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Accessible News #32 — Fall 2007

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Accessible Procurement Toolkit's New Look

The look and feel of the Assistive Devices Industry Office's Accessible Procurement Toolkit (APT: www.apt.gc.ca) has been significantly improved after adopting the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's CLF 2.0 standards and design templates (www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf-nsi/). This upgrade offers substantial benefits to users of assistive technologies. As well it extends the application's functionality to a wider selection of mainstream Web browsers. We have also significantly improved the ability to search for and list content using our updated APT Search forms (www.apt.gc.ca/SearchE.asp).

Please note that these changes mean some pages have been removed or renamed: if you encounter a "page not found" error when using a link you previously bookmarked, go to our home page and follow the active links or use the Search form to find the information's new location.

We continually look for ways to improve the Toolkit: if you have any comments or suggestions, we would love to hear from you.

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$3 Million for Library and Archives Canada's Initiative for Equitable Library Access

On October 2, the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, announced funding for Library and Archives Canada (LAC) to support access by Canadians with print disabilities to library collections. Funding of $3 million will support the Initiative for Equitable Library Access (IELA) to assist Canadians who are unable to read standard printed material

"Through this initiative, Canada's New Government will encourage the full participation of all Canadians in today's highly competitive knowledge economy," said Minister Verner. "Less than five percent of published materials are currently available in multiple formats. This project will help raise this percentage."

IELA will coordinate activities, develop a national strategy and assess the costs involved, and provide equitable library services. The initiative will be carried out in partnership with Canadian libraries, people with print disabilities, publishers, producers of multiple formats, and other stakeholders, including the CNIB and the education sector. With the cooperation it is receiving nationwide, the Government of Canada will be able to offer equitable library services to meet the information needs of people with visual, perceptual, and physical disabilities.

"Canada's library community has asked us to take the lead as a national, coordinating body to ensure that all Canadians have consistent library access to information wherever they live and whatever their means" said Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada. "I am delighted to respond with an initiative that will allow many more Canadians to take advantage of information resources by providing it in a format they can use."

Mary Frances Laughton has been named interim Manager of IELA. She will be at Library and Archives Canada three days a week and can be reached at 819-934-5823.

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Listen to the GGs!

On November 21, the CNIB Library and Simply Audiobooks unveiled the first-ever collection of winners of the Governor General's Literary Awards in audio format and hoping to draw the Canadian publishing industry's attention to a mushrooming demand for Canadian audiobooks in the larger worldwide market.

CNIB, Canada's largest producer of audiobooks for consumers with a print disability, partnered with Audio Joe, Simply Audiobooks, Canadian Heritage, and publishers and authors of the winning GG titles in this unique "proof of concept" project to produce, market and retail the 2006 GGs.

The project's aim is threefold: to identify and increase market potential for digital audio for the Canadian publishing industry, which will raise the profile of Canadian authors internationally; to increase access to information for the three million Canadians who cannot read regular print due to a disability; and to facilitate the production of audiobooks for Canadian publishers who don't have the resources to undertake audio production themselves.

"We hope that this project will launch Canada as a contender in the digital audiobook market. The United States and Great Britain are significantly ahead of Canada, offering thousands of titles for people who want to listen to their favourite book. The portability of the digital download has really increased interest in audiobooks. Marketing the 2006 Governor General's Literary Awards in digital audio format for online retailing will be a significant step towards raising the profile of Canadian authors," said Shelagh Paterson, Director, Advocacy Sales and Marketing, CNIB.

"Our customers are always asking for more Canadian authors, so there definitely is a market. We hope projects like this one will provide incentive for more audio publishing in Canada," said Vitaly Petritchkovitch from Simply Audiobooks, a leading online retailer of downloadable Audiobooks.

Download, subscribe or listen to a sample of a GG book online at the Simply Audiobooks web site (www.simplyaudiobooks.ca) . People with vision loss can borrow directly from the CNIB web site at (www.cnib.ca) .

