{"id":56450,"date":"2019-05-14T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T19:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=56450"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:36","slug":"experts-available-global-accessibility-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/experts-available-global-accessibility-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: Global Accessibility Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Experts Available: Global Accessibility Awareness Day\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

As May 16 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Carleton experts are available to discuss topics related to accessibility and digital technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry McCloskey
\n<\/strong>Director, Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: Larry.McCloskey@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCloskey is the director of Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC). The PMC co-ordinates academic accommodations and provides a variety of support services to students with disabilities, including one-on-one learning support, note taking, adaptive equipment loans and sign language interpretation. The PMC is recognized throughout Ontario and across Canada for its service to students with disabilities and as a leader in accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adrian Chan<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>: 613-520-2600, ext. 1535
\nEmail<\/strong>: Adrian.Chan@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan is the director of the Research and Education in Accessibility, Design and Innovation (READi) \u2013 the first interdisciplinary post-secondary accessibility-training program offered in Canada. His research interests include biological signal processing, biomedical signal quality assessment, pattern recognition, assistive devices and non-invasive sensor systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boris Vukovic<\/strong>
\nDirector, READ Initiative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>:  613-520-2600, ext. 1988
\nEmail<\/strong>: Boris.Vukovic@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as the director of the Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Initiative, Vukovic is committed to Carleton University\u2019s status as a national leader in accessibility. For more than 15 years, Vukovic has worked to support the success of Carleton students with disabilities \u2013 through leadership, direct student services, faculty development, applied research and professional standards. He has done research related to inclusive teaching practices of university faculty and disability-related assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mojtaba Ahmadi<\/strong>
\nProfessor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone<\/strong>:  613-520-2600, ext. 4057
\nEmail<\/strong>:    Mojtaba.Ahmadi@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmadi\u2019s research interests include robotic analysis, design and control; machine and biological locomotion; mechatronics, linear and nonlinear control; simulation, virtual reality, distributed and real-time control. Applications of this research include robotic rehabilitation and assistive devices for human locomotion; robotic systems for aerospace, aeronautics, flight simulators and wind tunnel testing; as well as robotic and mechatronic systems analysis and design for special applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nCommunications Co-ordinator
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834
\nElizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As May 16 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Carleton experts are available to discuss topics related to accessibility and digital technology. Larry McCloskey Director, Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities Email: Larry.McCloskey@carleton.ca McCloskey is the director of Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC). The PMC co-ordinates academic accommodations and provides a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":51509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[183,142,182,143,112],"class_list":["post-56450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experts-available","tag-accessibility","tag-mechanical-and-aerospace-engineering","tag-paul-menton-centre","tag-read-initiative","tag-systems-and-computer-engineering"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"blueprint"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56455,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450\/revisions\/56455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}