From: janina@netcom.com (Janina Sajka)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Telecomm Policy & Disability Meeting in L.A.
Keywords: policy disability technology telecommunications
Date: 30 Dec 92 15:32:11 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: 26937

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: