The ALL Institute is pleased to congratulate two of our own, Prof. Mac MacLachlan, ALL Co-Director, and Dr. Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, who were honoured last week with awards from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) for their work in the field of assistive technology.
Prof. Mac MacLachlan received the Honorary Fellow award. RESNA Honorary Fellow Awards recognize non-members who have promoted issues and demonstrated leadership highly relevant to the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering, and who have encouraged the independence of individuals with disabilities. The award was given to recognize his contributions to advancing the field of assistive technology at the global level, including his work to promote equity for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in policy development and implementation.
Dr. Emma Smith received the Distinguished Service award, which recognizes members for their sustained contributions and service to RESNA and to the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering. Dr. Smith was recognized for her her contributions to the RESNA Professional Standards Board, Special Interest Groups, Board of Directors, Student Design Competition, Annual Conference, and as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Assistive Technology Journal.
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ToggleCongratulations to Prof. Mac MacLachlan, ALL Co-Director, and Dr. Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, who were honoured last week with awards from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
News
New ALL Promotional Video Released
https://youtu.be/BTqd62MC69o ALL Co-Directors describe the activities of the ALL Institute
Date: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
ALL Institute members at Launch of 'Innovate Now' in Kenya
Mac MacLachlan, Emma Smith, and Ikenna Ebuenyi participated in the launch of Innovate Now, an assistive technology innovation ecosystem
Date: Sunday, 01 December 2019
New Vacancy: Project Manager for SHAPES Project
48 months fixed-term contract based at ALL Institute, Maynooth University. Closing date 5/1/20
Date: Saturday, 30 November 2019
Dr. Silvia Favalli visits the ALL Institute
Silvia's Poject is Entitled: Building an Inclusive Digital Society for Vulnerable Persons: The Role of Social Media Tools in a Disability Human Rights Perspective”
Date: Friday, 22 November 2019
4th ALL Symposium with Guest Speaker Prof. Peter Blanck
4th ALL Symposium, ‘Building an Inclusive Society through Accessibility: International Perspectives, Challenges and Lessons’.
Date: Thursday, 21 November 2019
Maynooth University to lead €21 million European Commission funded SHAPES health research project – the largest ever Horizon 2020 health grant led by an Irish university
Maynooth is one of 36 partners across 14 European countries in the SHAPES consortium The SHAPES acronym stands for Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in supportive Systems and aims to foster a positive approach to ageing
Date: Monday, 11 November 2019
Launch of SHAPES project
SHAPES- Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in supportive Systems
Date: Monday, 11 November 2019
Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, CAROLINE Fellow and ALL member at LSHTM, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Anna participated in the ICED International Conference on Disability Inclusive Development
Date: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
ALL Member, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird has New Article Published in 'Teaching Mathematics and its Applications'
Article is Entitled 'Mathematics instructors’ awareness of accessibility barriers for disabled students'
Date: Thursday, 31 October 2019
Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, CAROLINE Fellow and ALL member, participated at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum (SVRI) 2019, Cape Town, South Africa
Ana María presented in the panel on “People with disabilities and gender-based violence programmes”
Date: Friday, 25 October 2019