For further information, please contact:
Shelagh Paterson
Director, Advocacy Sales and Marketing
CNIB
Tel: 416-486-2500, ext. 7670
email Shelagh :shelah.paterson@cnib.ca

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ICAST

— by Mary Frances Laughton

ICAST (Intelligent Computational Assistive Science & Technology) is supported by York University, Precarn, and CIHR's Institute of Aging. It held its second meeting on October 4 at York University. More than 20 people were present. The ICAST website is now available and is being upgraded to be more accessible. The ICAST web site can be found at: (http://icast-canada.org/home/index.html)

The day started with two presentations, both now available on the website. They were: "Factors affecting the uptake of innovative technologies in health systems the Ontario experience", L. Levin, Senior Scientific, Medical and Health Technology Advisor and Head, Medical Advisory Secretariat, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and "CIHR New programs", L. Mealing Assistant Director, Partnerships, Institute of Aging-CIHR.

The balance of the meeting involved rounding out the ICAST Management Structure and the development of emerging work teams. The ICAST Task Force was created. Its membership can also be found on the website.

Four clusters were also assigned "leads". A cluster lead is assigned so that when someone visits the web pages, there is a name to contact for further information. These are:

Mobility — Ed Lemaire, University of Ottawa
Smart Homes — Hélène Pigot, Université de Sherbrooke
Elderly — Alex Mihailidis, University of Toronto
Communication — Melanie Baljko, York University

The participants from Sherbrooke (Patrick Boissy, Hélène Pigot, Tamie Salter) volunteered to organize the next meeting likely during the spring of 2008. The group decided the John Tsotsos should remain as chair for two years, beginning Oct. 4, 2007.

It was decided to consider a single focus for the group: Future Assistive Living Environments. This does not preclude any other activities — sub-groups within ICAST may still decide to work on other issues together under the ICAST umbrella. In order to flesh out this single focus, a small group volunteered to prepare a "White Paper" that will be circulated and discussed at the next meeting. The committee is led by Joelle Pineau (McGill University), who will be assisted by Ed Lemaire (University of Ottawa), Alex Mihailidis (University of Toronto), and Patrick Boissy (Université de Sherbrooke).

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Ontario leads the way with its Accessible Customer Service Legislation coming into effect 1 January, 2008

— by Beverley Milligan

On August 11, 2007, the Government of Ontario gazetted Ontario Regulation 429/07 and Ontario Regulation 430/07, Accessible Customer Service Standard that will come into force on January 1, 2008. This is the first of five accessibility regulations for Ontario that are being developed for full implementation by 2025 under the Accessibility for Ontarians Disability Act, requiring all private and public sector organizations to provide access to people with disabilities in the areas of Customer Service, Transportation, Information and Communications, Employment, and the Built Environment.

In bringing the Customer Service regulation into effect, the Ontario Government, through the office of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, has established Standard Development Committees (SDCs) and undergone extensive public consultations through both a public review process and encouraging all members of the SDC to consult with their constituencies. In doing so, reaction to the regulation has been all over the map, with affected organizations pushing for caution, while disability advocacy organizations argue it has not gone far enough.

Ontario Ministries and public sector organization will be required to comply with the regulation commencing 1 January, 2010, followed by all other organizations with 20 or more employees on 1 January, 2012.

Currently, accessibility laws in Ontario fall under the Ontarians with Disabilty Act (ODA), which requires public and broader public service organizations and ministries to file and Accessibility plan each year. It is anticipated that the ODA will be rescinded as AODA regulations come into effect.

There are many questions and issues surrounding the development of the regulations over the next five years, for example, what is the relationship with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal? How can any organization comply with five different regulations? Or, what is the rest of Canada and the world doing in this area? I will address these and other questions in future articles and encourage you to e-mail me your thoughts and questions at Beverley's email: (bmilligan@mediaaccess.ca) .
You can also find more information at the Accessibility Ontario web site : (www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/accessibilityOntario)


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Web Directions North

— by Derek Featherstone, Further Ahead Inc.

Web Directions North is a conference to be held in Vancouver, BC, January 28 — February 2, 2008. The event promises to be a standout learning experience with talented Canadian speakers including Tara Hunt, Daniel Burka, Dave Shea, Derek Featherstone, Jonathan Snook and Boris Mann alongside other talented international speakers.

