ADIO: About Us
Objective
ADIO was created to provide a window into the Federal Government for the Assistive Technology (AT) and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Sectors. It also works to ensure that the Industry Portfolio programmes and services are accessible to Canadians with disabilities.
General Description
The workplan for ADIO is divided into three broad areas of activity:
- Industrial Development Strategy which includes encouraging
the development and promotion of accessibility standards,
promoting the AT Sector through newsletters, web-sites and
conference presentations, the promotion and update of the
Accessible Procurement Toolkit which educates managers in
procurement issues and managing AT-Links which is the AT portal
of the Government on-line Disability Cluster.
- Market Development and Support which includes the development
of statistics on the Canadian AT sector and linking with other
industry sectors.
- Industry Liaison and Advocacy which includes support to the Minister's Advisory Committee, working with international bodies such as the EU and working with other government and non government bodies.
Meet Our Team
Mary Frances Laughton
Manager, ADIO
613-990-4316 (voice)
613-998-5923 (fax)
e-mail: adio@crc.ca
Deb Finn
Project Officer
613-990-4297 (voice)
613-998-3288 (TTY)
613-998-5923 (fax)
e-mail: adio@crc.ca
