[Ohio-talk] FW: [News from ADA-Ohio] Audio session 5/15:Inclusion of PwD in Emergency Planning

Mon Apr 23 11:25:02 UTC 2012

Dr. J. Webster Smith

President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701

740-592-6326

"Changing what it means to be blind"

For more information go to nfbohio.org

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If you live outside Columbus, OH, anywhere in the U.S., please see the last
paragraph of this message for information on how to access the following ADA
audio conference series session within your area of the country. The session
will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2-3:30 P.M., ET, (earlier time of day,
depending on time zone) and will be presented by the DBTAC - Great Lakes ADA
Center in Chicago, IL, via speaker phone. 

May 15, 2012>Being Prepared: Inclusion of people with disabilities in
emergency planning

Twenty percent of Americans have disabilities and may have access and
functional needs that will affect their ability to read or understand
preparedness information, hear alerts and warnings, utilize accessible
transportation during an evacuation, maintain their independence in a
shelter, find accessible housing if theirs has been destroyed, access
services to enable them to return to work and deal with a myriad of other
challenges. Join this session to learn more about the progress that is being
made in communities that are committed to emergency planning that is
inclusive of the participation and requirements of people with access and
functional needs.

Speaker:
Jessica Mitchell, Disability Integration Specialist, FEMA Region V
<http://www.ada-audio.org/Archives/AudioConference/presenters.php?id=193&typ
e=presenter> 

CE Recognition: CRC, UI CEU, Certificate of Attendance

Time: 2-3:30 P.M. Eastern Time (earlier elsewhere)

The cost for the session is $25 for nonprofits and $40 for other entities
for each location, regardless of the number of participants at each location
(multiple people can attend at one location for the same flat fee). 

There is no charge to participants who come to the following locations in
Ohio: The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, OH; Ability Center in
Toledo, OH; Linking Employment, Ability & Potential (LEAP) in Cleveland, OH;
and Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living (SOCIL) in Lancaster,
OH. There may be other free locations in the U.S. - please contact Great
Lakes at adagreatlakes.org for those locations. 

Sessions are 90 minutes in length and delivered via audio conference.
Participants are in a "listen-only" mode until the question and answer
period. The sessions are offered real-time captioned on the Internet, and a
transcript is developed and posted to the Internet following the session. In
addition, a digital recording of the session is archived on the DBTAC: Great
Lakes ADA Center web site at adagreatlakes.org.

If you wish to come for no charge to OSU in Columbus, OH, please let us know
by May 8 by sending an email to adaohio at aol.com Registration is required to
attend the session. Please provide your name, organization, address, email
address, and telephone number. 

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If you wish to come for no charge to The Ability Center of Greater Toledo,
OH, please call 419-885-5733, or email Lisa Justice at
ljustice at abilitycenter.org. <mailto:ljustice at abilitycenter.org>  If you wish
to come for no charge to LEAP in Cleveland, OH, please call Gary Edler at
216-696-2716, ext. 822, for more information. If you wish to come for no
charge to SOCIL in Lancaster, OH, please call 740-689-1494 for more
information. If you wish to attend elsewhere, please go to web site
ada-audio.org to register. 

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