Public Awareness

AT Act Programs conduct public awareness activities, including statewide information and referral systems, designed to provide information that relates to the availability, benefits, appropriateness, and costs of AT.

• Strategies for Rural Outreach, November 2009 (RTF format)
  This publication describes how some states are reaching remote and frontier areas with traveling demonstrations, mobile vans, and distance technology.
  
  

Establishing an Annual Statewide AT Event

Some states are raising the profile of assistive technology (AT) by establishing a designated statewide AT Week or AT Month. The materials and resources below will provide information to those interested in establishing a designated AT event in their state as a public awareness activity under their AT Act State Plan.

• Establishing an Assistive Technology Awareness Week/Month, April 2007 (RTF format)
  NATTAP produced "how-to" guide with examples of successful programs.
  
  
• Establishing an AT Awareness Program, teleconference held 18 January 2007
  MP3 file    Transcript (RTF format)
  
  
• Proclamations
  • PA AT Awareness Month Proclamation (text version) (RTF format)
  • PA AT Awareness Month Proclamation (formatted version) (PDF format)
  • NH Governor's AT Awareness Week Proclamation (PDF format)
  • Philadelphia Mayor's AT Awareness Month Proclamation (text version) (RTF format)
  
  
• Planning
  • PA Sample Planning Calendar (RTF format)
  
  
• Outreach/PR/Marketing
  • Phila Letter to Branches to Participate in AT Awareness Month (RTF format)
  • NH AT Week Postcard (PDF format)
  • NH AT Week Poster (PDF format)

Information and Referral

• Using 211 Systems for AT-Related Information and Referral, teleconference held 22 February 2007
  Transcript (RTF format)     MP3 (6.5 MB)