Meetings
Interested Members?
RESNA would like to encourage all interested parties to participate in any of the following RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Committees.
All of the committees are open to anyone that is interested in providing input into the standards development process.
Each committee is required to have balanced participation by consumers, prescribers, clinicians, manufacturers, etc. All perspectives are welcomed and encouraged, including family members, caregivers, teachers, vendors, dealers, insurance providers, consumer groups, government organization representatives, etc.
Please note the following ISO and RESNA standards committee meetings which will take place prior to and after the 2010 RESNA Conference at the Red Rock Resort and Conference Center in Las Vegas, NV. For further information on a specific RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Committee please contact the chairperson of the committee you are interested in, or just show up!
For further information on the 2010 RESNA Conference, please click on the RESNA logo at the top and click Annual Conference link.
Meeting Dates
| Date | Location | Committee |
| June 25 @ 8:30am-6pm | Red Rock Resort & Conference Center Las Vegas, Nevada |
Wheelchairs & Transportation (WHAT), Room: Red Rock D |
| June 26 @ 8am-5pm, June 27 @ 8am-12pm |
" | Wheelchairs (WCS), Room: Sienna |
| June 26 @ 1-6pm, June 27 @ 8am-12pm |
" | RESNA Standards Committee on Wheelchair and Seating (WRS), Room: Hills |
| June 27 @ 1-5pm | " | Assistive Technology Standards Board (ATSB), Room: Hills |
Committee Key
| RESNA ASE | Adaptive Sports Equipment |
| RESNA ATSB | Assistive Technology Standards Board |
| ESTD | Emergency Stair Travel Devices for People with Disabilities |
| RESNA SS | Support Surfaces |
| RESNA VI | Assistive Products for Persons with Vision Impairments and Persons with Vision and Hearing Impairments |
| RESNA WCS | Wheelchairs |
| RESNA WHAT | Wheelchairs and Transportation |
| RESNA WRS | Wheelchairs and Related Seating |
| ISO/TC 173 | Assistive Products for Persons with Disabilities |
| ISO/TC 173/WG 7 | Provisions and Means for Orientation of Visually Impaired Persons in Pedestrian Areas |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1 | Wheelchairs |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 1 | Test Methods |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 6 | Wheelchair Restraint Systems |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 8 | Stair Traversing Devices |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 10 | Electro-technical Systems |
| ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 11 | Wheelchair Seating |
Contacts
| Committee | Chair[s] | |
| ASE and ATSB | Peter Axelson | peter@beneficialdesigns.com |
| ESTD | Glenn Hedman | ghedman@uic.edu |
| SS | Dave Brienza Evan Call |
dbrienza@pitt.edu evan@ec-service.net |
| WCS | Peter Axelson William Ammer |
peter@beneficialdesigns.com bill@ammerconsulting.com |
| WHAT | Larry Schneider Gina Bertocci |
lws@umich.edu g.bertoccci@louisvill.edu |
| WRS | Allen Siekman Patricia Karg |
allen@ebold.com tkarg@pitt.edu |
| VI | Billie Louise (Beezy) Bentzen William Crandall |
bbentzen@accessforblind.com bc@ski.org |
