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- From: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
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- Subject: Telecomm Policy & Disability Meeting in L.A.
- Keywords: policy disability technology telecommunications
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:32:11 GMT
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- On January 29, 1993 the World Institute on Disability (WID) will
- conduct a training session on Telecommunications Policy for persons
- with disabilities. It will be hosted by Pacific Bell and GTE, and
- it will be held at Pacific Bell conference facilities in Anaheim,
- California. If you are interested in policy issues of disabled
- people's access to technology and access to telecommunications, you
- should attend.
-
- This one-day conference will provide you with opportunities to
- learn about new telecommunications technologies through exhibits
- and a field site visit, find out about state and federal policy
- initiatives affecting access to these new technologies for persons
- with disabilities and determine how you can become involved in
- efforts to make sure that persons with disabilities will be a part
- of the "Information Age."
-
- If you would like to be more active on this issue, please plan to
- attend. There is no registration fee. Lunch will be provided. At
- 4 p.m., a separate exhibit and reception will be held by GTE in
- Cerritos focused on their fiber-optic trial of video-based services
- to the home; all registrants are invited.
-
- Attached is a registration form that must be sent back by JANUARY
- 20! Please be sure to include information about accommodation
- needs you may have. The physical facilities are wheelchair
- accessible.
-
- For further information contact WID at WIDNET@DELPHI.COM or by
- telephone at (510) 763-4100 voice/tty. Our fax number is (510)
- 763-4109.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- The 6 co-sponsors:
-
- Steve Townsend
- COMPUTER ACCESS CENTER
- 2425 - 16th Street, Room 23
- Santa Monica, CA 90405
-
- Richard Ray
- Mayor's Office for the Disabled
- CITY OF L.A. COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
- 200 N. Spring St., #2100
- Los Angeles, CA 90012
-
- Alexander Arcuri
- ADA 504 Coordinator
- CITY OF L.A. COMMISSION ON DISABILITY
- 200 N. Spring St., #2100
- Los Angeles, CA 90012
-
- John Troost, Commissioner
- L.A. COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES
- 383 Hall of Administration
- 500 West Temple Street
- Los Angeles, CA 90012
-
- Stanley Greenberg, Ph.D.
- Executive Director
- WESTSIDE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
- 12901 Venice Boulevard
- Los Angeles, CA 90066
-
- Sharon Nieves
- TASK
- 100 W. Cerritos Avenue
- Anaheim, CA 92805
-
- AGENDA
-
- Regional Training Session on Telecommunications Policy
-
- BLUE RIBBON PANEL PROJECT
- WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
-
- January 29, 1993
-
- 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome, Introductions, Purpose of the Session,
- Overview of Agenda
- Representative from co-sponsors
- Deborah Kaplan, WID
-
- 9:15 - 10:15 Exhibits of Telecommunications Equipment and Services
-
- 10:15 - 11:00 The State of the Art in Telecommunications Technology:
- Are We Having Access Yet? What are the real
- consumer needs?
- led by: Deborah Kaplan, WID
- Janina Sajka, WID
-
- 11:15 - 11:30 Break
-
- 11:30 - 12:15 The California Public Utilities Commission: How Do
- Consumers Make Their Needs Known?
- Neal Schulman, Executive Director, California PUC
-
- 12:15 - 1:15 Luncheon in small rooms with mixed groups
- (industry, different disability organizations)
-
- 1:15 - 1:45 Federal Policy and Telecommunications: What's Going
- on in Washington, D.C.?
- Deborah Kaplan, WID
-
- 1:45 - 2:15 Using WIDNet as a Tool for Advocacy
- Janina Sajka, WID
-
- 2:15 - 3:15 Panel Discussion: Effective strategies for
- telecommunications advocacy
- - Representative of consumer organization
- - Representative of telecommunications company
- - Representative of PUC
- - Representative of DDTPAC
-
- 3:15 - 3:30 Evaluations of the session, Wrap-up
-
- 3:30 - 4:00 Travel to Cerritos, site of GTE's fiber optics project
-
- 4:00 - 6:00 Demonstration of Cerritos technologies & reception
- GTE
-
- REGISTRATION FORM
-
- Regional Training Session on Telecommunications Policy
-
- BLUE RIBBON PANEL PROJECT
- WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
-
- January 29, 1993
-
- Please complete and return to:
-
- World Institute on Disability
- 510 Sixteenth Street
- Oakland, CA 94612-1502
-
- You may E-Mail this Registration Form to us at WIDNET@DELPHI.COM, or
- fax it to us at (510) 763-4109.
-
- NAME:
-
- ADDRESS:
-
- PHONE: Home: Work:
-
- If you work for a disability-related organization, please list it,
- with an address and phone.
-
- If you belong to a disability-related organization, please indicate
- which one(s).
-
- Are there specific telecommunications applications or issues that
- you are interested in?
-
- Do you have any disability accommodation needs?
-
- Sign language interpreters: Oral ASL
-
- Real-time captioning
-
- Hearing amplification (indicate what type and whether you provide your own)
-
- Materials in alternative medium:
- Braille
- Cassette Tape
- Large Print
- Computer Disk (indicate format required)
-
- Other accommodations:
-