CATEA - Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA

CATEA (Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access) is a multidisciplinary research center devoted to enhancing the lives of people with all levels of ability and functional limitations through the development and application of assistive and universally designed technologies. Rather than focusing on disability, seeing people as "disabled," we believe that the limitations of current technologies and the design of the built environment account for the difference between any individual’s potential and his or her ability to perform activities and participate in society. We seek to minimize those limitations.

To do so, CATEA brings together the diverse talents of many different types of engineers, scientists, clinicians, and other professionals, drawing them from the College of Architecture, the broader Georgia Tech community, and a wide range of other organizations such as Duke University, Georgia State, University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, the Shepherd Center, the U.S. Veteran’s Administration, Emory University, and the University of Georgia.