For Immediate Release,
9/12/07
SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE
disABILITY AWARENESS EVENT (dAE)
(Stockton, CA)
San Joaquin Delta College Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) will host a disAbility Awareness Event (d.A.E.) on, Wednesday, October 3, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Danner Hall - Upper level.
" The event focuses on interactive and experiential activities,” shares Karen Andersen, Director of DSPS for Delta College. “We want everyone to get a sense of how various disabilities can affect people at school, home, or work – a chance to expand awareness by engaging different senses. You will also see various technologies that students use to access academic tasks in non-traditional ways."
The disAbility Awareness Event is an opportunity to see and experience the latest adaptive equipment and computer software programs and discuss uses, availability, and price with professional vendors. Vendors will share solutions to assist parents and educators with vision, hearing, speech and other learning disabilities. Community agencies with information about services available in Stockton will attend. They will have displays and activities intended to simulate functional limitations experienced by people with various disabilities.
The following organizations will be attending:
*California Telephone Access Program *Mayor’s Task Force
*A & E Low Vision Products *Department of Rehabilitation
*Goodwill *Workability III *DRAIL *United Celebral Palsy
*Nor-Cal Center on Deafness *Specialty Services *Sterling Adaptive *State Council for Developmental Disabilities *Access Ingenuity *Telesensory *Read Again.
This event is free and open to the public. for additional information, please contact Sharon Allen, San Joaquin Delta College DSPS at (209) 954-5349.
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