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>From: "Barrett, Don" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Comments needed quickly for Whitehouse report
>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 19:38:10 -0400
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>For Immediate Release
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>Send Your Opinion on Technology Needs to the White House
>
>http://www.conwal.com/icdr/execmemo/
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>President Clinton issued an Executive Memorandum requiring the Interagency
>Committee on Disability Research (ICDR), to prepare a report identifying
>priority needs for new assistive technologies and universal designs. This
>memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, issued on
>July 25th, directs that the report be prepared in cooperation with the
>disability
>and the research communities.
>
>The ICDR, which is chaired by the National Institute on Disability and
>Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is gathering data from its member agencies
>and researchers. The report will be based on:
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>* a comprehensive literature review;
>* interviews and written contributions from Federal, State, and
>private-sector specialists;
>* input from Federal and State agency data bases;
>* conduct of focus groups to elicit consumer viewpoints; and
>* information gathered from the disability community.
>
>Conwal Incorporated, a federal government contractor that provides support
>to the ICDR, is collecting information from the disability community for the
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>Report to the President through a special website:
>http://www.conwal.com/icdr/execmemo/. The website will be operational for a
>short time only as all feedback must be collected by October 23, 2000 to be
>included in the report.
>
>We are asking for input from representatives of the disability community
>including individuals with disabilities and their family members, disability
>organizations, and service providers. Please feel free to share this address
>with others as we want to hear from as many people as possible. We thank you
>in advance for your response.
>
>If you would like to link to the site, please contact our webmaster via
>email: [log in to unmask]
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