Nashville, Tennessee, Start Date: May 28, 2008 09:00 AM Highlights include: – World-Class Speakers: Deana Claiborne, Michael G. May, Nelson Lauver, and Juliette Rizzo. – Interactive Workshops – Educational Sessions – Over 50 Exhibits of Disability Products and Services – Fun Evening Events – Pirates Theme Night-look and talk like …
Eugenics, the belief that certain “genetic” traits are good and others bad, is associated in the public mind mostly with the extreme eugenics policies of Adolf Hitler, which ultimately led to the Holocaust. The study of eugenics did not begin with Hitler or his German scientists, but rather was first …
<ed.note>A decade or so after the interweb becomes popular with the public it is discovered by "Big Advocacy". Let’s see how long before they "discover" other centralizing data tools like community enabling content management, wikis and standardized financial metadata, taxonomies, etc. ( vs. "recommendations and principles" ) for NGO/NPO data …
Dear Consumers, Families and Friends of Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Your voice is needed at Town Hall meetings across the state. Last year, the state Legislature appointed a task force to develop a plan for services to individuals with developmental disabilities other than mental retardation. As you are …
Where: Kigali, Rwanda Why: The main goal of the Summit is to help bring connectivity to Africa and promote "Connect Africa", a new partnership that seeks to expand the information and communication technology infrastructure of the continent, especially Internet broadband. Who: Some 500 participants are expected to attend the Connect …
U. S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Testimony pdfs here.
Oct 1, 2007 By Leonard Klie, speechtechmag.com Blind and visually impaired customers have started legal action against the cell phone industry to improve cell phone accessibility with features like speech output for people who cannot read the phone’s display screen. In early August, 11 customers from Florida, Georgia, Colorado, California, …
Adult siblings (ages 18 and older) of Tennesseans with disabilities are invited to take part in a survey available online at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. To receive the survey by mail, email SiblingResearch@vanderbilt.edu or call (1-888) 322-5339 or download a pdf version. Mail the survey …
The Disneyland Hotel • Anaheim, CA THE One, THE Only Conference Focused on Strategies, Teams, Tools & Beyond in the Virtual Workplace ANNOUNCING INAUGURAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING VIRTUAL DISTANCE IDENTIFY, MANAGE & MEASURE virtual distance Break through language barriers & manage MULTI-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS Harness virtual KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Believe the unbelievable …
Just imagine not having a local church you could attend each week. How would you grow spiritually? For many Deaf people, this is a reality, because they live in isolated areas where no Deaf church or interpreted services are available. That’s why Deaf Missions is providing a new ministry on …
Dr. Matthew Pearson, Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, will talk about severe spasticity and explain about therapy that may help provide better movement and control for persons with spasticity. This free educational program is sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee and Medtronic. A Movement for Living Ambassador …
<ed.note>Apparently, things semantically delicious are all the rage within fedgovworld — stories about intellipedia and even various campaign sites using RSS. I bet Donna, who recently left a comment on this 2006 post I’ve just gotten around to publishing, wished there were a push for tools for transparency in tennessee …