Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) is investigating complaints from people with disabilities regarding a practice at Ross Stores of refusing to provide assistance to customers with disabilities.
If you are a person with a disability who has shopped at a Ross Store, they would appreciate hearing about your experiences in seeking customer service.
PLEASE CONTACT:
Jon Simeone
jsimeone@dralegal.org
510-665-8644
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This listing is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California. If you have a meeting or event information that would be appropriate for inclusion in this list, please email info@old.lighthouse-sf.org. This list will be updated every Friday. Information for each Friday’s listing must be submitted by the Wednesday prior to publication.
This week’s highlights:
LightHouse Technology Seminar Apple Products and Accessibility, June 11 1:00pm – 3:00 pm.
The Feldenkrais Method Awareness Through Movement, June 19 2:00pm-3:00pm at the LightHouse.
Download the event list: northern-ca-entertainment-recreation-listing 6.4.2010
LightHouse Technology Seminar
Apple Products and Accessibility
June 11, 2010
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. PDST at the LightHouse, 214 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
Join us in person to hear Apple discuss the latest universal access features on its iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and OS X VoiceOver!
Apple’s out-of-the-box, assistive technology solutions make the iPad and other Apple products a truly viable option for blind and visually impaired users. Whether you are low vision or blind, you can now make calls, text, send emails and use other Apple applications without purchasing additional software.
Braille OS X VoiceOver manuals can be ordered from the LightHouse store at http://store.lbvi.staging.wpengine.com.com/featured_products.php
RSVP by emailing rsvp@old.lighthouse-sf.org or call 1-888-400-8933
The LightHouse is wheelchair accessible. Accommodations are available upon request.
The National Resource Center for Blind Musicians is best known for its Summer Institute for Blind College-Bound Musicians, a residential program that brings together students from several states who are studying music at the college level.
General services include information and referral for visually impaired students of all ages, their parents and teachers; learning opportunities for blind students headed to college; and maintenance of a network of visually impaired musicians willing to share their expertise in Braille music, technology and coping strategies. Visit the center at http://www.blindmusicstudent.org/.
Read the San Francisco Examiner article on Ayaka Isono. Ayaka is a concert pianist, music teacher, adaptive technology and Braille instructor. She has been part of the Light House community as a client, volunteer and staff member.
Join us for our Summer Bach Recital at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from 2 to 4 p.m.! The suggested donation is $20-$50 per RSVP. Seating is limited, so RSVP today. Call Kari Orvik at (415) 694-7370 or email korvik@old.lighthouse-sf.org.
Bill Barker’s Braille Radio Reading Room – June 2010
Bill Barker’s Braille Radio Reading Room – June 2010
