ARATA is a national association whose purpose is to serve as a forum for issues in rehabilitation and assistive technology.
ARATA publishes a newsletter for members three times a year. This is distributed electronically with other formats available.
ARATA National Conference 2012
Bridging the AT Gap
will be held in Sydney Wednesday 22 –Friday 24 August 2012.
Sydney Masonic Function Centre
Updates are also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARATAconference
AT Practitioners and the NDIS Project
In response to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the ARATA board has engaged an expert project team to raise the awareness of ARATA's national role in representing assistive technology practitioners. The ARATA project team aims to ensure AT practitioners' positive contribution is well represented in the development of the NDIS. The ARATA project team, coordinated by Lloyd Walker includes Gunela Astbrink, Natasha Layton and Michael Summers, brings a wide range of specialist expertise in assistive technology and ensures the voice of AT practitioners is well represented. The project team will be working to highlight the role of the AT practitioner and how AT services enhance great outcomes for people who use assistive technologies. This six month project will culminate in presenting the board with an ARATA Positional Paper.
Over the next six months, the ARATA project team will involve members via our WIKI site: http://www.arata.org.au/NDIS.
ARATA members are encouraged to join the project team via the WIKI site.