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The Florida Grantor, Summer 2006

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Rotary Youth Camp Announces First Celebration Banquet

The North Florida Rotary Youth Camp, supported by the Rotary Clubs in the Eastern part of District 6940 around Tallahassee, will host the first annual Celebration Banquet with Ms. Wheelchair America 2007, Autumn Grant, as the keynote speaker. The banquet will be held at the Silver Slipper restaurant in Tallahassee on September 14, 2006, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The cost to attend is $35.

The North Florida Rotary Youth Camp is dedicated to giving physically-challenged children an unequaled camping experience. The camp enables campers to grow in self-confidence and experience success in physical activities and human relationships. It is geared specifically for those children with disabilities such as spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, hearing and seeing impairments, neuromuscular disorders, Downs’s syndrome, autism and spinal cord injuries.

For more information about the North Florida Rotary Youth Camp or the Celebration Banquet, visit www.nfryc.org.

Web-based Customized Employment Opportunity

The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/Adult will hold a Web conference on September 14, 2006 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The conference will feature two projects that implemented self-employment in their communities with a variety of “owners” and businesses. Presenters will share strategies and issues that emerged during the process of planning new businesses and assisting their owners. They will also discuss the role of discovery and employment planning in developing the potential business concept and the role of families or community supports for self-employment.

Participation is free, but registration is required; to register, e-mail your name and phone number to rachael.webb@umb.edu with the subject line “Customized Employment.” For more information, visit www.onestops.info.  

JAN Conference 2006

The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) will host its 2006 conference September 18-19, 2006 at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport in Boston, MA. The conference provides information for employers on how to build an inclusive workforce. Employers will also have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to accommodate employees with disabilities, comply with the ADA and develop innovative employment practices.

For more information about the conference, e-mail conference@jan.wvu.edu or visit http://conference.jan.wvu.edu.

Google Launches Web Search for Visually Impaired

Google Labs recently launched Google Accessible Search. Accessible Search is an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that is most relevant to your tasks. Accessible Search goes one step further by helping you find the most accessible pages in that result set.

To access this service or for more information, visit http://labs.google.com/accessible.