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Marca Bristo, President/CEO of ACCESS Living and Disability Rights
Leader to be featured on "Disability Matters" with Joyce Bender
PITTSBURGH, PA- Marca Bristo, President and CEO of ACCESS Living and
internationally acclaimed disability rights leader will be featured with
Joyce Bender on "Disability Matters", on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 from 2
PM to 3 PM Eastern Time. Discussed on the show, will be the mission of
the Chicago-based ACCESS Living. Its mission is to improve and expand
its efforts to educate the public and raise disability awareness,
empower people with disabilities and advocate for social change. Its
range of programs and services include peer counseling, independent
living skills training, advocacy, information and referral.
Marca Bristo is a leader in the disability rights movement. She has
received one congressional and three presidential appointments to
disability policy positions. She has received numerous awards,
including the Henry B. Betts Award; the Distinguished Service Award; and
the Americans with Disabilities Act Award for her role in the creation
and passage of the law. She served as chairperson of the National
Council on Disability (NCD) from 1994-2002, becoming the first woman and
the first disabled person to hold the position.
Additionally, Bristo has served with the U.S. delegation to the United
Nations and is currently working to establish a UN convention on
disability rights. She was recently appointed to the Anti Defamation
League's Early Childhood Advisory Board and the Disability Funder's
Network Board, an offshoot of the Council on Foundations.
The host of Disability Matters, Joyce A. Bender, is President and CEO of
Bender Consulting Services, Inc. (BCS) and its "sister company" Bender
Consulting Services of Canada, Inc. (BCSC). BCS provides competitive
employment opportunities for Americans with disabilities in the areas of
information technology, engineering, finance/accounting, human resources
and general business. In 1985, Joyce had a life-threatening accident
due to epilepsy, which caused an intracranial hemorrhage that required
subsequent brain surgery. Against all odds, Joyce recovered from this
accident that left her with a 60 percent hearing loss in one ear and a
realization that she had epilepsy. As a result of her personal
experience, she developed a passion for helping people with disabilities
and founded both companies. Ms. Bender is the recipient of the 2003 New
Freedom Initiative Award from the Bush Administration, as well as the
1999 President's Award from President Clinton.
For more information on Joyce A. Bender and her companies, Bender
Consulting Services, Inc. and Bender Consulting Services of Canada,
Inc., visit, http://www.benderconsult.com or
http://www.benderofcanada.com.
To learn more about Voice America, visit, http://www.voiceamerica.com .
Past radio broadcasts are archived on http://www.benderconsult.com.
To learn more about ACCESS Living visit, www.accessliving.org.
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Date: September 7, 2004
Guest: Alan Reich
Title: President, National Organization on Disability (NOD)
Date: September 14, 2004
Guest: Oral Miller
Title: Paralympics, President of the National Association of Blind
Athletes
Date: September 21, 2004
Guest: Michele Leahy
Title: Ms. Wheelchair PA 2004
For more information contact:
Lee Hassinger
Associate Research Assistant
Bender Family of Companies
Penn Center West III, Suite 223
Pittsburgh PA 15276
Phone: 412-787-8567
Fax: 412-787-7178
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www.benderconsult.com/www.benderofcanada.com
Please tune in to "Disability Matters" talk show, hosted by Joyce
Bender, every Tuesday at 2:00pm EST at www.voiceamerica.com. Archived
shows can be found on www.benderconsult.com.
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