EASI Video Webcast: Conference Keynote by Ken Rutherford co-founder of the
Landmine Survivor's Network
http://www.rit.edu/~easi

 Dr. Ken Rutherford was the keynote speaker at the 2002 Accessing Higher
Ground Conference Assistive Technology and Accessible Media in Higher
Education.  You can watch and listen to Dr. Rutherford's well-received talk
via the provided RealVideo link.  While the keynote does not deal with
higher education and technology, it is a very interesting and challenging
talk well worth watching.

Dr. Ken Rutherford is an alumni and former football player from the
University of Colorado (PolSci- '85, MBA- '93) and 2000 graduate of
Georgetown University (Ph.D, Government).  While working for the
International Rescue Committee in Somalia in 1993, his landrover struck a
landmine resulting in life -threatening injuries.  Rutherford's injuries
caused the loss of his right leg shortly after the accident and, years
later, the amputation of his left leg.  After his recovery and
rehabilitation, Rutherford went on to complete his doctorate at Georgetown
University, marry his fiancé from CU in 1994 and is now a professor of
International Relations at Southwest Missouri State University.  He has
also been a committed advocate for the rights and needs of the landmine
disabled and has traveled worldwide to speak out on the mass harm caused by
these weapons.  Rutherford is co-founder of the Washington-based Landmine
Survivor's Network, which in 1997 shared the Nobel Prize for its work in
the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.  He has also campaigned for
the "Adopt-a-Landmine" initiative, which worked toward clearing minefields
from Mozambique.

You can see information about the Nov. 2003 Accessing Higher Ground
conference at
http://www.colorado.edu/ATconference.
It is well worth putting on your calendar and attending.  It brings leaders
in higher education and information technologies for students with
disabilities, and still is small enough to be an intimate setting to make
excellent networking contacts.

Webcast at http://www.rit.edu/~easi

EASI's online courses can provide valuable continuing education units or
five courses will earn the EASI/University of Southern Maine Certificate in
Accessible Information Technology:
http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

Now is the time to register for June courses:
Barrier-free Information Technology
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design

** Watch for an exciting announcement about a series of live, interactive
online clinics using voice conferencing which will walk participants
through specific accessibility tools essential for designers of online
instructional content.  These will involve an experienced adaptive
technology trainer teaching skills online and involving the participants in
one-to-one voice discussions of that content.




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EASI June Courses http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
Barrier-free Information Technology
Advanced Barrier-free Web Design
Learning Disabilities and Accessible Information Technology
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                Norman Coombs
CEO EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
(949) 922-5992 (cell)