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January 2002 • Volume 3Number 1

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January 10-12, 2002

Technology and Media (TAM) Division of the Council for Exceptional Children and Eastern Assistive Solutions with Technology (EAST) 2002 Conference. Reston, VA. Contact: Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities; phone: 703-993-3670; fax: 703-993-3681.

January 16-19, 2002

Assistive Technology Industry Association 2002 Conference and Exhibition. Orlando, FL. Contact: Assistive Technology Industry Association, 526 Davis Street, Suite 217, Evanston, IL 60201; phone: 877-687-2842; fax: 847-869-5689; e-mail: atia@northshore.net; web site: www.atia.org.

March 18-23, 2002

California State University at Northridge (CSUN) Center on Disabilities' 17th Annual International Conference. Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Center on Disabilities, CSUN; phone: 818-677-2578; e-mail: ctrdis@csun.edu; web site: www.csun.edu/cod/conf2002/.

June 29-July 6, 2002

American Council of the Blind's National Convention. West Houston, TX. Contact: American Council of the Blind; phone: 202-467-5081; e-mail: info@acb.org; web site: www.afb.org.

June 30-July 7, 2002

National Federation of the Blind's National Convention. Louisville, KY. Contact: National Federation of the Blind; phone: 410-659-9314; e-mail: nfb@nfb.org; web site: www.nfb.org.

July 8-10, 2002

Assets 2002: Fifth International Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped Conference on Assistive Technologies. Edinburgh, Scotland. The conference will address visual impairment. Contact: Julie Jacko, Assets 2002 program chair; phone: 404-894-2342; e-mail: jacko@isye.gatech.edu.

July 22-25, 2002

Designing for Usability, Flexibility, and Accessibility. Madison, WI. The workshop is for product developers or consultants in the information technology or telecommunications fields. Contact: Kate Vanderheiden, Trace Research and Development Center; phone: 608-265-4621; fax: 608-262-8848; e-mail: vanderk@trace.wisc.edu; web site: www.trace.wisc.edu.

September 18-20, 2002

International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality, and Associated Technologies (ICDVRAT). Veszprem, Hungary. The conference will address visual impairment. Contact: ICDVRAT 2002, Professor Paul M. Sharkey; phone: 011-44-118-931-67-04; e-mail: p.m.sharkey@reading.ac.uk.


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