To All, If you are dealing with assistive technology, you know how frustrating it is locating the correct products. Concurrent Technologies Corporation Foundation presents you with a way to correct that problem. The press release below presents you with the option to buy the best book on the market in the assistive technology area. A huge discount is available through early January 2005 if you buy the book now. If you do not wish to receive future announcements from me please let me know. Thanks, John Williams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------- Assistive Technology News Independence Through Technology 19 Crescent Court, Sterling, VA 20164-1601 703 404 9557/ Fax: 703 406-3728728 _jmmaw@aol.com_ (mailto:jmmaw@aol.com) PRESS RELEASE Release date: December 1, 2004 Contact: John M. Williams (703-404-9557) Howard McClintic (202-312-2913) Holiday Season Brings 50% Reduction in Book Price Washington, DC – People have more to cheer about this season because between November 1, 2004 and January 2, 2005 Concurrent Technologies Corp. Foundation is selling Assistive Technologies: Expanding a Universe of Opportunities for People with Disabilities for 50% of its original price. “The $49 price covers the On-line, CD and print versions of the book,” says Howard McClintic, executive director, CTCF. “We believe the book’s spirit of expanding opportunities for people with disabilities matches the soaring spirit of the holidays,” adds McClintic. With the addition of 8 manufacturers of assistive technology products, CTCF and Assistive Technology News have expanded the most comprehensive list of assistive technology manufacturers worldwide ever published. A sample can be seen by visiting (www.atn-ctcf.org). An order form is in the sample. To order either by check or credit card contact CTC Foundation at 202-312-2913. “The book’s goal is to fill a vital need among employers and employees with disabilities looking for assistive technology products that are used in the workplace and in other areas to increase independence among people with disabilities worldwide,” says the book’s author John Williams, who believes these products are great equalizers for people with disabilities. He has written about assistive technology products for 25 years. Expanding the list of AT manufacturers monthly is a goal of the publishers, Assistive Technology News and Concurrent Technologies Corporation Foundation (http://www.ctcfoundation.org), who intend to keep the list current. “By updating the list regularly, we add value to the book and guarantee the public and private sectors that they have access to the most current information in this field,” says Howard McClintic, executive director, CTC Foundation. McClintic says a section on bionics will be added to the book. The book lists more than 600 hundreds (almost 700) of manufacturers of assistive technology manufacturers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America and Asia. Employers looking for information on products benefiting speech impaired, blind, visually impaired, deaf, hearing impaired, physically challenged, cognitively-challenged, mobility challenged and mobility challenged employees will discover it in the book. With millions of aging employees with disabilities requiring assistive technology to maintain their productivity and efficiency, and millions of working age people with disabilities unemployed, this book provides employers with a one-stop shopping source in the field of assistive technology products. Employers will find information on voice recognition systems, text-to-speech products, Braille products, keyboards, low vision products, hearing products, environmental control products, and other products to increase independence and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The contents, the book will include:contain summaries of federal legislation passed on disability areas since 1968; recent United States Supreme Court decisions on space problem here disability andon the Americans with Disabilities Act; 12 columns on assistive technology products used in various environments; an overview of assistive technology today;, such as IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, articles written by representatives from Microsoft, IBM, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Deque and Oracle on their corporate philosophies in providing accessible products in assistive technology areas; a chapter on United Nations’ activities in providing on-line accessibility to people with disabilities worldwide; and definitions dealing with assistive technology and disability areas. The CTC Foundation (_www.ctcfoundation.org_ (http://www.ctcfoundation.org/) ) was established five years ago with the primary goal of mainstreaming niche technologies. The Foundation wants to see AT more widely used in local communities where there are a community of persons with disabilities, with foundation and/or corporate support. Contact Howard McClintic at (202) 312-2913 or _mcclinth@ctcgsc.org_ (mailto:mcclinth@ctcgsc.org) for more information. For information regarding advertising and sponsorship of the AT book and the soon to be launched Assistive Technology News web program contact Cindy Hughes at _clhughes@strategicoutreach.com_ (mailto:clhughes@strategicoutreach.com) . -30-Received on Tuesday, 7 December 2004 18:31:16 GMT
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