Assistive Technology related events around the Region and at the AT Lab. Please Contact Us if you have an event suggestion!
Walk, run and roll around the waterfront, raising money to support the UCP Family Support Department.
Please join us in celebrating the GRAND OPENING of our Seven Corners Collaborative! The building is a welcoming, universally-designed space for families and individuals experiencing disability and provides increased access to services, new technology, and community resources.
Meet staff from Community Vision and it’s new AT Lab, FACT Oregon, Community Pathways, Nossa Familia Coffee, NW Access Fund, and the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities.
Come experience and see our ADA Interactive Kitchen, a model Interactive Smart Home, and more. All are welcome!
Annual fundraiser for Northwest Down Syndrome Association/ All Born In! At the Rose Quarter Commons- Main Ampitheater & Center Court
Join Community Vision at our annual Century Ride. All proceeds directly support developmentally disabled adults and their families. Ride routes for all ages and abilities: 100, 75, 45, 25 mile, and Family Ride. Adaptive bike clinic as well! Finish Line Party includes food, beer, and live entertainment!
This unique conference will capitalize on our statewide expertise and will include presentations for and by staff from Oregon Regional Programs, School for the Deaf, Oregon Technology Access Program (OTAP), and Regional and Statewide Services for students with Orthopedic Impairments (RSOI). Sessions will include instructional strategies, language and communication, social-emotional supports, mindfulness, positive behavior intervention supports, providing remote supports, supporting families, and assistive technology among many others. Sessions will be specifically focused on low incidence disabilities including blind/vision impairment, deaf/hard of hearing, deaf blind, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injured and orthopedic impairments.
October 11th, 2018 | Keynote Keith Jones
Keith Jones is the Founder, President and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences. An organization aimed at bringing a perspective to the issues of access, inclusion and empowerment, which affect him as well as others who are persons with a disability. Mr. Jones is also extremely active in multi-cultural, cross-disability education and outreach efforts and, conducts trainings (including train the trainer) with the purpose of strengthening efforts to provide services and information to people with disabilities.
October 12th, 2018 | Keynote Sarah Drinkwater
Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D., is currently the Assistant Superintendent, Office of Student Services, Oregon Department of Education.
This annual conference brings together families, adults with disabilities and professionals for two days of speakers, workshops, and specialty vendors. The AT Lab will host a workshop on Emerging Communication Tools & Strategies.
Assistive Technology presentation: Creating Possibilities! / Tecnología de Asistencia: ¡Creando Posibilidades!
- Free – Family Member (FREE)
- $25.00 – Other / Professional / Need Certificate of Attendance
Please join the AT Lab and GoBabyGo Oregon this holiday season to learn how to adapt toys for more accessible play!
- 10-11am: Play Presentation
- 11am-2pm: Toy Adapting
- Learn how to adapt toys for accessible play, gather play ideas, DIY Workshop.
- Tools, how-to guides, and snacks included.
- Therapists are eligible to receive 4 CEU credits!
For more information, please visit: fb.com/gobabygooregon
Sign-up:
- Free for families – RSVP here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VBQM58M
- $30 for CEU credits for therapists – CEU registration here: https://t2m.io/d4FQxy5V
Save the date!
Wheel to Walk Foundation annual fundraiser. An afternoon with Lunch, Silent Auction, Choose Your Own Raffle, and a whole lot of FUN!
Adults: $45, Children: $18
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Aids to improve communication and social interactions in children with limited verbal skills
Please join the Swindells Resource Center and Bethany Stanley, MS, CCC-SLP, for a free presentation on incorporating Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems into a child’s existing daily routines and improving peer-based, social interactions. The presentation will include: • Defining AAC (low-tech to high tech) • Supporting the “chain of cues” • Identifying daily activities to naturally incorporate AAC systems and strategies • Techniques to encourage independence with peers in real life environments • Group discussion with audience Questions & Answers Bethany Stanley, MS, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist at the Providence Children’s Development Institute. She is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has an extensive background in Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Register here: ProvidenceOregon.org/ swindellsevents/ For additional information or to register by phone, call 503-215-2429 or 800-833-8899 Ext. 52429. Spanish registration and interpretation services are available. Please call 503-574- 6595 before November 23rd. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and partners, PDU’s and Certificates of Attendance are available at no cost. Please inquire at Registration
Open Lab CLOSED for the holidays. Please come see us in January!
Happy Holidays!
The Oregon Technology Access Program (OTAP) annual conference.
NEW IN 2019: AT MAKER FAIR on Saturday, February 9th, 2019.
https://www.smore.com/486pa
Come visit the AT Lab and FACT Oregon on Monday March 25th from 1:00pm – 3:30pm to learn more about Assistive Technology and Assistive Technology in the IEP. Flyer coming soon!
The All Born (in) Conference is an annual cross-disability, inclusion-focused conference. Founded by Northwest Down Syndrome Association (NWDSA) in 2006 in partnership with Portland State University’s joint certification program and the Center on Inclusive Education.
Stop by for our weekly Thursday Open Lab drop-in hours. Ask questions about AT, see some technology, get referrals, find out more about our services, and more! Please check this calendar for occasional closures due to private events or holidays.
For individualized private consultations, please see our Consultation page.
We apologize, we are closed for Open Lab this week due to a private event.
All are welcome! 
Stop by for our weekly Thursday Open Lab drop-in hours. Ask questions about AT, see some technology, get referrals, find out more about our services, and more! Please check this calendar for occasional closures due to private events or holidays.
For individualized private consultations, please see our Consultation page: https://cv-atlab.org/services/at-consultations/