ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WEBPAGE EVALUATION FORM

Evaluator's Name: David Lee Rickman II

Date of Evaluation: 11/05/2018

Web Site (URL): www.qiat.org/index.html

Sponsoring Organization/Agency: Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services

Primary Focus of Web Site: (e.g. factual information, opinion, links to other sites):

The site mostly features resources but those resources are stored on the Ablenet University website.

Point of View Expressed:

Using resources for development and delivery of services relating to assistive technology.

Date of Development (Currency):

According to qiat.org the last update was 10/17/2016.

Contact Information Provided:

QIATleadership@gmail.com

Knowledge of Literature (References, Bibliography, Other Sources Cited):

Resource documents are user submitted to qiat.org.

Accuracy (Does Information appear accurate? Any Bias or One-Sided Viewpoints Noted?):

The information seems accurate but partly relies on information submitted by users and I can't determine whether the submissions are fact checked or not.

Conclusions: Do You Feel This Site is a Valuable Resource? Justify Your Answer.

This site is possibly useful. It's run by a "grassroots group" with only an e-mail address for contacting purposes. Since the website hasn't been updated in two years some of the information may be outdated.