TECHNOLOGY FAIR

2004 Technology Fair was on October 27, 2004

Disability Services at Arkansas State University hosts a Technology Fair every other year.

Technology is the wave of the future and Disability Services feels it is necessary to inform students, faculty, staff, teachers, families, medical professionals, and others by providing information about equipment and assistive devices available for individuals with and without disabilities. Various activities will be held throughout the day, including a silent auction and door prizes. Our silent auction will include such items as gift baskets, gift certificates, planters and other various items in order to raise money for a Learning Disability Scholarship.

The technology fair has always been a complete success. It is of special interest not only to faculty and students, but to Northeast Arkansas as a whole. Disability Services set up an accessible office and conduct demonstrations for classes. If you would like to bring your class to the Technology Fair, please let us know the time and number of students that will be coming in advance. The accessible office encourages people to understand how inexpensive it is to employ someone who needs adaptable devices. Students attending the fair for class credit will receive a certificate of participation after visiting each exhibit to present to their instructor.

We display technology in the areas of electronic notetaking devices, chair lifts for home furniture, artificial limbs, wireless phones, braces, therapeutic shoes, mastectomy prostheses, doorbells, alarm clocks, powered wheelchairs, low air-loss mattress, computers with adapted accessories, switches, accessibility tools and etc. The goal of the Technology Fair is to help students understand that there is no barrier too great in the search for knowledge. Please share this information with your fellow colleagues. Your participation in this effort is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact  Christina Laurentia or Dr. Jenifer Rice-Mason at (870) 972-3964.

For a Tech Fair Form click "HERE" this is in pdf form and you need a pdf reader to access this form

If you have any comments or suggestions then click "HERE" to have your comments submitted via Disability Services on-line form-mailer.

Fall 2000

To promote greater awareness of adaptive and assistive technology, Arkansas State University Disability Services hosts a technology fair each fall semester at the Reng Center Ballroom.  The fall of 2000 was the first technology fair that was not held in connection with Disability Awareness Week. Approximately 60 people representing 30 vendors, 5 from out of state and 25 from across the state set up exhibits at Disability Services Technology Fair.  The vendors were visited by over 300 people from ASU and the local community.  The objective of this program was to provide information concerning technology based adaptive and assistive equipment for individuals with and without disabilities.  Since technology is rapidly improving and changing, those in the community need the opportunity to learn more about what is here today and on future horizons