in celebrating Eunice
Kennedy Shriver Day,
an annual celebration of her life and a global call for people to carry
out EKS ACTS - actions of inclusion, acceptance and unity for and with
people with intellectual disability. Please click here
for more information.
Welcome
The Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities was established in 2001 by the Regents of the University of Colorado. A private endowment and sustained annual contributions by our founding donors, William T. and Claudia L. Coleman, support the Institute's activities. The Institute is headed by David Braddock, PhD, Associate Vice President of the University of Colorado, who serves as Executive Director. Enid Ablowitz is the Institute's Associate Director.
The Institute's mission is to catalyze and integrate advances in science, engineering and technology to promote the quality of life and independent living of people with cognitive disabilities.
What's New
THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE CONFERENCE AND PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOP
for the Tenth Annual Coleman Institute Conference
ALL TOGETHER NOW
The Power of Partnerships
In Cognitive Disability & Technology
October 21, 2010 Westin Westminster Hotel, Westminster, Colorado
The Institute will also host The Coleman Institute Pre-conference Workshop on Developing an Accessible National Information Infrastructure for People with Cognitive Disabilities. Registration information is available from the Coleman Institute Conference registration page.
The Coleman Institute welcomes back last year's partner, ANCOR [American Network of Community Options and Resources] and a new partner, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare [NCCBH] for the second annual Technology Leadership Summit to follow our conference. Registration for the Summit requires registration for the Coleman Institute conference and is accessed from the registration page.
CU COMPETES SUCCESSFULLY FOR NIDRR RERC
We are pleased to announce that the University of Colorado has again been successful in securing a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for the Advancement of Cognitive Technologies [RERC-ACT] through the Federal Government's National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research [NIDRR.] CU's RERC-ACT is administered by the School of Medicine. Cathy Bodine, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine is the principal investigator. The RERC-ACT I (2004-2009) and the RERC-ACTII (2009-2014) have received total funding of over $10 million from the NIDRR grants and over $1.5 million from the Coleman Institute.
Quick Links
- Welcome letter from CU Associate Vice President David Braddock, PhD
- Overview of Emerging Technologies and Cognitive Disability [pdf]
- The Coleman Institute Student Design Competition
- Notable presentations from the 2009 and 2008 Coleman Institute Conferences
- Cognitive Disability, Inequality and Technology in an Age of Economic Uncertainty, James K. Galbraith, PhD [video]
- A Special Tribute: Honoring the Legacy of Eunice Kennedy Shriver by David Braddock, PhD [pdf]
- Augmented Reality: A Cyber-future Where Our Abilities Transcend Our Disabilities, by William T. "Bill" Coleman III [video]
- The Information Age: At the Inflection Point, by William T. "Bill" Coleman III [ppt, 1,275k]
- Life as Jamie Knows It, by Michael Bérubé [video]
- Life as Jamie Knows It, by Michael Bérubé [pdf]
- Cognitive Technology Literature Database, A Research Bibliography
- The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities
- Order the 2008 revised edition of The State of States in Developmental Disabilities from AAIDD [American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities] .