67544 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research; Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and

Request for Comments.

SUMMARY: The National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR) is interested in gathering

information from consumers, families,

service providers, advocacy

organizations, community groups, State

agencies, and other stakeholders on

existing and future needs for assistive

technology services and devices,

systemic barriers to meeting those

needs, and successful approaches that

have been used to remove barriers to the

acquisition of assistive technology

services and devices for individuals

with disabilities.

NIDRR invites interested parties to

submit written comments or present

oral comments at a public meeting on

current assistive technology needs and

issues, as well as future directions for

meeting those needs. The purpose of the

meeting is to help formulate future

policy related to assistive technology for

persons with disabilities.

DATE AND TIME: The public meeting is

scheduled to be held on Thursday,

January 15, 1998 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott at

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia.

COMMENTS: Persons desiring to provide

oral comments at the public meeting

should telephone Ms. Nell Bailey on

(703) 524–6686, ext. 305. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call 703–524–

6639. Requests to provide oral

comments may also be sent through the

Internet: nbailey@resna.org.

NIDRR invites written comments from

those who will be unable to provide oral

comments at the public meetings.

Written comments should be received

by April 30, 1998. Written comments

should be addressed to Ms. Nell Bailey,

RESNA Technical Assistance Project,

1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1540,

Arlington, VA 22209. Written comments

may also be sent through the Internet:

nbailey@resna.org.

The meeting site is accessible to

individuals with disabilities. An

individual with a disability who will

need an auxiliary aid or service to

participate in the meeting (e.g.

interpreting service, assistive listening

device, or materials in an alternate

format) should notify the contact person

listed in this notice at least two weeks

before the scheduled meeting date.

Although the Department will attempt

to meet a request received after that

date, the requested auxiliary aid or

service may not be available because of

insufficient time to arrange it.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nell

Bailey. Telephone: (703) 524–6686, ext.

305. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call (703) 524–6639.

Individuals with disabilities who plan

to attend the meeting and require

reasonable accommodations should

submit the request two week in advance

of the meeting to Nell Bailey.

Individuals with disabilities may obtain

this document in an alternate format

(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or

computer diskette) on request to Nell

Bailey.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There will

be additional public meetings in other

regions of the country during the

months of February, March and April,

1998. The dates and locations of these

meetings will be announced in a

separate Federal Register notice.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text of portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

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http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins,

and Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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