Monthly archive for July, 2007
Art @ at the Senior Center (Watertown TAB 7/27/07)
The Watertown Senior Center has programs for everyone (my mom’s a member of the book club and the weekly food pantry brigade!) Really cool that the Watertown programs attract out-of-town seniors!
Art is among the many programs at the Senior Center
By Sally Rubin, Correspondent
GateHouse News Service
Wed Jul 25, 2007, 03:08 PM EDT
WATERTOWN, MA -Back in the [...]
Posted on Mon 30 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Elder Resources, Events/Learning
Can you spot the personal communication assistant? (Boston Globe 7/30/07)
More on boomers and acquired disabilities as just being the nature of things…. From today’s Boston Globe:
Can you spot the personal communication assistant? As boomers age, products like hearing aids are getting a style and marketing makeover
By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff | July 30, 2007
For the past five years, Aram Donabed has worn what he calls “the traditional [...]
Posted on Mon 30 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Baseball squad for the blind makes its home in Watertown (Watertown Tab)
From this week’s (July 20) Watertown Tab:
Baseball squad for the blind makes its home in Watertown
By Frank Santarpio, Correspondent
GateHouse News Service
Thu Jul 19, 2007, 11:22 AM EDT
WATERTOWN, MA – Watertown hosted a very special event with some very special people last Saturday. The Boston Renegades, a beepball team sponsored by the Association of Blind [...]
Posted on Sun 22 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News
Access New England summer 2007 issue features service animals
From the summer 2007 issue of Access New England, a publication of DBTAC -New England, ADA Center. A project of Adaptive Environments, Inc. www.AdaptiveEnvironments.org, editor Karen Murray writes:
This summer on July 26, we will celebrate the seventeenth anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In this edition of Access New England, we [...]
Posted on Sat 21 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Disability News
Harry Potter-Mania!
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is due out within hours, here are some events . . . from yesterday’s Boston Globe West Weekly section: at Perkins tomorrow (Saturday July 21) afternoon:
Harry Potter Extravaganza Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, 175 North Beacon St. 617-972-7242. Please reserve in advance. Residents of Watertown, [...]
Posted on Fri 20 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Events/Learning
If You Can Understand, Give Me a Sign (Wall Street Journal 6/29/07)
Actually, attitude is all…
It doesn’t matter how skilled a person is at ASL, fingerspelling, or communication in general with Deaf, late-deafened, hard of hearing, and Deaf Blind individuals. It’s a positive attitude and commitment to making communication happen through “whatever works” that’s the key.
From the Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2007.
If You Can Understand, Give Me a [...]
Posted on Sat 7 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
the Digital Divide & e-government . ..
Computer/internet literacy and access to hardware, software, and broadband is becoming more and more important for participation in civic life and access to government services. This recently published report from ICI addresses these issues and offers some solutions.
Institute for Community Inclusion National E-News 7/2/07
ICI Bridges Digital Divide
Certain hard-to-reach populations within the United States and the United [...]
Posted on Tue 3 Jul 2007 by Carol in category Disability News