Technology Program Aides Wounded Service Members

Military personnel face many challenges after being wounded or injured, but a program providing assistive technologies for wounded service members helps empower them for continued employment.

Since 2004, the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) has filled more than 15,200 requests by wounded service members for assistive technologies. CAP provides wounded veterans with the tools necessary to access computer and telecommunications environments.

Assistive Technology (AT) for Wounded Service Members

CAP Technology Evaluation Center (CAPTEC) Announces New Location 

The CAP Technology Evaluation Center (CAPTEC) is happy to announce its new location within the Pentagon at 2D1049 near the metro entrance.

The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), a formal Department of Defense Federal program, provides assistive technology and services to people with disabilities--providing reasonable accommodations quickly and easily.  CAP has the authority to provide assistive technology, devices, and services free of charge CAP increases access to information and works to remove barriers for disabled service members.

CAP mission is to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to the information environment and opportunities in the Department of Defense (DoD) and throughout the Federal government. By fulfilling this mission of providing real solutions for real needs, CAP is helping to make the Federal government the model employer for people with disabilities.   SEE also http://www.tricare.mil/cap/.

Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) News

WWMP NOTE:  CAP is the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) and provides assistive technology and services to people with disabilities, Federal managers, supervisors, and IT professionals. CAP increases access to information and works to remove barriers to employment opportunities by eliminating the costs of assistive technology and accommodation solutions.  We have a CAP office at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. That office has provided many of our Wounded Warriors with free computer/electronic devices to assist the WWs’ with their disabilities.

CAP Shares "Operation Mend" "Buddy Families" Information

The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program's Wounded Service Member Team would like to share the following information with you:

"Operation Mend," a unique new partnership between UCLA Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and the V.A.Greater Los Angeles, has been established to help treat U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Operation Mend has helped Service Members from all Military branches with cranial facial surgery, and is looking to expand into prosthetics and eye socket repair.  During their time away from home, Operation Mend provides "Buddy Families" who share their homes with the Service Members during their time in Los Angeles.