<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #660000'><div>TechSpec Assistive Technology Program: An Intensive </div><div>Training Program for Professionals in Rehabilitation Services:</div><div>The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Rehabilitation Research Design and </div><div>Disability Center (R2D2), and the Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute at the </div><div>University of Wisconsin - Stout are pleased to present the TechSpec Program, which </div><div>provides a stipend for an intensive, on-line, Assistive Technology and Accessible </div><div>Design (ATAD) Program of Study.</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Certificate in Assistive Technology and Accessible Design, which is awarded at the </span></div><div>completion of the TechSpec Program, is an interdisciplinary, collaborative program </div><div>through the UWM College of Health Science's Departments of Occupational Therapy </div><div>and Communication Sciences Disorders and the School of Education's Department of </div><div>Exceptional Education. This 1 ½ to 2-year part-time graduate study program is designed </div><div>to meet the increasing demand for assistive technology and universal design expertise </div><div>within the field of rehabilitation. </div><div><br></div><div><div>We’re starting soon! We are limited to 8 participants. Interested rehabilitation/education providers can </div><div>obtain more information or an Application Kit from Aura Hirschman. Applications are due by Aug. 10, </div><div>2012. Contact information: Phone (414) 229-</div><div>1139 or email hirschma@uwm.edu. </div></div><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>"Design for People with Disabilities is Better Design for Everyone"<br><br>(for more information and resources - http://access-ed.r2d2.uwm.edu/)<br><br>Aura M. Hirschman, MS, CRC<br>Outreach and Training Coordinator<br>R2D2 Center, Enderis Hall, Room 135<br>University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee<br>P.O. Box 413<br>Milwaukee, WI 53211-0413<br><br>(414) 229-1139<br>Fax (414) 229-6843<br>TTY (414) 229-5628<br><br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>