[Missouri-l] {Disarmed} Fw: [coataccess] Coalition of Orgs for Accessible Tech (COAT) NEWS! UPDATES! As of Friday March 12, 2010

[Chip Hailey]

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From: Jenifer Simpson 
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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:22 PM
Subject: [coataccess] Coalition of Orgs for Accessible Tech (COAT) NEWS! UPDATES! As of Friday March 12, 2010


  

LATEST NEWS/website updates. Please "add comment" to any of the news stories below if you have an update, opinion or clarifying information. Thanks! 



FCC Chairman Names COAT Leader Karen Peltz Strauss as a Deputy Chief, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6717
HR 3101 is Top Mention at National Broadband Plan Forums, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6713
COAT & Affiliates Advocate for Consumers with Disabilities in New IP-Enabled Broadband Communications Environment, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6709

White House Lauds Reading Rights Coalition, Authors & Publishers Agreement to Work Together on Print Accessibility, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6714
Airline Passenger Rights Group Petitions for Accessibility of In-Flight Movies, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6694
Be sure to read Business Week Guest Blogger Suzanne Robitaille on Google's Automated Captioning, and which also mentions COAT & our 21st Century Bill! See at http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/03/googles_smart_c.html



KUDOS to the following Awesome Advocates and Ace Affiliates for their efforts!

--Thank you American Council of the Blind (ACB) advocates for educating Hill members on and securing more co-sponsors of HR3101, total is now 41! Special thank you to Florida, Ohio & Illinois advocates! Photos of new sponsors at http://tiny.cc/i4Fx3

--Consumer Advocacy Training by COAT Affiliate TDI Denver March 27 & 28, at http://www.coataccess.org/node/6695
--Janice Schacter at Hearing Access Program, for filing a Section 504 Complaint 1/23/2010, at the National Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson in Ohio for lack of hearing accessibility for their exhibits; she has received a reply Mar 5, 2010, that says the Dept of Defense CAP program will make the museum "508-compliant" and they are looking into assistive listening devices for purchase. 



REMINDER: Use what you can in ADVOCATE'S TOOLKIT at http://www.coataccess.org/node/5533  Verizon, AT&T, & US Telecom support statements posted and other materials have been updated. Take it on today and take it away!


Social Media  Twitter: Follow COAT on Twitter.com using "@coataccess".  We now have over 657 followers! Let's make it 660 tweeters soon! And, why not join your over 264 friends at the "Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology" Facebook group! See & post photos! Post your announcements! Tell us what you're doing! Let us know about the radio or TV show you got on to talk about HR 3101! Provide any URLs for Op-eds or other stories you see on HR 3101!



Thank YOU for your continuing efforts to make accessible communications and video accessibility happen! Stay encouraged! We will reach the goals!



Sent out by Jenifer Simpson at AAPD, a founding and steering committee member of the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) More at http:/www.coataccess.org



 P.S. if you find dead URLs or broken links, bad spelling, or something wrong, please let us know at info at coataccess.org  Thanks!

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