October 19, 2006

Artist's business becomes tool to help disabled

Art For A Cause, a Birmingham-based business employing the physically handicapped and the mentally disabled, has recently expanded its operations to Tokyo. Owner Lisa Knoppe-Reed credits Wayne State University engineering professor Robert Erlandson and his engineering graduate students for making this feat possible. Erlandson's students have designed various gadgets to enable her employees to do their jobs more effectively, including customized adjustable work stations. In 1992, Erlandson established WSU's Enabling Technologies Laboratory designed to enhance human capabilities with a special emphasis on the disabled.

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