Monthly archive for September, 2007
What is CHAPA?
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities throughout Massachusetts. Established in 1967, CHAPA is the only statewide group which represents all interests in the housing field, including non-profit and for-profit developers, homeowners, tenants, bankers, real estate brokers, property managers, government officials, and others.
CHAPA’s website [...]
Posted on Wed 26 Sep 2007 by George in category Events/Learning
Faire on the Square, Saturday September 29: visit the commission on disability’s booth
We’re grateful to the Faire on the Square’s organizers for again providing the Commission on Disability with prime accessible real estate (at the main information table) at this year’s Faire.
Please stop by to introduce yourself, meet your commissioners, and share your concerns and ideas about improving access in our community.
Posted on Sun 23 Sep 2007 by Carol in category Events/Learning
Apple iPhone *not* hearing-aid-friendly (from Computerworld)
yet another reason to be annoyed with the recent overhyped release of Apple’s iPhone, especially considering that hearing loss is the fastest growing disability in the US with the aging of the boomer generation and increase in hearing loss experienced by our veterans returning from Iraq and Afganistatan (as Stars and Stripes reports) . . . from Computerworld [...]
Posted on Sat 22 Sep 2007 by Carol in category Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness