The NTID Center on Access Technology will investigate, evaluate, and report on the most effective and efficient use of access technologies and train individuals in their use in order to accelerate the widespread implementation of best practices within deaf education at the postsecondary level.

This Center will create a collaborative network of individuals from RIT and other universities, as well as from industry and professional organizations, to promote research and development of access technologies that will positively impact postsecondary educational experiences for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

Once fully operational, this Center will be the first and only organization in the world dedicated to advancing access technologies for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.