The Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Survey on Emergency Communications & People with Disabilities While data collection is underway for the Survey of User Needs, the Wireless RERC’s Consumer Research Team has also just launched a new survey on…
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Texans with Disabilities Preparedness for Cold Weather
The Texas Governor’s Committee on People with disabilities provide the resource for dealing the Winter weather we are now experiencing in Texas. We are hoping to educate communities about preventive steps in advance of winter weather. Some Texans with disabilities…
Text to 911 Update: Bounce Back Messages
Text to 911 Update: Bounce Back Messages You may have seen reports about a recent action taken by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding “text-to-911” and wondered if it is possible in an emergency to reach 911 by text message.…
Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Toolkit
Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Toolkit Emergency Managers are often asked about their social media….is it accessible? For many people, the word “accessible” means “available,” but for the disability community it means can I have equal access to the information that…
Four Wireless Carriers Agree to Accelerate Text to 911
Four Wireless Carriers Agree to Accelerate Text to 911 On December 6, 2012, the FCC announced that the four major wireless carriers – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile – have agreed to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments expected…
Wireless RERC’s Survey on Emergency Communications
Wireless RERC’s Survey on Emergency Communications The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wireless Technologies (Wireless RERC) is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) of the U.S. Department of Education. Our mission is to research, evaluate…