CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine's Career Expo For People With Disabilities

Monday, November 17, Washington DC. 10am-3pm
The largest and most successful career event for the disabled community in the United States
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC, 20004
http://www.eop.com

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

Office of Disability Rights events for October:

DC Disability Awareness Conference and Disability Mentoring Days
Date: October 7, 2008
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location: One Judiciary Square, Old Council Chambers: 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Near Judiciary Square Metro on the Red Line)

For more information go to:
http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/odr/section/2/release/14504

Mayor's Citywide Job Fair Sept 23 10am-4pm

DCHR, DOES Host the District’s Premier Recruiting Event

WASHINGTON, DC — The DC Department of Human Resources (DCHR), in partnership with the DC Department of Employment Services (DOES), is proud to announce that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's Fall 2008 Citywide Job Fair will be held September 23, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

This premier recruiting event will showcase employment opportunities with many of the District's top employers, including job opportunities with the Government of the District of Columbia. Recruiters and hiring managers from more than 125 District government, Federal government and private sector employers will be on hand at the job fair looking for qualified jobseekers. In addition, some hiring managers will be conducting on site interviews and issuing tentative offers of employment. This means qualified applicants could potentially leave the fair with a job!

The event is free and open to everyone. No preregistration is needed.

For more information on Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's Fall 2008 Citywide Job Fair visit http://dcjobfair.dc.gov.

WHAT: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's Fall 2008 Citywide Job Fair

WHEN: September 23, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

WHERE: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Hall C
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001

The District of Columbia is an equal opportunity employer

CPRHELP

Helping People Achieve Success!

You are cordially invited to join us in the celebration and growth of CPRHELP an advocacy group dedicated to helping persons with disabilities living in the DC METRO area.

When: Friday September 12, 2008

Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Where: Prince Georges County Hyattsville Public Library

6530 Adelphi Rd.

Hyattsville, MD 20782

Phone: 301-699-3500 - Call for directions or nearby bus stop – Near Prince George’s Mall
TTY= 301-808-2061
**Use of library meeting space does not constitute endorsement of program/meeting or
Its content by the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System. Please arrive safely
and enter at your own risk

Free refreshments - Load up on valuable financial information from our millionaire partner.

We look forward to seeing you!

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

Victor Stream Tutorial

Victor Stream Tutorial

Click Link Below to go to current STTS blog

74:50 minutes – David Poehlman talks about the LevelStar Icon PDA and the new Mac OSX Leopard.


133:16 minutes – Jerry Marindin from Freedom Scientific talks about the ONYX CCTV.