Hi,

I am enquiring whether there is a website providing resources for visually
impaired.
I need to link my people to such a site or build one if there is no such
resource center.

Counting on your cooperation.

Albert Essandoh
"To whosoever believeth, all things are possible.."
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamal Mazrui <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 12:55 PM
Subject: Seminar on adaptive technology in the law profession


>----- Forwarded Message Follows -----
>From: Scott LaBarre <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] (Multiple recipients of NFBnet BlindLaw Mailing
List)
>Subject: Washington Seminar
>
>Hello Everyone:
>
>It is official now.  The National Association of Blind Lawyers will be
>sponsoring a CLE seminar in Washington DC on Sunday, January 31, 1999.
>The Seminar is being held in conjunction with the Washington Seminar of
>the National Federation of the Blind.
>
>The primary focus will be on how blind and visually impaired legal
>professionals can use adaptive technology to maximum advantage while
>practicing law.  Although all details are not yet firm, officials from
>WestLaw will be present with us to discuss how their product can be used
>most effectively with commonly used speech packages etc.  In addition to
>legal industry officials, we will have experts in the area of assistive
>technology for the blind at the conference to speak about the latest and
>greatest.  Blind practitioners will discuss how they use various hardware
>and software to pursue thier practice.
>
>The conference will also include a lunch with a keynote speaker.  Dr. Marc
>Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind and also a
>lawyer, will address the group on soemthing other than technology.
>Because we do not yet have a final quote yet from the hotel, we do not
>know the exact cost of the seminar, but it will be somehwere in the range
>of $25.00 for legal professionals and less for students.  The Seminar will
>run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday January 31, 1998, at the
>Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street Southwest.
>
>Diane McGeorge, a member of the Board of Directors of the National
>Federation of the Blind, is the Washington Seminar Coordinater, and all
>hotel reservations should be made through Mrs. McGeorge.  Rooms start at
>$90.00 a night and go up from there based on number of persons in the
>room.  The Washington Seminar runs from Friday, January 29 through
>Wednesday, February 3.  The Seminar kicks off with a student seminar
>sponsored by the National Association of Blind Students, and after the
>Lawyers' meeting at 5:00 p.m. that Sunday, the large "gathering in"
>meeting will take place where we will discuss the legislative agenda of
>the Federation for the upcoming year.  Over the next few days, blind
>persons from around the country will visit their Senate and House members.
>
>The Seminar is being designed so that you can earn continuing legal
>education credits in your home states.  We expect that the seminar will be
>valued at four to five credits.  If you have additional questions or wish
>to make a reservation for the seminar, please contact Scott LaBarre at
>(303) 504-5979 or at [log in to unmask]  Please let us know by January 15,
>1999, if you plan on attending.  Contact Diane McGeorge AT (303 778-1130
>to make hotel reservations.  Please distribute this announcement far and
>wide.
>Sorr for the long message and thanks for your attention,
>Scott LaBarre, President
>National Association of Blind Lawyers
>
>
>
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