http://www.wcod.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:14:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A posting from the Disability Policy Consortium Health Care Accessibility (Or Lack Thereof) – Share Your Story! Are you a person with a disability who has trouble accessing health care due to inaccessible equipment and architectural barriers or received poor care because of your disability? If so, we want to hear ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/733/health-care-accessibility-or-lack-thereof-%e2%80%93-share-your-story/ h3. Location 684 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 617-924-0009 Celebrity Website Email h3. Type Pizza, Grill, Ice Cream h3. Entrance * Accessible * Curb Cut Location h3. Seating & Tables * Fixed Seating & Tables h3. Restrooms * No Public Restrooms Available h3. Parking * Parking Lot Available - Adjacent h3. Other Services * Delivery * Take-Out * Online menu http://www.wcod.org/archives/13/celebrity-pizza-dairy-bar/ AccessLetter is produced by the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities, part of the Department of Human Services Program. Read the current February/March issue in its entirety. (http://www.cambridgema.gov/CityOfCambridge_Content/documents/access0210.pdf) To read past issues on their website: Past Issues (www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP2/disabilities.cfm) http://www.wcod.org/archives/730/news-access-information-for-the-access-minded/ Originally Submitted by NAD on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:16 Consumers can now file complaints directly with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), thanks to new closed captioning complaint rules by the FCC effective February 19, 2010. These new closed captioning rules, requested by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/728/fcc-announces-new-closed-captioned-complaint-rules/ A recent blog posting about close caption that may be of interest: The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube http://www.wcod.org/archives/726/the-future-will-be-captioned-improving-accessibility-on-youtube/ A great article about auto-caption for Youtube: From now on, when you put a video up on YouTube it will get captions. "This is huge. It's what I dreamt of for years," said Ken Harrenstein, a software engineer at Google who is deaf. Harrenstein announced the new auto-caption software at YouTube's ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/724/youtube-launches-auto-caption-a-boon-for-deaf-and-hearing-impaired/ From the New England ADA Center Conducting Effective Accessibility Surveys Part I Tuesday March 16 (Part II is on Tuesday April 20) 2 - 3:30 pm EST Speakers Don Brandon, Project Director, ADA Northwest Center and Panel Description What to measure, how to measure, who is qualified to do a survey and what tools are available to ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/720/conducting-effective-accessibility-surveys-part-i/ A message from Disability Policy Consortium Budget Advocacy Training Although we are in the middle of the Budget process, it is not too late to make a difference! The Governor has proposed his budget for FY11 and now is the time to communicate your concerns to the legislators about disability issues. Don't ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/709/budget-advocacy-training-march-24/ [caption id="attachment_556" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="picture showing owner Chris D removing a hot pizza from the oven ready to serve"][/caption] h3. Location 50 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 617-924-0720 Website; www.thewpizza.com h3. Type Pizza, Subs, Salads h3. Entrance * Accessible * Curb Cut Location h3. Seating and Tables * Wheelchair height counter for ordering * Table service available * Accessible * Seating & Tables can ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/555/the-w-pizza-subs-salads/ Disability Policy Consortium Weekly Update Join DPC today for FREE: www.dpcma.org www.facebook.com/dpcma www.twitter.com/dpc_ma Our Day – February 23, 2010 – Please RSVP by TODAY!!! Our Day, for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind is being held at the State House on February 23rd. Please attend! Additional information on this exciting event is ... http://www.wcod.org/archives/706/disability-policy-consortium-weekly-update-2/