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This week's show features an interview with Susan Foster and Gary Long, two of the developers of Project Access and the ClassAct website. ClassAct website BookSurge (to order the Project Access Workshop Planner's Guide) 100 Things Every College Student With a Disability Ought to Know TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS Are you concerned that your web site might not be accessible, but don't know HTML from a hole in the ground? Be sure and listen in to this show! While it won't guarantee your site will be accessible, it does tell you some common inaccessible features that anyone...yes, even you... can look for. Then you can call in your friendly techie to fix it! The Carroll Center for the Blind PEPNet Resource Center TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS "When Civil Rights is Not Enough" -- when do we need to go beyond the letter of the law to meet the spirit of the law? A fascinating and motivating interview with well-known disability expert, Jane Jarrow. Peace Corps Disability Access Information & Support AHEAD Publications Class Act TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS This week's show has an interview with Vinh Nguyen of the Disability Law Resource Project. Vinh gives us a preview of the cases the Supreme Court will be hearing this year that have a direct or indirect impact of people with disabilities. Also, lots of new features with this show, including music, a voicemail phone number(281-668-4662) and a highlight of the week. Thanks to the Brobdingnagian Bards for letting me use their music! Schaffer v. Weast Schaffer v. Weast Gonzalez v. Oregon http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/05/assisted.suicide.ap/index.html Goodman v. Georgia Texas HB 2819 Tennessee v. Lane Teaching Earth and Space Science the Special Way Conference DeafDigest/DeafSportZine Captioned Media Program PEPNet Resource Center TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS This week's show looks at the differences in disability law between high school and college and what high school students with disabilities can do now to help them succeed in college. AHEAD in Texas conference information Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness conference PEPNet conference call for proposals AHEAD conference call for proposals Gates to Adventure TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS 
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Offers for D411 AudienceFree Web Accessibility Evaluation Web designer, Chris Wright, has generously offered to evaluate your web site for screen-reader accessibility and specify any areas that need improvement at no cost to the D411 audience. He will provide solutions where he can. Write to Chris at chrisw1@bestweb.net and put "web site evaluation" in the subject line. Be sure to mention you're a fan of Disability411! |