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Hall of Fellows Questions


  1. When did you start working in assistive technology field?

  2. How did you get into the rehabilitation engineering and/or assistive technology field? What is your professional background?

  3. Was there one event, experience or person that played an important role in your decision to get into assistive technology field?

  4. Why did you choose this field? What was your motivation?

  5. Has there been a particular person who was an inspiration or mentor to you? Describe your relationship with that person.

  6. Why is rehabilitation engineering and/or assistive technology important to you? Describe the central focus your work in the field. How does your work fit into the field?

  7. What are some of your most memorable successes in the field? How did they make you feel?

  8. What do you consider your greatest contribution(s) to the field?

  9. What are some of your most memorable failures in the field? How did you deal with them?

  10. Describe what you consider to be significant changes in the field since you first entered it.

  11. What do you perceive as the most important advances in the field? How have they affected your work?

  12. What do you see as the future of rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology?

  13. Describe your role within RESNA. How has RESNA helped you in your career?

  14. What do you see as the future of RESNA?

  15. What would you say to those just entering the field?