The event focusses on practical and inspiring concepts, technologies and techniques for people whose day to day job is building web sites, applications and services. It's for web designers, front and back end developers, product managers, Information Architects, and anyone else responsible for building accessible web solutions.

This is the second year for the conference in North America after Canadian web experts Dave Shea (Vancouver-based web designer) and Derek Featherstone (Ottawa-based web accessibility consultant) teamed up with their Australian partners to bring the successful conference series north of the equator.

For all the details visit the Web Directions North web site : (http://north08.webdirections.org)

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Online Resource Helps Computer Users with Disabilities Locate Free/Inexpensive Hardware, Software

Adaptive computer software and hardware is often expensive, but there is a remarkable selection of free and inexpensive options available to computer users with disabilities. This isn't well known, however, so the Adaptech Research Network expanded its online adaptive technology (http://adaptech.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/fandi_e.php) of free and inexpensive adaptive technology as part of its work in the Dis-IT Research Alliance.

The database now covers over 125 products in eight categories including writing tools, screen magnifiers, screen readers, dictation software, and optical character recognition software.

The Adaptech Research Network (adaptech.dawsoncollege.qc.ca) conducts research on the use of computer, information, and adaptive technologies by Canadian college and university students with disabilities. The Dis-IT Research Alliance (www.dis-it.ca) was supported by grants from the Initiative on the New Economy program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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One-of-a-Kind Research Facility to be Built in Toronto

On October 3, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) announced its $36 million research initiative — iDAPT (Intelligent Design for Adaptation, Participation and Technology). Located in the heart of Canada's 'Discovery District' in downtown Toronto, approximately 60,000 square feet of renovated and newly constructed space for 14 different research laboratories — will be dedicated to the iDAPT facilities and rehabilitation research. It will be one of the world's most advanced rehabilitation research and development facilities — a place where new therapies and assistive technologies will be developed for people recovering from, and living with, disabling injury or illness.

Led by Dr. Geoff Fernie, Toronto Rehab's Vice President, Research, and in collaboration with the University of Toronto, iDAPT will bring together the brightest research minds and state-of-the-art technology in a collaborative venture, one that involves hundreds of scientists, research students, clinicians, social scientists, engineers and industrial designers from across Canada and beyond.

"iDAPT offers new hope," says Dr. Fernie. "iDAPT will help people with disabilities and older people to adapt to new challenges and equip them with assistive devices that actually work in the real world so that they can get on with their lives."

iDAPT facilities will enable researchers to safely study the complex interactions between people and their environment and help people with disabilities adapt to their new challenges, and equip them with innovative and well-designed products that they will actually use and benefit from.

"Until now, our ability to study how people with disabilities and older people function in the real world has been limited by a lack of the unique in situ facilities that iDAPT will provide," says Dr. Fernie. "Current assistive devices often do not function well in real-life environments, are generally not attractively designed or as user friendly as consumers would like."

"Getting around in winter is an issue. As soon as there is snow on the ground or ice, traction becomes a problem", says John Shepherd, spinal cord injury survivor and former Toronto Rehab patient. "I've learned that as soon as there's more than maybe an inch, or inch and a half of snow, I simply can't go outside. It's not that it's difficult for me to go outside. I just literally can't move. I can't get groceries, I can't go to the pharmacy, can't do the most basic things, never mind get to my job, go see friends, or have a social life."

John adds that assistive devices are designed by people who may not understand the needs of users well. iDAPT facilities will enable researchers and designers to produce more user-friendly assistive devices and technologies that people with disabilities will actually use and benefit from.

The demand for rehabilitation therapies and assistive technologies, such as wheelchairs and other mobility aids, is increasing as Canada's population ages and more lives are saved thanks to advances in medical science and technology.

The number of people with disabilities is on the rise worldwide. In Canada alone, over 3.6 million (about one in eight) Canadians currently have a significant disability. Disability affects most Canadian families at some time — and costs the Canadian economy an estimated $60 billion annually.

