Please join us for an Expo and Conference on Friday, September 23rd at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.  Experience the current state-of-the-art of inclusive products and technologies that transform the lives of people with disabilities and older people.  Help initiate a strategy for integration of inclusive design and assistive technology into the Massachusetts innovation agenda.  Be a part of it!

Hosted by the commonwealth of Massachusetts

Governor Deval Patrick, Lt. Governor Timothy Murray

Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MD (EOHHS) & Secretary Gregory Bialecki (EOHED) & Secretary Paul Reville (DoE) and Convened by the Institute for Human Centered Design

Focus areas include: Home, Work, Learning & Sport

Come learn, explore, experience and engage!

Did you know that...

• 84% of all U.S. special education students have brain-based conditions (RRTC 2009)
• 50 million U.S. adults had arthritis in 2007-2009, an increase from 46 million in 2003-2005 (Centers for Disease Control)
• By 2030 the U.S. Census Bureau predicts that people over 65 will make up 20% of the population
• Massachusetts Statistics (American Community Survey 2009)
• 5.9% of Massachusetts residents ages 5-17 have a disability
• 8.9% of Massachusetts residents ages 18-64 have a disability
• 34% of Massachusetts residents ages 65 and over have a disability
• U.S. workforce statistics for individuals 55 years or older (Rising Demand for Older Workers Despite the economic recession: Accommodation and Universal Design for the New American Workforce, found in Public Policy and Aging Report Winter 2011, National Academy of an Aging Society Volume 21 no. 1)
• 28% of workers 55 and older work in public administration
• 25% of workers 55 and older work in healthcare
• 21% of workers 55 and older work in healthcare
• 20% of U.S. workers 55 and older work in professional & business organizations

For more information contact us by email or 617-695-1225 V/TTY ext. 235 or our website.