The NYU Ability Project, a joint research initiative between NYU Tandon’s programs in Integrated Design & Media, the Occupational Therapy Department at NYU Steinhardt, and the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU Tisch, supports research in client-centered, assistive technology and adaptive design for people with disabilities.
As an interdisciplinary research space dedicated to the intersection between disability and technology, the Ability Project supports classes, programmatic interactions with community partners (such as Tech Unlimited and HeartShare), and research initiatives on a variety of topics related to technology and the social model of disability.
The Ability Project fosters collaboration between individuals with disabilities and engineers, designers, educators, artists, occupational and physical therapists and speech language pathologists.