Part of the Toronto Rehab's multi-million dollar capital redevelopment, iDAPT will be housed at the hospital's University Centre (550 University Ave., Toronto) and Lyndhurst Centre (520 Sutherland Dr., Toronto) and in the Rehabilitation Sciences building at the University of Toronto (500 University Ave., Toronto). iDAPT facilities will include:

  • a state-of-the-art, subterranean laboratory called the Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratory (CEAL) that will be built deep below the hospital's soon-to-be redeveloped University Centre, equipped with a giant hydraulic simulator that can generate winter-like conditions including ice, snow, howling winds and slopes. A motion simulator will enable researchers to safely test people's balance and mobility devices in real-life situations;
  • a typical hospital patient care room, with an overhead catwalk for observation, where researchers can develop and test new technologies to assist nurses and reduce caregiver injuries;
  • a laboratory featuring a modest single-story house where researchers can develop artificial intelligence and smart home technologies to help people with dementia and other disabilities to live as independently as possible, and improve their quality of life;
  • and a movement evaluation laboratory that will advance research on treatments for paralysis from stroke and spinal cord injury.

Building on existing Toronto Rehab research, iDAPT will also include a sleep laboratory where scientists can advance recent finding linking treatment for sleep disturbances to better patient outcomes.

Several iDAPT laboratories and workshops are already open and research is currently taking place. The Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory at the hospital's Lyndhurst Centre, for example, is already working on research to help restore or replace functions of the human neuromuscular system once damaged. New and innovative assistive devices are being designed and prototyped in the interdisciplinary Research and Design Studio and cutting-edge Rapid Prototyping Workshop.

It is anticipated that the remaining iDAPT labs and workspaces — including the hallmark of iDAPT, CEAL — will be operational by 2011, when the University Centre redevelopment is expected to be complete.

Funding for iDAPT has been provided by the federal government through the Canada Foundation for Innovation, by the provincial government through the Ontario Innovation Trust and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, as well as by Toronto Rehab Foundation, the University of Toronto and private donors.

Toronto Rehab is at the forefront of one of the most important and emerging frontiers in health care today — rehabilitation science. Toronto Rehab is one of Canada's leading academic rehabilitation science centres providing adult rehabilitation services, complex continuing care, and long-term care. More information is available at the Toronto Rehab web site: (www.torontorehab.com) .

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Upcoming Conferences in Canada

Here's what's happening in Canada between December 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008. Please note that the language in each of the following entries is the language in which the conference was submitted to the conference list:

January 28 — February 2, 2008
Web Directions North
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Contact: Derek Featherstone
1485 Laperrière Avenue
Ottawa, ON, K1Z 7S8 Canada
Tel: 613-798-5291
email: north@webdirections.org
URL: site of Web Directions North: north08.webdirections.org

March 5 — 8, 2008
24th International Seating Symposium
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Contact: Yolande Chang
Tel: 604-822-7524
email: ipad@interchange.ubc.ca
URL: ISS web site: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/24th_Seating.htm

For more conference listings, including what's coming up in other countries, see the "Conference Listings in Assistive Devices" link on the ADIO web site: www.at-links.gc.ca/as/zx20000E.asp . This is also the link you should use to submit your conference (Canadian or international) for inclusion in the listings.


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News Bits

  • Early in 2006, ADIO entered into a partnership with Ed Biden and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) to do an assessment of the Assistive Devices Industry. The objectives were to understand the industry better in terms of its objectives and also to see where and how the industry recruits employees and how the industry interacts with its clients. The final report, "Assessment of the Assistive Devices Industry in Canada" is now available on the UNB web site at: http://hdl.handle.net/1882/1017 .

