Julius@f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Julius) (05/26/90)
Index Number: 8514
June 10th to 16th is the National Access Awareness Week. The
Cumberland Advisory Committee for the Disabled is setting up an
information booth at Place D'Orleans on June 15th and 16th. There
will be demonstration of environmental controls and the use of
computers for the disabled, and a display of information on
resources available in the Ottawa-Carleton region. So if you live
in the Ottawa-Carleton region or are planning to visit, come and
see us. This is the first year our committee is doing anything for
NAAW, so we need all the encouragement we can get. We would also
like suggestions on how to improve the displays and what else we
could do for next year. We asked the mayor of Cumberland to
declare the week NAAW week. That was no problem. Then we asked if
he and the counsellors would spend part of a day in a wheelchair.
We were told that we did not give them enough notice, but next year
with more notice they may do it. We approached them early
February. I guess if that is not enough time for them may be next
year we should approach them in November of the previous year.
<grin> Thanks Al for volunteering to help out both on June 15th and
16th. You are great, especially since you know more about
computers than the rest of us put together. <grin>
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