CAREER EXPO

ANNOUNCING……

WASHINGTON, DC’S 6TH ANNUAL CAREER EXPO FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2008.

FOR ENTRY-LEVEL COLLEGE GRADUATES, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES & RETURNING HOME disABLED VETERANS FROM IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN!

Monday, November 17th, 2008, 10AM TO 3PM, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004

http://www.eop.com/exporegistration.html

List of Audio Book Resources

The following is a list of audio book resources that was originally published on the Braillenote listserv:
http://www.mail-archive.com/braillenote@list.humanware.com/msg56917.html

Accessibleworld Webinars

The archive of the Stream Tips and Tricks webinar from this past Monday Aug 25 can be downloaded from:
http://www.accessibleworld.org/category/site-categories/tek-talk-archives

A September 5th online webinar on the Victor Reader Stream especially of interest to Bookshare readers.

Topic: Transferring Files To Your VR Stream

- How do you transfer books and other files to your Victor Reader Stream?
- Can the Stream Companion be used to transfer files?
- Are there other methods and, if so, which is the easiest?

beginner, intermediate or advanced
Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 Central, 8:00 Eastern and
elsewhere in the world Saturday 0:00 GMT.

Place: Friends of Bookshare Community Room at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e

or, alternatively, select the Friends Community Room at either http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
or
http://www.accessibleworld.org

This event will be recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the archives on our website at
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
and
http://www.accessibleworld.org

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the facilitators and others in the virtual audience. Text messaging is also available.

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World and Friends of Bookshare online rooms.

Children’s Vision Health Initiative Telephone Support Groups

Are you a visually impaired teenager or young adult?
We are forming a telephone support group just for you!

Starting in September 2008, The Children’s Vision Health Initiative, a program funded by The Jewish Guild for the Blind, will form telephone support groups aimed at the concerns of visually impaired teenagers and young adults around the country.

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss common social concerns. Some of the subjects we expect to discuss are:
-Driving / Traveling at Night
-College
-Career
-Dating
-Scientific Advances

Groups will be facilitated by a professional familiar with blinding diseases, and will meet on a weekly basis by phone, through a toll-free number, for 60 to 90 minutes. The groups will be small, so everyone will have the opportunity to take part. Interesting guest speakers, including renowned scientists, will join the groups occasionally.

The Guild currently provides telephone support groups for the parents of blind and visually impaired children and adolescents. It was at the suggestion of some of these parents that the Guild decided to expand their program by creating groups for the teenagers and young adults themselves. The group facilitator will conduct parent orientation sessions before the groups commence.

For a parent, teenager, or young adult to register for a telephone support group, please call:
1-800-915-0306