  • In October, Beverley Milligan founder, President and CEO of Canada Caption Inc. and responseTV, joined the Media Access Centre, Inc, MAC, as Senior Vice President. In this role, Beverley will develop the accessibility division of the company through applying her expertise with the ADOA, 2005 legislation, her long standing work with accessible converging technologies and her proven strategic business development skills. "I look forward to being able to support private and public sector organizations in determining policy objectives, best practices and recommendations for complying with not only existing federal regulatory framework, but also as we move into an new era of accessibility legislation for Ontario", said Ms. Milligan. She founded MAC in September 2006 and her most recent work has been as the Employment and Information and Communications standards lead with the Ontario Government. She has authored numerous standards including the creation of the foundation document which the Canadian Association of Broadcasters now uses as its voluntary code for Closed Captioning in Canada. Ms. Milligan is currently working to consolidate a partnership that would create open standards for Audio Description. MAC has offices in Toronto and Oakville, Ontario. The company provides specialist advice to organizations on how ensure accessibility in all aspects of the organization. For more information contact: Beverley Milligan at Tel.: 416 737-0457, email Beverley at: bmilligan@mediaaccess.ca .

  • On October 11, Dr. Morris (Mickey) Milner, President and CEO of htx.ca — The Health Technology Exchange (www.htx.ca), announced the appointment of Daniel Lynch as VP Commercialization. In this new role Dan is focused on achieving the vision and aims of HTX, to accelerate the growth of Ontario's medical and assistive technologies (MAT) industry cluster. From his successful career with IRAP, the Industrial Research Assistance Program of the National Research Council Canada, and his related experience with similar not-for-profit medical and assistive technologies organizations, Dan brings an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the commercialization environment of the MAT sector. This includes the academic to industry liaison process, the challenges and requirements of start-up and early stage companies, and the need to further develop, communicate and collaborate with the network of entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, private and public financiers, government agencies, consultants, brokers and mentors required to facilitate, support and develop an enhanced Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SME) base which will lead to more export-ready products and companies. HTX supports the growth of a dynamic, prosperous Ontario medical and assistive technologies industry sector that aligns with and advances world-class health care, enabling enhanced healthy living for its citizens.

  • Ottawa's HealthCraft Products Inc. (www.healthcraftproducts.com) was honoured in October as the winner of the 2007 Medtrade Innovation Award for their Dependa-Bar with Bath Board. The Dependa-Bar with Bath Board is a complete bath safety solution that eliminates reaching and features a pivoting and locking rail that moves with the user for optimal support when sitting, standing or transferring in and out of the bathtub. Medtrade is a trade show held twice a year for the home healthcare industry. The fall show, which was held in Orlando, Florida, hosted more than 725 exhibitors from around the world. For more information about HealthCraft Products, visit their web site or contact Ian Crawford, Marketing, HealthCraft Products Inc. at 2790 Fenton Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, K1T 3T7, tel.: 613-822-1885, Toll Free: 888-619-9992 , Fax: 613-822-1886, email Ian: ian@healthcraftproducts.com

  • Another Canadian company, PDG Product Design Group (www.PDGmobility.com), was also a winner at Medtrade. PDG's Fuze T50 Power Tilt wheelchair won the Provider's Choice Award. The Fuze T50 Power Tilt, which was introduced at Medtrade, allows the user or attendant to control tilt using a conveniently located switch. This lightweight addition to the Fuze T50 makes for easy manoeuvring by clients or caregivers.

  • Also in October, Shawn Henry was appointed as Chair of the Web Accessibility Initiative's Education and Outreach Working Group (WAI EOWG). She takes over in this position from Judy Brewer, who will continue to participate on the EOWG, as well as the many and varied other W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) groups on which she serves. Information on the W3C and its working groups can be found at the W3C web site : (www.w3c.org) .

  • On November 7, it was announced that Dr Richard Mander, HumanWare's CEO is leaving the company. Gilles Pepin, the CEO of the HumanWare Canada business division has been appointed the new CEO of the HumanWare group effective immediately. In making this announcement, the company said, "HumanWare would like to thank Dr. Mander for his steadfast work in assuring the continuity and growth of HumanWare following the death of one of the company founder, Russell Smith, in 2005. Dr. Mander was fully committed in keeping HumanWare as the leading innovative organization in the industry." Mr. Pepin became President and CEO of HumanWare's Canadian subsidiary when his company, VisuAide, merged with New Zealand-based Pulse Data International in January of 2005. In August that year, he was named Acting CEO of HumanWare, following Dr. Smith's death. HumanWare continues to provide innovative new devices for blind and low vision users. For example, on November 15, the company announced that its Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. For more information on HumanWare and its products, visit the Humanware web site at: (www.humanware.com) .

