From: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Tech Policy & Disability Meeting in L.A.
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:22:45 GMT
Reply-To: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26409

Are you:

       ~Interested in policy issues of disabled people's access to
technology and  telecommunications?

       ~In the Los Angeles metropolitan area this coming Friday?

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.  It is NOT TOO LATE to register, but you should do so
immediately if you wish to 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.

The Agenda and a registration form follow.  Please  return the
registration form by fax or electronic mail IMMEDIATELY!  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.

					 AGENDA

		 REGIONAL TRAINING SESSION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

			       BLUE RIBBON PANEL PROJECT
			      WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY

				    January 29, 1993

		      Pacific Bell Executive Communications Center
				   200 W. Harbor Place
Anaheim, California

9:00 -  9:15        Welcome, Introductions, Purpose of the Session,
		    Overview of Agenda
		    Stan Greenberg, Executive Director, WCIL
		    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 Shulman, 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
		    June Kailes, private consultant
		    John Schweizer, Pacific Bell
		    Bummy Burstein, Chairmen, 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.  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: