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January 25-27, 1998
National Workplace Equity Symposium on Persons with
Disabilities
Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: Abdou Saouab, Human Resources Development Canada,
Tel: 819-953-7494 FAX: 819-994-5264
Proceedings available: (CRC: HD 7256.C3 N277 W926 1998)
January 29-31, 1998
7th Symposium on Literacy and Disablities
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Contact: Center for Literacy and Disability Studies,
PO Box 3888, DUMC, Durham North Carolina 27710
Tel: 919-684-3740 FAX: 919-681- 5738
Email: literacy(at)acpub.duke.edu
February 26-28, 1998
National Federation of the Blind:Advocates for Equity
Annual Convention
Vancouver, British Columbia
Contact: NFB:AE,
P.O.Box 5058,
Kelowna, British Columbia
Tel: 250-862- 8608 Fax:250-763-4022
Email: nfbcan(at)bc.sympatico.ca
February 26-28, 1998
14th Internatonal Seating Symposium
Vancouver, British Columbia
Contact: Elaine Liau, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Tel: 604-822-4965
March 17-21, 1998
13th Annual CSUN Conference: Technology and Persons with
Disabilities
Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Contact: Harry Murphy, Center on Disabilities,
California State University-Northridge,
18111 Nordhoff Street-DVSS,
Northridge, CA 91330
Tel: 818-885-2578
Email: ltm(at)csun.edu
March 19-22, 1998
Disabled, But Enabled and Empowered
Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Rochester, New York
Contact: Dr. David Du Bois
SUNY Empire State College, Genesee Valley Center
8 Prince Street, Rochester NY 14607
> Tel: 716-244-3884 ext. 113 Fax: 716-473-1949
Email: DISABLED(at)sescva.esc.edu
Conference URL: www.esc.edu/disabled
April 2 - 3, 1998
Positive Feedback: A Conference on Disability, Mentoring
and Internetworking in Education
University of Sussex
Contact:Mrs E.A. Draffan, Assistive Technology Centre,
Health Centre Building, University of Sussex,
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RW
Tel: 01273 678497
e-mail: e.a.draffan(at)sussex.ac.uk
Conference URL: www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/ATC/positive.htm
April 3, 1998
Widening the Door: Access to Web-based Resources for Users
with Disabilities
Tyngsboro, Massachussets
Contact: Association of College and Research Libraries,
Doris Ann Sweet,
Boston University, Mugar Memorial Library,
71 Commonwealt Avenue,
Boston, Massachussets,
Tel: 617-353-3916
Email: sweetda(at)bu.edu
WWW: www.conncoll.edu/acrlnec/
April 5-7, 1998
Second International Exhibition and Congress of
Rehabilitationof the Disabled
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Contact: Iqbal Siddiqui,
Rehab98,
Al Fajer Information Services,
P.O.Box 11183 Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
Tel: 621133
Fax: 622802
April 18-23, 1998
CHI98 Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems
Los Angeles, California
Contact: CHI98 Office,
703 Giddings Avenue, Suite U-3,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Tel: 410-263-5382
Fax: 410-267-0332
Email: chi98- help(at)acm.org
URL: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi98
April 1998
Assets98 3rd ACM/SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive
Technologies
Los Angeles, California
Contact: Arthur I Karshmer,
Computer Science Department,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003
Tel: 505-646-3724
Fax: 505-646-1002
email: arthur(at)cs.nmsu.edu
May 1, 1998
Central Coast Abilities Expo
San Luis Obispo, California
Contact: SLOCO Access,
977 Pismo Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401
Tel: 805-543-3627
May 6-8, 1998
President's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilites- Tapping Worker Potential Through
Technology
New Orleans, Louisiana
Contact: Fox Productions
415 Walnut, Rochester, Minnesota, 48307
Tel: 248-656-1700 FAX: 248-656-2058
May 12-13, 1998
Governor's Conference on Assistive Technology: Technology
Opens Doors
Albany, New York
WWW: www.state.ny.us/disabledadvocate/technlog.htm
May 14-16, 1998
Active Living Alliance fro Canadians with a Disability
FORUM 98
Victoria, B.C.
Contact: FORUM98 Director,
Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria,
University Centre, 2nd Floor, Room A272, PO Box 3030,
Victoria B.C., V8W 3N6
Email: forum98(at)uvcs.uvic.ca WWW:
www.uvcs.uvic.ca/conferce/forum98/
May 15-17, 1998
Audio Description Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Contact: Alan Woods,
Ohio State University,
1430 Lincoln Tower,
1800 Cannon Drive, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1230,
Tel: 614-292-6614
Fax: 614-292-3222
email: woods.l(at)osu.edu
WWW: www.lib.ohio-state/OSU_profile/triweb
May 29, 1998
Assistive Technology '98
Boston, Massachussets
Contact: Massachussets Assistive Technology Partnership
Center,
1295 Boylston Street, Suite 310,
Boston, Mass. 02215
Tel: 617-737- 9495 Fax: 617-439-7701 TTY: 617-737-0081
Email: AT(at)conventures.com
URL: www.matp.org/AT98.html
May 29-31, 1998
CHHA 1998 National Conference
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Cindy Gordon,
Tel: 403-492-7070
Email: cgordon(at)planet.eon.net
May 31-June 4, 1998
6th European Congress on Research in
Rehabilitation
Berlin, Germany
Contact: Mr. H. Kirsten, ECRR-98
c/o BAR,
Walter-Kolb-Str. 9-11, D-60594
Frankfurt, Germany
Tel: 49-69-605018
Fax: 49-69-605018-37
June 2-3, 1998
Telematics in the Education of the Visually
Handicapped
Paris, France
Contact: ANPEA
12 bis, rue de Picpus,
75012 Paris France
Tel: 33143424040
FAX:33143424066
WWW: www.ccr.jussieu.fr/braillenet/ntevh/ntevh.htm#som
June 4-7, 1998
Society for Disability Issues- 11th Annual
Meeting
Oakland, California
Contact: Society for Disability Issues
URL: www.wipd.com/sds
June 5-6, 1998
People in Motion
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: People in Motion,
Suite 1, 550 Queen St.W.,
Brampton, Ontario,
Tel: 905-455-4141 FAX:905-455-4262
June 10-14, 1998
Euroconference- Keeping the Elderly Mobile
Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Contact: TRAIL Research School,
P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA
Delft, The Netherlands
Tel: 31-15-278- 6046
Fax: 31-15-278-4333
Email: ch.holgrefe(at)TRAIL.tudelft.nl
June 18-21,1998
Designing for the 21rst Century
Long Island, New York
Contact: Adaptive Environments,
374 Congress Street, Suite 301,
Boston Mass, 02210
Tel: 617-695- 1225
Fax: 617-482-8099
email: mdilorezo(at)adaptenv.org
WWW: www.adaptenv.org/21century
June 22-26, 1998
Capitalizing on Usability
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Usability Professionals Association,
WWW: www.UPAassoc.org
June 23-25, 1998
TIDE Congress
Helsinki Finland
Contact: Stakes,
P.O. Box 220
00531 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 358-0-3967094
FAX: 358-0-39672054
(CRC: RM950 T558 1998)
June 26-July 1, 1998
RESNA 98
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact: Meetings Director, RESNA,
1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540,
Arlington, VA 22209.
Tel: 703-524-6686,
Fax: 703-524-6630
TTY: 703-524- 6639
June 28-July 3, 1998
9th World Congress of the International Society for
Prosthetics and Orthotics
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: Congrex B.V., Keizersgacht
782, 1017 Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
Tel: 31-20-626-13-72
June 29-30, 1998
Telecommunications Access Requirements
Workshop
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact: Association of Access Engineering Specialists,
Tel: 1-800-896-2783
WWW: www.resna.org
July 1998
National Association of the Deaf
San Antonio, Texas
Contact: URL: www.nad.org
July 4-11, 1998
National Federation of the Blind Annual
Conference
Dallas/Fort Worth Texas
Contact: Mr. Cobb, National Federation of the Blind,
1800 Johnson Street,
Baltimore, Maryland, 21230,
Tel: 410-659-9314
WWW: www.nfb.org/conblt98.htm
July 28-31, 1998
AHEAD 98
Las Vegas, Nevada
Contact: Ahead,
P.O. BOx 21192,
Columbus, Ohio 43221-0192,
Tel/TTY: 614-488-4972 FAX: 614-488-1174
Email: ahead(at)postbox.acs.ohio- state.edu
WWW: www.ahead.org
August 7-9, 1998
6th Annual Pittsburgh Employment Conference for Augmented
Communicators
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Contact: SHOUT
