In This Month's Issue:
Profiles
in Excellence
Stagecoach Trails Guest Ranch
By Joan
Leotta
Accessibility
North Dakota Extends Contract with Sprint to Provide Relay Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Customer
Service
Rick Steves Serves Customers With Disabilities
Employment
Deal with disability in the workplace or risk going out of business
Marketing
Disabled tourists: Rich Source of Revenue?
Announcements
2004 Disability Mentoring Day Announced--Oct 20, 2004
NOD Conference on Disability and Emergency Preparedness--Sept 22-24, 2004--Arlington, VA
Brook Ellison and Christopher Reeve Do A&E Movie
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2004, Sept 1st
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Profiles
in Excellence
Profiles in
Excellence is a monthly article, published by SMG, that
features companies and organizations that demonstrate leadership
in accessibility, employment, customer service and marketing to
the nation's 54 million Americans with Disabilities.
A Childhood Dream of Cowboy Life Come True
By Joan Leotta
Did you grow up dreaming of playing cowboy, riding a horse into a Western sunset? Does it seem that being a wheelchair user might make that dream impossible? Not so anymore. Located on 240 acres in a stage-perfect Arizona setting featuring endless plains, spectacular sky, and purple mountains, lies Stagecoach Trails Guest Ranch,a barrier free dude ranch that specializes in making such dreams come true. ...
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Accessibility
sponsored
by Universal Design Newsletter
State of North Dakota Extends Contract with Sprint to Provide Relay Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The State of North Dakota has awarded Sprint a three-year Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) contract to provide assistive communications services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have a speech disability within the state.
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New Products, from the Universal Design Newsletter
Accessible toilets and washlet seats, Stor-Trac and Michelle cabinets, Pressalit Multi System, and WingIts commercial fasteners.
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Customer
Service
sponsored by W.C. Duke Associates, Inc.
Disabled Tourists: Rich Source of Revenue?, an article from the Orlando Business Journal
When Murray Krasnoff visits a business, he sometimes brings along a blindfold, earplugs and wheelchair, the better to show clients the problems facing travelers with disabilities. "You learn to hate carpet real quickly in a wheelchair," Krasnoff says. "It's like quicksand."....
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Employment
Deal with disability in the workplace or risk going out of business, an article from PricewaterhouseCoopers
Employers' indifference towards disabled staff could wreak havoc on organizations as legislators and employee bodies turn up the heat on "disability-blind" corporate policies. Dr Laurentia Truter, labor law expert at PricewaterhouseCoopers, warned business to take pro-active measures to deal with disability in the work place....
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Marketing
Rick Steves Serves Customers With Disabilities, Easy Access Europe
Travel information for mobility-impaired visitors to Europe can be hard to come by, and general-interest guidebooks don't have the space, editorial budgets, or expertise to cover accessible travel thoroughly. Fortunately, a new book--Rick Steves' Easy Access Europe--promises to make European travel easier for visitors who tour with wheelchairs, walkers, or canes. ...
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Announcements
2004 Disability Mentoring Day Announced--Oct 20, 2004
Brook Ellison and Christopher Reeve Do A&E Movie
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