The Adaptech Research Network consisted of a team of academics, students and consumers. We conducted research involving college and university students with a variety of disabilities in Canada. We were based at Dawson College in Montreal. The network was founded in 1996 and ceased operations in 2026.
The Adaptech Research Network was led by Co-Directors:
Our areas of focus were:
- Use and accessibility of information and communication technologies in postsecondary education,
- Facilitators and barriers to academic success,
- Strategies for ensuring that students with disabilities have an equitable opportunity to successfully complete internships, and
- Free or inexpensive software useful to students with various disabilities.
We conducted our research bilingually and were funded by federal grants. Our goal was to provide empirically based information to assist and inform decision making that ensured that new policies and new information and communication technologies reflected the needs and concerns of a variety of stakeholders including:
- College and university students and recent graduates with a variety of disabilities,
- The professors who teach them, and
- The campus service providers who make technological, adaptive, and other supports available to the higher education community.