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National AT Reuse Scene
Jeremy BuzzellOffice of Policy and Planning
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative ServicesU.S. Department of Education
The Perfect Storm
• Reauthorization of the Assistive Technology Act• New Freedom Initiative• Interest from OSERS’ leadership• Hurricane Katrina
Goal!
• To increase the availability of assistive technology (AT) through promoting and supporting the appropriate, effective reuse of AT devices at the state and local level.
Goal!
Appropriate reuse:• Is safe for consumers and reusers• Results in positive outcomes for
consumers• Is environmentally friendly
Goal!
Effective reuse:• Meets the needs of consumers• Produces cost savings• Is sustainable• Has a positive or neutral effect on
the AT field
Goal!
• Don’t create a new regulated reuse bureaucracy• Don’t undermine consumers’ options
for getting new AT from systems that that support them
Sherlock Holmes
• Federal Interagency Committee on Disability Research• Meetings with AT Act Programs
and others• National Conference on AT Reuse
Flight of the Phoenix
• Technical Assistance Center• Special Demonstrations of
AT Reuse
If you build it, they will come.
All Creatures Great and Small
• No two programs are alike . . .• But no two programs are that different.• There is little evidence that any one
model is better than another . . .• But there is plenty of evidence that every
model could be better.
A Simple Plan
Devices exchanges
• Easy to create but not easy to fill or get data
• Significantly outperformed by hands-on device reuse activities
Scary Movie
•Working conditions• Reuse practices• Legal infrastructure• Sustainability
Brewster’s Millions
• Reuse saves money.• But it also costs money –
especially if you want to do it right.• There is no silver bullet when it
comes to sustainability.
My One and Only
• Reuse is A solution, but it is not THE solution.• Reuse has an important role in
getting AT into the hands of people with disabilities – but who/what defines (and will continue to define) that role?
The Pursuit of Happyness
Reuse changes lives.
The Future of AT Reuse
Show me the money!
The Good
• Focus on the environment• Focus on technology• Recession/unemployment• Upcoming legislation: Rehabilitation Act,
IDEA, AT Act• Two centers funded by NIDRR: • Center on the Effective Delivery of Rehabilitation Technology (RT) to
Improve Employment Outcomes for Persons with Significant Disabilities• Access to Technology in Resource Limited Environments
The Bad
• Upcoming legislation: Rehabilitation Act, IDEA, AT Act• Current lack of leadership at ED• Insufficient data, unanswered
questions• Industry fears and liability
The Ugly
• Foreign conflicts• Health care reform• Recession/unemployment• Fear of liability• Rumors