[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technology Training Session, June 15th, 2013, Adaptive Sports, Recreation, and Health

[Brown, Debbie]

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From: Timony, James (DCPL) [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:36 PM
To: Timony, James (DCPL)
Subject: Saturday Technology Training Session, June 15th, 2013, Adaptive Sports, Recreation, and Health

If you need American Sign Language or any other accomodation please contact us at 202-727-2142.  Our Accomodation Statement is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/node/2095

Saturday Technology Training Session
June 15th, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Room 215 Adaptive Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street NW, 20001

The Saturday Technology Training Session on June 15th will focus on Adaptive Sports and Recreation and Health Care for Older Adults and People with Disabilities.  We will be discussing topics like the Out of Sight Dragons, a group of visually impaired adults who race Dragon Boats on the Potomac, and Temporary Emergency Residential Resource Institute for Families In Crisis, Inc., a group that meets the needs of Families in Crisis by finding access to clean affordable housing and complimentary support services like HIV awareness programs.  There will be no official presentations but rather the opportunity for members of the community to share information and experiences.

Agenda:
1:00pm -- Introductions and announcements 1:30pm -- Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities through Clean Affordable Housing and Complimentary Support Services 2:15pm -- Adaptive Sports and Recreation and the Out of Sight Dragons Dragon Boating Team 3:00pm -- Refreshments and Networking

The session will be available by conference call, dial-in (209) 647-1600, code: 951481# (all regular charges apply) or via video at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show and when ASL interpretation is available via www.ustream.tv/channel/adaptive-technology-demonstrations<http://www.ustream.tv/channel/adaptive-technology-demonstrations>

Find out more about the Saturday Technology Training Sessions
http://www.dclibrary.org/node/29711
Archived recordings are available: http://www.dclibrary.org/node/29073 and: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show

Saturday Technology Training Sessions are an opportunity for members of the Adaptive Technology user community to get together and share information in an open environment.  Adaptive Technologies are broadly defined to include assistive software, hardware and systems (like screen readers, speech-to-text and video-relay-services that help people with disabilities get access to the library's programs and services), but also any procedure for success, like a job search strategy or any methodical approach to achieving a goal that important to participants.

Some examples of demonstrations and presentations from past sessions have included iPhone and iPad accessibility, captioned telephone, Deaf-Blind communications and technology, Job Search strategies, meditation, and laughter yoga.

The meetings take place on the first and third Saturdays of each month with a few exceptions for holidays. They are held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Adaptive Services Division, DC Public Library, Room 215, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20001.  We are located between Gallery Place Chinatown and Metro Center on the Red Line. There is no public parking at the MLK Library.

Call in to the Saturday Technology Training Session via Conference Call, today from 1pm to 3pm.  Please remember, all regular charges apply so be careful of your cell phone minutes:
Conference dial-in number: (209) 647-1600 Participant access code: 951481# Press *6 to mute and unmute your phone Please keep phone on mute while presentations are going on.

James Patrick Timony
Librarian, Adaptive Technology
DC Public Library
202-727-1335

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