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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Yasmin Reyazuddin <br>
Aging & Disability Services <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Emily Hanna
[mailto:ehanna@aapd.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:49
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Emily Hanna<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Symposium on Consumer
Protection for People with Disabilities</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4 color="#000090"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>You are invited!</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans";
color:#616161;font-weight:bold'>Symposium on Consumer Protection for People
with Disabilities</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=5 color="#616161"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#616161'> </span></font><font
size=2 color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4 color="#616161"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#616161;
font-weight:bold'>When: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 – 9 am-1 pm<br>
Where: 201 SVC: Capitol Visitor Center</span></font></b><font size=2
color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.75pt'><font size=4
color="#616161" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:#616161'>The American Association of People with Disabilities, with the
National Consumers League, will host the first-ever symposium on protection for
people with disabilities, both as consumers of new technology and as customers
in the financial services industry.</span></font><font size=2 color="#616161"
face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";
color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";
color:#616161'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=2 color="#000090"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Featuring special remarks by Congressman
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)</span></font></i></b><font size=2 color="#616161"
face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";
color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:15.75pt'><b><u><font size=4 color="#000090" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;font-weight:bold'>Panel
1: Factoring of Structured Settlements</span></font></u></b><font size=2
color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
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<p style='margin-right:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Too many people with
disabilities fall victim to financial predators who offer immediate cash in
exchange for a structured settlement factoring transaction. A panel will
explore how factoring - when a structured settlement is sold for cash - robs
people with disabilities of deserved money.</span></font><font size=2
color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;font-weight:bold'>Featured
panelists:</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Shelby
Boxenbaum, Legislative Aid to Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Mark
Perriello, American Association of People with Diabilities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Eric
Vaughn, Book Hill Partners<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:15.75pt'><b><u><font size=4 color="#000090" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;font-weight:bold'>Panel
2: Technology & People with Disabilities</span></font></u></b><font size=2
color="#616161" face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:
"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:15.75pt'><font size=3 color="#616161" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#616161'>As technology
advances, industries seek input from people with disabilities in the early
development phase to create new technology that addresses their needs. This
panel will feature viewpoints from industry, regulators, and advocates to examine
access to technology. </span></font><font size=2 color="#616161"
face="Open Sans"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Open Sans";
color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;font-weight:bold'>Featured
panelists:</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Susan
Diegelman, AT&T<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Jeff
Kramer, Verizon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Andrew
Phillips, National Association of the Deaf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Paul
Schroeder, American Foundation for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Karen
Peltz Strauss, Federal Communications Commission<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:10.7pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Thomas
Wlodkowski, Comcast Cable <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:15.75pt'><b><u><font size=2 color="#000090" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#000090;font-weight:bold'>Questions?</span></font></u></b><font
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font-family:"Open Sans";color:#616161'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='line-height:15.75pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Contact Lucinda
Cassidy at <a href="mailto:lucindac@nclnet.org" target="_blank"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>lucindac@nclnet.org</span></a> or TaKeisha
Bobbitt at <a href="mailto:tbobbitt@aapd.com" target="_blank"><span
style='text-decoration:none'>tbobbitt@aapd.com</span></a>.</span></font><font
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