EASI Webcast: Howard Kramer Interviews Beth Finke, author and NPR commentator
http://www.rit.edu/~easi

Beth Finke tells her story in her book: Long Time, No See.
She is this year's keynote speaker at the Accessing Higher Ground
Conference in Bolder Co. helt Nov. 12-14

Conference info is at: http://www.colorado.edu/sacs/ATconference/
Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits
    of Assistive Technology in the university and college setting for sensory,
    physical and learning disabilities. Other topics include legal and policy
    issues, including ADA and 508 compliance, and making campus media and
information
  resources, including Web pages and library resources accessible to users
with disabilities.

Beth lost her sight as a young adult.  She wrote her experiences on paper
and struggled for years to find a publisher.  In the process she gained a
reputation as an author and frequently appears on National Public Radio as
one of its commentators.  Listen to her interview where you will meet a
warm, charming and talented young woman.  Read about her on her web site:
http://www.bethfinke.com/

Check out EASI's two July, online courses:
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design: http://easi.cc/workshops/easiweb.htm
Train the Trainer: http://easi.cc/workshops/train.htm

The beginner web course is for people who frequently desig web pages but
who are not quite professional HTML experts.  It focuses on the basics of
making web pages accessible to users with disabilities and does it in plain
English.  Yes, you can design accessible pages without being a technical whiz!

Train the Trainer is for people who have to support users with disabilities
getting started on using adaptive technology.  This includes public and
school librarians, special ed teachers, IT staff who know computers but not
adaptive software, also for staff in disabled student service offices.  It
is for people who are not required to make the user computer experts, but
who still have to get the user with a disability started.  It will give a
beginning, basic understanding of several different, common adaptive
computer applications like screen readers, voice recognition, scanners etc.

Syllabus for each and registration are available online.
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm



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                EASI Juluy Courses http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design
Train the Trainer
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                Norman Coombs
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
(949) 922-5992 (cell)