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Gary Robb

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Gary Robb is the Director of the National Center on Accessibility in Bloomington, Indiana and of Bradford Woods, Indiana University's 2500 Acre Center for Outdoor and Leadership Development located in Martinsville, Indiana. Robb is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Park Administration, School of HPER, at Indiana University. Working with people with disabilities in recreation environments for more than 35 years, Robb is internationally recognized as one of the leaders in the therapeutic recreation movement.

The National Center on Accessibility provides national level training, technical assistance and research in the recreation, parks and tourism field. As part of his responsibility with the Center, he has been working extensively with federal government agencies in developing and implementing guidelines for making recreation areas, facilities and programs accessible to persons with disabilities in the United States.

Robb is a past president of the National Therapeutic Recreation Society and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Recreation and Park Association and a two term member of the President's Committee on Employment of Persons With Disabilities. He has provided national leadership in the development of standards and programs related to golf and people with disabilities and was the co-founder of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf.

Robb holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Utah and in 1984 was named the distinguished alumni of the Department of Recreation and Leisure Services, School of Health from that university. He has worked with persons with disabilities for over 25 years.

Robb was instrumental in signing a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service to conduct nationwide accessibility training programs for federal and state employees. He also developed a cooperative agreement between Indiana University and Loughborough University (England) and has been named Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University.

He has directed major grant projects in curriculum development, capital improvement projects, and innovative education and training projects (Indiana). He has consulted on grant projects with the US Department of Education, many U.S. Universities, Architectural firms, the American Foundation for the Blind, the American Camping Association, and private consulting firms.

As Executive Director of the National Center on Accessibility, Robb heads up the Center’s national research, education and training agendas related to the game of golf. He served on the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Board’s committee to develop accessibility standards for golf courses. He has been the Co-Coordinator of the National Forum on Accessible Golf, a program designed to facilitate integration of persons with disabilities into the game of golf. The Forum has included representatives from all of the major golf industry organizations (PGA, LPGA, NGF, GCSAA, USGA, NGCOA, etc.) as well as organizations serving golfers with disabilities. The Forum received the Association of Disabled American Golfers Pioneer Award in 1997 and sparked the creation of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf.

 
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