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Disability Pride Pittsburgh

Sat, Aug 26

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Pittsburgh

Fun, community, live music, accessible games, guest speakers, photos ops, sensory friendly chill zone, assistive tech demos, and more!

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Disability Pride Pittsburgh
Disability Pride Pittsburgh

Time & Location

Aug 26, 2023, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Pittsburgh, 4100 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

About the event

Keynote Speaker: Rory A. Cooper is the founding director and VA senior research career scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a VA Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence in partnership with Pitt. Cooper has authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed journal publications. He has 20 patents awarded or pending. He is the author of two books: "Rehabilitation Engineering Applied to Mobility and Manipulation” and “Wheelchair Selection and Configuration”, and co-editor of “An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering”, “Warrior Transition Leader: Medical Rehabilitation Handbook” and the award winning book “Care of the Combat Amputee”. Cooper is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, as well as RESNA, IEEE, AIMBE and BMES.

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