Monthly archive for October, 2009
Meeting Minutes September 2009
Watertown Commission on Disability
September 16, 2009Revised Minutes
Attendees: George Donahue, Chair; Marilyn Devaney; Kim Charlson; Anne Doughty; Bob Hall; Fred Isaacs; Alex Liazos, Chair-for-the-meeting; Carol Menton, Gayle Shattuck
Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Chair George Donahue.
Roll Call
Guests were Bob Kaprielian from the Cable Access Board; Tamarah Green, Director of the Cable Access Center; [...]
Posted on Fri 23 Oct 2009 by WCOD Editor in category Archived minutes
The Boston Globe 10/20/09: At Perkins, high-tech is both future and now
At Perkins, high-tech is both future and now
$10m gift to help build new center
By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff | October 20, 2009
Before Ashley Bernard got her new iPod Touch, the Perkins School for the Blind student could not use an MP3 player without help. But thanks in part to school officials, who encouraged Apple [...]
Posted on Tue 20 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council Calendar
Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council
2009-2010 Calendar
Meetings held at the Cunniff School Library, 246 Warren St. 5 PM
Lowell School Library 175 Orchard St.
September 16, 2009: Watertown Programming and Plans for 2009-2010
Director of Student Services, Elisabeth Schaefer, will talk about the new programming for students with disabilities in Watertown. Faculty who will provide services to students [...]
Posted on Mon 19 Oct 2009 by WCOD Editor in category Education/Special Education, Special Education Parent Advisory Council
watertown tab 10/07/09: Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C.
Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C.
Posted on October 7, 2009 by Meghann Ackerman
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Helen Keller, who attended Perkins School for the Blind, will be the first disabled person to have a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. [continued….]
Posted on Thu 8 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Netflix, the Wizard of OZ and accessibilty….
From Alberto Sifuentes:
NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions
On September 9, 2009, the National Association of the Deaf requested that Netflix provide a captioned version of “The Wizard of Oz” movie that Netflix made available online, for free, for everyone on October 3, 2009. Netflix disregarded the NAD request along with thousands of letters, emails, comments, [...]
Posted on Wed 7 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Hearing Loss/Deafness, Technology, Veterans