Abstract

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Improved Wheelchair Mobility at the University of Pittsburgh officially began on August 1, 1993. This article summarizes the scope of the research, training, information dissemination, technology transfer plans and activities of the RERC, and highlights the progress made during the first year. Emphasis has been given to those activities that will have a short term impact on the lives of persons with disabilities. Funding for the RERC on Wheelchair Technology is from a center grant award from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

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