  • A thematic workshop on "Web Accessibility Guidelines Development and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" was held in Rio de Janeiro on November 12. The purpose was to revisit internet accessibility guidelines and standards to meet the requirements of persons with disabilities in the light of the first human rights convention of the UN adopted in 21st Century to enrich the discussion of the main sessions on Diversity. Mary Frances Laughton was one of the workshop organizers and panelists for the session were: Monthian Buntan, President, Thailand Association of the Blind; Shadi Abou-Zahra, Web Accessibility Specialist, W3C; Stephen Shore, Board, Autism Society of America; Rosangela Berman Bieler, Director, Inter-American Institute on Disability; Martha Lucia Osorno Posada, Board, World Federation of the Deaf; Sylvia Caras, President, People Who; and Moderator: Hiroshi Kawamura, President, DAISY Consortium. For more information about the workshop, please email Hiroshi Kawamura at hkawa@attglobal.net .

  • The First Annual Disability Awareness Event will be held at the Hamilton Convention Center on the evening of January 26. This event will focus on the rollout of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. There will be keynote speakers and presentations that will create a snapshopt of accessibility and inclusion in Ontario. Tickets are $50, with the proceeds going to defray the cost of the event, as well as to area disability service providers. For more information, call Ben Bishop, Executive Director of Facilitation and Technology, Community Functionality Facilitation Inc., at 905-961-6728, email Ben: benb@communityfunction.org or visit the CFF web site (www.communityfunction.org) .

  • The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services is looking for exhibitors and presenters for its 2008 Animal-Assisted Support Services Bridge Builders Initiative. The theme for this event, which will be held April 25-27, 2008 at the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Kemptville, Ontario is "Connect, Communicate, & Collaborate". Highlights include a Showcase of Animal-Assisted Support Services; Networking Opportunities; Build new Bridges; Celebrate Achievements; Professional Development; Information Exchange; and Explore Next Steps. Poster Presentations (mini-workshop) are open to anyone who is attending the event. Poster Presentations may be on display boards, PowerPoint Presentations, handouts, or hands-on activities. Due to space restrictions therapeutic riding presentations will be showcased either in a presentation in the theatre or by poster presentations. For those planning to present papers, abstracts will be considered by Selection Committee and will be accepted until December 31, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Further information and online registration is available at the CFAASS web site: (www.cf4aass.org) .

  • Madentec Limited (www.madentec.com) of Edmonton, Alberta are hosting their 2nd annual AT Training Cruise. Last year's AT Training Cruise was a huge success, with over 40 Assistive Technology professionals taking part in the training, and over 60 people joining the group on the cruise. What could be more exciting, than five days aboard the glorious Grandeur Of The Sea cruise ship from Royal Caribbean Cruise lines? The cruise begins in Tampa, Florida and stops in Cozumel and Yucatan (Progreso), Mexico. The cruise runs from February 4-9, 2008 and includes 15 hours of computer access training with "Real Access" sessions presented by such AT professionals as Kelly Fonner, Dan Herlihy, Scott Marfilius, and Patti Rea. There will also be a guest appearance from one of the premier Morse Code access users in the world, Steve Harper.

  • A year ago, people with disabilities, accessibility consultants, lawyers, equipment manufacturers, and researchers gathered in Winnipeg for Hard-Wiring Inclusion, a conference presented by the Disability and Information Technologies (Dis-IT) Research Alliance. The two day conference featured panel discussions featuring panelists from industry, government, and the disability community, as well as presentations about Dis-IT's research. A detailed report about the conference is now available at the Dis-IT web site (www.dis-it.ca/events.php) .

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Where To Find Us

For more information or to get on our mailing list, please contact:

Deb Finn or Mary Frances Laughton
Assistive Devices Industry Office
Industry Canada
P.O. Box 11490 Station H
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8S2

Tel: 613-990-4297 or 613-990-4316
fax: 613-998-5923
TTY: 613-998-3288
Email: adio@crc.ca

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