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Exciting news! Imagine! SmartHomes guru Greg Wellems will be presenting at a workshop at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence on December 19.

The National Academies Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence provides a place for stakeholders from the public and private sectors to come together and discuss areas of common interest over a prolonged period of time.

As part of this activity, the forum will include a workshop on December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC on “Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology.” This workshop will look at the use of and access to technology, emerging technologies, and how to overcome barriers to their adoption.

Greg will be part of a workshop panel on “Technologies to Promote Activities of Daily Living and Independence,” and will speak on technologies at the environmental/systems level, using his SmartHomes experience as a background.

This is a very prestigious event, and we’re not surprised that Greg has been invited to participate. Way to go, Greg!

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Assistive Technology Partners Hosting Open House

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has declared the week of October 14-20 as Assistive Technology Week. As part of the celebration, our good friends at Assistive Technology Partners will be holding an open house Oct. 18 from 4:30 – 8:00 pm. Join them, won’t you?

 

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Imagine! PR guy Fred Hobbs spoke this morning to two groups of University of Colorado Engineering students in classes taught by Associate Professor Melinda Piket-May. For the past three years, students in these classes have worked on projects to design adaptive technologies to aid increased independence for some of the individuals Imagine! serves.

Fred gave some background on the history of services for individuals with developmental disabilities and why that history makes the student’s projects so impactful.

Click here to see videos of projects from last semester’s class.

Here’s a version of the presentation Fred gave today.

 
A Brief History of Services for People With Developmental Disabilities in Colorado – from Fred Hobbs

We can’t wait to see what this semester’s class will do!

Sharing Our SmartHome Experiences

Excited to be speaking today with representatives of Indiana’s Jay-Randolph Developmental Services, Inc. who are working through the initial steps of implementing some client focused technology in their day programming to enhance services to their clients. We’re happy to share what we know and what we have learned throughout the course of our SmartHomes project.

Lana's Train Ride To Glenwood Springs

Today, we’d like to share what Bob and Judy Charles SmartHome resident Lana recently shared on the Imagine! Voices blog about a trip she just took:

“I left on Friday morning to go to Glenwood Springs. I got up at 4:30 to ride the train to Glenwood Springs for the weekend. I had a great time. The trip was fun. We got into the Hot Spring until I started itching. But I had fun. We went shopping, had fried chicken, and went to a Mexican restaurant. I stayed in a hotel overnight. I loved the train ride, and we saw a bunch of deer on the way back.”

Sounds like fun, Lana!

 

Research Indicates SmartHomes Project Is On Track

Research is showing that our SmartHomes are making residents more independent. Check out this short video where the researchers discuss their findings.



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