	September 1998

Assistive Technology on Congressional Agenda.

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A delegation of consumer group representatives, accompanied by MDTAP staff, visited Congresswoman Connie Morella (R, MD) last month in the closing week of Congress's summer session. From Left, Bill Lee, Mary Brady, Constance Morella, Susan Strange, Dr. Tim Cranmer, Yvonne Theodore, and Paul Rasinski. Two bills of great importance to Marylanders are pending: (For more information on the Hearings/Expo, for information on the proposed Tech Act Reauthorization, for Maryland's response to these legislative activities, for information on a proposed bill sponsored by Connie Morella on Assistive Technology and Universal Design.

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It ain't rocket science, but ...The House Subcommittee on Science and Technology held hearings on the relationship of the Federal Labs Consortium to Assistive Technology programs funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

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Paul Rasinski, Executive Director of MDTAP, and Yvonne Theodore, Director of Affirmative Action Programs for Johns Hopkins University, and a long-time MDTAP Advisor, share their excitement about a new product for effortless keyboard access.

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Tyrone Taylor, head of the Federal Labs Consortium, discourses with Dr. Tim Cranmer and friend, representing the International Braille Research Center's new NIDRR-funded project, "Development of a Tactile Image Printer"

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Bill Lee goes to Washington....again.