After four years the LightHouse has decided to end its small telephone reader operation in favor of two large telephone reader services. The Sacramento-based “Access News” hosts a myriad of human-read newspapers, magazines, newsletters, grocery and drugstore store ads, and all this with far better user navigation and control than our old system ever did. [...]
Paul Longmore, pioneering disability rights activist and American history scholar, died on August 9th at the age of 64. Paul was a major figure in what is now a dynamic and rapidly growing field of academic inquiry: disability studies. Paul directed the Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University. His death was very [...]
The Equipment Program Advisory Committee (EPAC), of the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) is now accepting applications for one Senior Citizen Community Representative. Committee members play an important role in providing valuable input from a diverse group of California citizens by working with the DDTP and the State of California.
For more information please visit [...]
ACCESS ADVISORS Open House and Disability Arts Festivalat the de Young Museum.
Golden Gate Park
Saturday, October 2, 2010 10:00am–3:00pm
• Museum Tours
• Art Demos/Art-making Activities
• Art Slam 2010
• Performances
• Disability Culture Presentation
Sign language interpreters provided
Extra blue spaces for parking.
Requests for accommodations made by September 24 will help to ensure availability. Attendance to festival activities is free. [...]
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Making your voice heard by the FCC is the topic of the next SeroTalk Tech Chat on September 3, 2010. Darren Burton and Paul Schroeder from the American Foundation for the Blind will share important information about an opportunity for US residents to bring their concerns about cell phone accessibility directly to the FCC. They [...]
Back-to-school time brings about a new phase in kids’ lives and, if you are a parent of a visually impaired child or a child with any disability, the start of the school year might mean you have to do your homework! If you are searching for new opportunities and solutions for your child, this list [...]
Beginning August 18, 2010, contractors will close one stairwell at Civic Center Station for about four weeks. The contractors will close the stairwell at 8th and Market (near the Hotel Whitcomb) to replace a granite wall with a steel railing. This work is being done at the request of the City of San Francisco. The [...]
On September 27, the U.S. Department of Education will be visiting the California Department of Education, Special Programs Division, to look at California’s compliance with IDEA Part B. Part B is the section of IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act) that serves children ages 3-26.
The U.S. Dept. of Education has asked us to survey parents [...]
The LightHouse was recently contacted by the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, Department of Homeland Security/ Federal Emergency Management Agency. A representative from this office wanted us to let blind and visually impaired job seekers in our community know that there are manye Disability Integration Specialist opportunities at FEMA.
These positions will lead, support and [...]
