Assistive Technology Resource and Research Center Resources and Services for Persons with Disabiliti

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Assistive Technology Resource and Research Center
(Resources and Services for Persons with
Disabilities) Asim Karim LUMS
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Mission

• To facilitate students, staff, and faculty who
  have disabilities by coordinating and providing
  support services that enable reasonable access to
  an education, employment, and university life.
• To promote and develop technologies that enable
  independent living of persons with disabilities.
• To be a resource and training center for other
  institutions and individuals

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Focus

• Blind and vision impaired
• Mobility impaired
• Deaf and hearing impaired (deaf-blind)
• Speech impaired
• Learning disabilities

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Assistive Technology Lab

• Located on ground floor of library building
• Technology
• Computers and notebooks
• Braille embosser
• Flatbed scanner
• Portable refreshable braille display
• Screen reading and magnification software
• Scan-to-read software
• Braille translation software
• DAISY production software
• Voice, DAISY, playing/recording devices
• Accessories (headphones, etc)

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Training

• Hassan Tareen has completed two weeks training on
  assistive technologies
• Malaysian Association for the Blind, KL, Malaysia
• April 20 to May 3, 2008

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Sightsavers International

• We are thankful to Sightsavers for helping us
  jump start this initiative
• We look forward to continued support from
  Sightsavers in the future

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We encourage

• People to spread the word
• Instructors and students to take up projects
  related to persons with disabilities (studies,
  surveys, technologies, etc)
• Individuals who are visually impaired and need
  assistance to contact us (with their
  organizations/institutions knowledge)
• Corporations to promote and support inclusion of
  persons with disabilities into mainstream society
  (as part of their social responsibility programs)
  
• Researchers to develop and enhance technologies
  for persons with disabilities

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ATRRC

• For updated information
• http//chand.lums.edu.pk/atrrc

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White Cane Safety Day
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Accessibility and Safety

• It does not take much effort to make an
  environment accessible and safe
• Accessible path connecting all accessible
  buildings and services
• Accessible path safe, free from obstructions,
  reliable

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Some Recommendations for LUMS

• Sidewalks one side should be safe should run
  the length of the road, ramps at intersections
• Stairs grab-able handrails on both sides entire
  length, warning strips before stairs
• Passageways clear and free from
  obstructions/constrictions
• High contrast door handles, signs, doorways
• Lighting extra lights inside and outside
  entrances, lights at intersections

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Some Recommendations

• Parking ad-hoc parking banned
• Motorists restricted access to campus roads
• Gardening/construction proper warnings if work
  is in progress

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