Hello Everyone,
The U.S. Access Board is having a very important webinar entitled:
Title II - Accessibility for State and Local Government Funded Facilities
For info and registration link, go to:
https://accessibilityonline.org/ao/session/?id=111117
Important Issues for us:
-- Lack of accessibility to hearing rooms, public libraries, state legislature buildings, utility regulatory buildings and meeting rooms now installed with Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies when wired options exist, resulting in discrimination and blocked access to EMS/EHS-disabled
persons.
-- Failure of cities and counties to comply with laws (such as the Ralph M. Brown Act in California) requiring disabled access to hearing chambers.
-- Since Title II also applies to services, inaccessibility of state-regulated utility service and municipal or public cooperative utility service when they install AMI/AMR smart or digital meters, causing discrimination against EMS/EHS-disabled
persons.
Sincerely,
Odette Wilkens
Chair
The National Call for Safe Technology
Lisa Smith
Co-Chair
The National Call for Safe Technology
