The
Next Communications Challenge:
Integrating Disability
A workshop about communicating
with, to, and about people with disabilities
Co-Sponsored by the DC Region of ACE
(Agricultural Communicators in Education)
Contents
Date,
Time and Place
Description
How to Register
Need a Special Accommodation?
Agenda
Resources
Directions to White House Conference Center
Security
Workshop Planning Team
Date,
Time and Place
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
8:30 a.m. - 12 Noon
Truman Room, White House Conference Center
726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20006
See directions.
Description
As more and more people with disabilities become customers and
enter the workforce, how will your agency handle the resulting
communications challenges? More people have disabilities than
we commonly realize. Many disabilities are not apparent. As
we age, we become more disabled. About one in six Americans
has some degree of disability. Half of people 65 or older have
a disability.
How will you put communications
materials in alternative formats? Can people with cognitive
or visual disabilities access your Internet Website? Are your
offices and meeting rooms accessible? Do you have evacuation
plans for people who can't see, are hard of hearing, or use
a wheelchair? How will President George W. Bush's New Freedom
Initiative help? Learn about the www.disabilityinfo.gov website.
Come learn now what you need to know.
How
to Register
To register, send your name, title, agency, email address and
phone number to Pat Gould pegould@comcast.net
. Space is limited. Reserve your place now.
Need
a Special Accommodation?
Please let us know what you'll need when you register with Pat
Gould.
Agenda
8:30 a.m. - Doors open.
Coffee & Danish/Networking
9:15 - 9:35 a.m.
The Importance of Getting Your Messages to the Disability
Community and the Resources To Do It: Juliette Rizzo,
Director, Communication and Media Support Services, Office
of the Assistant Secretary, US Department of Education, Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
9:35 - 10:00 a.m.
DisabilityInfo.Gov - An Overview: Robert C. Brostrom,
Special Assistant, Office of Disability Employment Policy,
US Department of Labor
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Break: Coffee & Danish/Networking
10:30 - 11:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion & Q&A's
Juliette Rizzo, Moderator
- Communication &
Beyond - Accessing Your Audience: Denise Decker, Human
Resources Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service
- Communicating With
Everyone During a Crisis: Marci Hilt, Press Officer,
U.S. Trade Representative
11:10 - 11:55 a.m.
Interactive Technology Demonstration & Q&A's
Juliette Rizzo
Putting Your Messages
into Accessible Formats:Don Barrett, Assistive Technology
Specialist, U.S. Department of Education
Katherine Eng, Rehabilitation Engineer, USDA TARGET Center
11:55 a.m.
Summary. Juliette Rizzo
Resources
DisabilityInfo
The Access Board
Section 508
U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission
Emergency
Procedures for Employees with Disabilities in Office Occupancies
Directions
to White House Conference Center
726 Jackson Place,
NW is near the White House between 17th and 16th streets near
"H" Street NW directly East of the New Executive Office
Bldg (NEOB) which fronts on 17th St. NW.
Parking in the area of
the WHCC is very difficult, so take METRO! The Farragut West
Metro stop on the Orange or Blue Line is quite convenient (and
so is Farragut North). From
Farragut West take the 17th St. exit and walk South one block
to H St. At H, turn toward the corner of H and Jackson Place,
and then right for about a half block before turning in at #726
on your right.
You will be entering through
an arched portico toward a courtyard. Enter the door on the
immediate right directly inside the portico and take the elevator
or stairs to the Truman Room.
If arriving by Cab, the
driver on Constitution Ave. should turn North on 17th St. toward
the White House; then turn right on H St. NW and proceed the
half block to the corner of H and Jackson Place to let you off.
Security
There are barricades and guards on the corner there to filter
White House traffic proceeding down Jackson Place. Just tell
the guard you are attending a Federal Communicators Network
workshop at the White House Conference Center. No special passes
are necessary.
Workshop
Planning Team
Refreshments and other assistance
provided by Dave McAllister, Director, DC Region, Agricultural
Communicators in Education (ACE), and Judy Rude, ACE-DC Region
Director-Elect.
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