Wireless RERC Project Director Maureen Linden gave a presentation at the 12th Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of (Korea RESKO) Technical Conference, held at the South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center, November 5 – 11, 2018. Linden presented a scientific platform session on “The Accessibility of Wireless Emergency Communications: Updates from the Wireless RERC,” to twenty conference attendees, which focused on the accessibility of the notification signals and messages of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) for people with sensory impairments and learning disabilities.
In addition, Ms. Linden gave an invited lecture at South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center that summarized her research in wireless emergency communications, as well as in accessible education for people with disabilities. Ms. Linden provided an overview of the Wireless RERC and its mission and spoke about development projects on the Wireless RERC’s Inclusive Emergency Lifelines Project focusing particularly on the accessibility of WEA notification signals to researchers and clinicians attendees from the National Rehabilitation Hospital.