Who We Are

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Workplace Accommodations is a national center funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), part of the U.S. Department of Education. The Work RERC is housed at Georgia Tech, and is part of the Center for Assistive Technology & Environmental Access (CATEA).

CATEA, formerly known as the Center for Rehabilitation Technology, has been in existence for about 25 years. The name of the center was changed July 1, 2001, to reflect more accurately the two foci of the center:

• Development, evaluation, and utilization of assistive technology (technologies or devices designed to allow or improve performance of activities of daily living or work); and
• Design and development of accessible environments (environments, private and public, accessible to all people, including those with disabilities).

CATEA is a center within the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

For more information on CATEA, visit http://www.catea.org.