A Live Web Cast with Real Time Captioning: Making Telecommunications Products
and Services Accessible to People with Disabilities

Date:  Monday, October 1, 2001
Time:  1:00 to 3:00 PM EST
Sponsor: The Information Technology Technical Assistance & Training Center

Register at: http://www.ittatc.org/training/register_TelecomAccess.cfm

Registration is free.

Obtain practical advice from the FCC, the Access Board, GSA, industry
representatives, and disability community representatives on accessible
telecommunications.

    What are the challenges?  What have been the successes?

    What is required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act?

    What does the telecom industry need to know about doing business with the
    federal government under new Section 508 procurement procedures?

    What is required by Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act?

    How will the FCC address consumer complaints and inquiries?

    What are some of the significant barriers to telecommunications
    experienced by people with disabilities?

    What resources are available to assist the industry in achieving access?

The panel for this webcast will include:

    Dane Snowden, Bureau Chief, FCC Consumer Information Bureau 

    Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Bureau Chief, FCC Consumer Information Bureau 

    Keith Thurston, Assistant to the Deputy Associate Administrator, Office
    of Information Technology, General Services Administration 

    Doug Wakefield, Access Board 

    Claudia Gordon, National Association of the Deaf 

    Jim Tobias, Inclusive Technologies 

    Susan Palmer, Cingular Wireless