Results of I/DD Provider Survey on Technology Use

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March 29, 2021

1:00pm-2:00pm EST

Throughout January 2021, ANCOR collaborated with the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado to conduct a survey of providers of supports and services to people with I/DD in an effort to identify promising practices and strategies to enhance technology use by people with I/DD and their families across the US. The survey also looked at use of technology during COVID-19 as a key step toward advocating on behalf of modern technology policies, research and practices.

While the final report from the survey won’t be released until late Spring 2021, we invite you to join us on March 29 for a sneak preview of the survey’s preliminary results.

Presenter

Emily Shea Tanis, PhD, is the Director for Policy and Advocacy at the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado. Dr. Tanis has been a member of the Coleman Institute team for nearly a decade joining in 2010 as a Coleman fellow and quickly advancing into the roles of the Associate Director, Acting Executive Director, and now Co-Director for the Institute. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in applied cognitive technology supports, cognitive accessibility, and advancing the rights of people with cognitive disabilities to technology and information access. Dr. Tanis serves as the Principal Investigator for the State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Longitudinal Data Project of National Significance funded by the Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Administration for Community Living.