The ADA, Sensory Disabilities, and Assistive Technology: Core Technologies for Nonvisual Access
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST, February 24, 2016 | Organized by: Great Lakes and Southwest ADA Centers, and RESNA
Description
Event Website
Speakers
Details
| February 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | |||||
The Great Lakes ADA Center is pleased to announce an upcoming session titled: The ADA, Sensory Disabilities, and Assistive Technology: Core Technologies for Nonvisual Access
This session is conducted as a collaborative program with the Southwest ADA Center and the RESNA Catalyst Project.
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm ET
Cost: No Charge
Description: This webinar will combine aspects of the ADA as it relates to Assistive Technologies that benefit people with low vision or individuals who are blind. Presenters include Diego Demaya, Legal Specialist with the Southwest ADA Center, and Curtis Chong, Assistive Technologist with the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. During the presentation we will discuss:
-
Recent ADA cases involving access for persons who are Blind and individuals with low vision.
-
Talk about employment-related technology access issues for individuals who are Blind or experience low vision.
-
Go over some examples of auxiliary aids that are useful in places of public accommodation for individuals who are Blind or experience low vision.
Registration and for additional information visit: http://www.adaconferences.org/RESNA/
The session will be presented Blackboard Web Conferencing platform. The session will be captioned. For first time users it is recommended that you prepare your technology prior to the session. Please visit the registration site for more information.
For more information about this platform visit: http://www.adaconferences.org/RESNA/FirstTimeUsers.php
A certificate of attendance is available and CEU’s are available through RESNA and interested individuals should complete the application and required evaluation form (available for download prior to the session) and submit their application via email to mcampbell@resna.org or by fax to: 703-524-6630. There is a $28 fee to receive credits for each webinar.
Questions should be directed to webinars@adaconferences.org or by calling 877-232-1990 (V/TTY) M-F 8-5pm CT
Curtis Chong, Manager of Access Technology, New Mexico Commission for the Blind
For more than 30 years, Curtis Chong has worked to improve the ability of blind people to use computers and other technologies. He has been active in the National Federation of the Blind since 1969, promoting civil rights and improved services for blind people in Hawaii, California, Minnesota, Maryland, Iowa, and now in New Mexico.
Before entering the field of work with the blind, Curtis spent 20 years working in mainstream information technology. He programmed his first mainframe computer as early as 1972, at a time when computers did not talk to the blind. As a designer/consultant at American Express Financial Services (now Ameriprise), he provided technical support for mainframe database and communications software, keeping systems running for thousands of sighted coworkers within the company. From 1997-2002, Curtis worked as the Director of Technology for the National Federation of the Blind supporting internal information technology for the Federation and its external programs to improve nonvisual access technology for the blind in several different areas.
From October 1998 through April 1999, Curtis served as a member of the Electronic Information and Technology Access Advisory Committee of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; this group prepared the preliminary standards which were later used by the Access Board to implement Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Curtis also served on a second Access Board committee, appointed ten years later, which developed updated technical standards for Section 508; these standards have not yet been incorporated into published federal rules.
Today, Curtis Chong serves as president of the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science and the treasurer of the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico. He also works as the Manager of Access Technology at the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.
Registration Dates
February 01-24, 2016