The RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Board (ATSB) coordinates the development of voluntary consensus standards in the United States and represents the needs and views of U.S. stakeholders in international standardization forums.
RESNA is accredited by ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, as a standards organization. Anyone that desires to participate has the right to participate and is fully welcomed. Our current standards committees, and corresponding International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committees are listed below.
Download the template to propose a new Assistive Technology Standards Committee.
RESNA Standards Committees
RESNA ATSB
Assistive Technology Standards Board
RESNA ATAT
Assistive Technology for Air Travel
RESNA AGC
Adaptive Golf Cars
RESNA ASE
Adaptive Sports Equipment
RESNA CA
Cognitive Accessibility
RESNA ESTD
Emergency Stair Travel Devices for People with Disabilities
RESNA GFS
Ground and Floor Surfaces
RESNA IF
Inclusive Fitness
RESNA SS
Support Surfaces
RESNA WHAT
Wheelchairs and Transportation
RESNA WRS
Wheelchair and Related Seating
ISO Committees
ISO/TC 173
Assistive Products for Persons with Disabilities
ISO/TC 173/WG 10
Assistive Products for Cognitive Disabilities
ISO/TC 173/WG 11
Assistive Products for Tissue Integrity
ISO/TC 173/SC 1
Wheelchairs
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 1
Wheelchairs 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
RESNA Standards Individual General Membership
The RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Board (ATSB) coordinates the development of voluntary consensus standards in the United States and represents the needs and views of U.S. stakeholders in international standardization forums. The ATSB has 10 committees who act as the consensus body for both international and national assistive technology standards. The ATSB committees mirror several ISO/TC 173 and ISO/TC 173/SC1 working groups however not all of them. RESNA now provides the opportunity that allows individual subject matter experts to participate in the standards development process and provide input on ISO standards that the ATSB currently doesn't have a committee for.
Note: RESNA currently only has P-Membership with ISO/TC 173, ISO/TC 173/SC1, and ISO/TC 173/SC3. If your organization is interested in sponsoring and participating in standards development outside of ISO/TC 173, ISO/TC 173/SC1 and ISO/TC 173/SC3, please contact technicalstandards@resna.org.
Click here to complete a Standards Individual General Membership application.
Please contact technicalstandards@resna.org with any questions.
ATSB Officers
Patricia Karg
University of Pittsburgh
Rehabilitation Science & Technology
tkarg@pitt.edu