Watertown Commission on Disability

The DPC invites you …

Please join the Disability Policy Consortium for our annual meeting! Come meet the DPC staff and Board of Directors and learn about the exciting projects DPC is currently working on.

When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Where: Foley Hoag, LLP, Seaport West, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210.
Time: 6:00 to 8:00

The first part of the evening will be a short board meeting with some official business, followed by our general membership meeting and some light refreshments and social time.

Marylyn Howe will be the Keynote Speaker. Ms. Howe is currently the Director of Public Policy at the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council. She was also appointed by President Bush to the National Council on Disability in 2007, where she continues to serve. She was formerly the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Assistive Technology Partnership at Children’s Hospital in Boston, where she advocated strongly for people with disabilities to become empowered and independent through technology. She is a former Board Member of the National Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) and a former President and one of several co-founders of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA).

Please RSVP to Colleen Graham by November 24th at cgraham@dpcma.org or 617-542-3522.

CART and ASL Interpreters will be available.