AT Standards Board

Introduction

The RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Board (ATSB) coordinates the development of voluntary consensus standards in the United States and represents the needs and views of U.S. stakeholders in international standardization forums.

The RESNA Assistive Technology Standards Board is accredited by ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, as a standards organization. Anyone that desires to participate has the right to participate and is fully welcomed.  Our current standards committees, and corresponding International Standards Organization (ISO) standards are:

ANSI/RESNA Standards

RESNA ATSB Assistive Technology Standards Board
RESNA AGC Adaptive Golf Cars
RESNA ASE Adaptive Sports Equipment
RESNA CT Cognitive Technologies
RESNA ESTD Emergency Stair Travel Devices for People with Disabilities
RESNA VI Assistive Products for Persons with Vision Impairments and Persons with Vision and Hearing Impairments
RESNA SS Support Surfaces
RESNA WCS Wheelchairs
RESNA WHAT Wheelchairs and Transportation
RESNA WRS Wheelchairs and Related Seating

 


ISO Standards

ISO/TC 173 Assistive Products for Persons with Disabilities
ISO/TC 173/WG 7 Provisions and Means for Orientation of Visually Impaired Persons in Pedestrian Areas
ISO/TC 173/SC 1 Wheelchairs
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 1 Test Methods
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 6 Wheelchair Restraint Systems
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 8
Stair Traversing Devices
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 10 Electro-technical Systems
ISO/TC 173/SC 1/WG 11 Wheelchair Seating
ISO/TC 173/SC 2 Classification and terminology
ISO/TC 173/SC 2/WG 11 Classification and terminology for the revision of ISO 9999
ISO/TC 173/SC 2/WG 12 Classification and terminology of assistive products for persons with disabilities

 


ATSB Officers

Chair:

Peter Axelson

Beneficial Designs, Inc.

peter@beneficialdesigns.com

Vice Chair:

Glenn Hedman

University of Illinois Chicago

ghedman@uic.edu

Secretary:

Harmony Hilderbrand 

Beneficial Designs, Inc.

harmony@beneficialdesigns.com

Technical Support:

Seanna Kringen

Beneficial Designs, Inc.

seanna@beneficialdesigns.com

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