RERC:National Advisory Panel

National Advisory Panel

Catherine Graham

Catherine Leigh Graham is a Rehabilitation Engineer with the University of South Carolina’s Interagency Office of Disability and Health. Her main focuses include accessibility to health care, fitness, recreation and emergency preparedness. She works closely with many state and local agencies to improve the accessibility of communities/parks including teaching classes to building code officials on the ADA and its relationship to buildings and public rights of way. Catherine is very committed to improving the knowledge base of a variety of students. She instructs medical students in family and internal medicine as well as students in physical education.

She consults with the University of South Carolina Assistive Technology Project’s assistive technology device exchange website and reutilization program to put equipment not currently being used into the hands of someone who can benefit (www.scatpexchange.net) and is the Senior ADA Compliance Consultant for PeopleTect Design Group, a company working with commercial property owners, architects and construction firms to meet not only ADA requirements but also the functional needs of people with various disabilities (www.PeopleTect.com).

Catherine received a BS in Computer Engineering from Clemson University and a Masters of Engineering from the University of Virginia. She has worked in the disability/rehabilitation field for over 15 years and had her own private ADA consulting group since 1995.

Ms. Graham is the President of the South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association and a board member of the South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund (www.musc.edu/scscirf/ciscir.html). She is also on the Advisory Board for PAALS, Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services, a non-profit organization training and providing service dogs for individuals with disabilities (www.paals.org).

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