P.O. Box 9666,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15226
Tel: 1- 800-034-4391
email: shout9666(at)aol.com
August 20-22, 1998
11th Annual Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation
Conference
Lexington, Kentucky
Contact: Ellen Van Hoose
Tel: 606-323-5618
Email: ellenv(at)pop.uky.edu
WWW: www2.mccs.uky.edu/ceah/welcome.html
August 23-28, 1998
11th Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific
Regional Conference
Hong Kong
WWW: www.renet.org/conf.htm
August 24-27, 1998
8th International ISAAC Conference on Augmentative &
Alternative Communication
Dublin, Ireland
Contact: ISAAC 98 Secretariat
c/o Incentive Conference Ireland,
1 Pembroke Place, Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4, Ireland
Tel: 353-1-6671711
Fax: 353-1-661713
Email: isaac98(at)incentive-conf.ie
August 25-27, 1998
Assisted Living 98
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Expo Coordinator,
Tel: 888-200-5258
WWW: www.billexpo.com
August 31-September 4, 1998
6th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons
- ICCHP
Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Contact: W. Grafendorfer c/o Austrian Computer
Society
Wollzeile 1-3- A-1010
Vienna, Austria
Tel: 43-1-512 02 35,
Fax: 43-1-512 02 35 9
e-mail: ocg(at)vm.univie.ac.at
September 9-11, 1998
2nd European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality
and Associated Technologies
Skovde, Sweden
Contact: Dr. Paul Sharkey,
Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading,
Whiteknights, Reading, U.K. RG6 6AY
Tel: 44-118-931-6704 Fax: 44-118-931-8220
email: cyber.reading.ac.uk
WWW: www.cyber.rdg.ac.uk/people/pms/WWW/advrat/call98.htm
September 9-13, 1998
47th Annual Convention of the International Hearing
Society
Nashville, Tennesee
Contact: IHS
Tel: 734-522-7200
WWW: www.hearingihs.org
September 14-15, 1998
Integrated Applications for All
Espoo, Finland
Contact:
WWW: www.newcastle.gov.uk/distinct
September 15-16, 1998
International Symposium on Advanced Instrumentation for the
Aged and Handicapped Persons
Meurthe et Moselle, France
Contact: ENSEM-CRAN-INEV SEE Groupe-Est,
2, Avenue de la Foret de Haye, F54516
Vandoevre-les-Nancy cedex, France
September 15-19, 1998
American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, National
Assembly
Chicago, Illinois
Contact: Annette Suriani,
Tel: 703-836-7716
September 17-19, 1998
The Assistive Technology Conference 98
Topeka, Kansas
Contact: The Capper Foundation,
3500 SW 10th Avenue,
Topeka, Kansas, 66604
Tel: 785-272-4060
Fax: 785-272-1034
Email: dunbar(at)capper.org
September 18-20, 1998
Low Vision Council Symposium and
Exhibition
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Low Vision Council
Attn: Sally Magallanes,
500 East Remington Road, Schaumburg, Illinois, 60173
Tel: 800-331-2020
September 21-24,1998
8th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for
Elderly and Disabled People-Setting the Pace
Perth, Australia
Contact: Indomed Pty. Lts.,
144 Northwood Street,
Leederville, Perth, Western Australia,
Tel: 61-9-388-2241
Fax: 61-9-388-2245
Email: indomed(at)psinet.net.au
September 23-25, 1998
Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: CSMC,
63 West Acres Crescent,
Kitchener, Ontario, N2N 2Y1
Tel: 519-579-5233
FAX: 519-579-5594
September 23-26, 1998
8th Annual Conference of the National Association for
Adults with Special Needs
St. Louis, Missouri
Contact: NAASLN
Tel: 202-712-9056
October 15-16, 1998
Eighth Annual Assistive Technology Expo
Raliegh, North Carolina
Contact:North Carolina Assistive Technology Project,
Whitaker Rehab Center,
3333 Silas Creek Parkway,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103
Tel: 336-718-1660
October 15-17, 1998
3rd National Guide Dog Conference
New Westminster, B.C.
Contact: Organizing Committee
Tel: 604-522-9222/604-241-7499
Email: puppypower(at)imag.net
WWW: www.members.home.net/puppypower
October 15-18, 1998
Aging Benefits and Burdens-Crosswinds of
Change
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contact: Canadian Association on Gerontology,
500-1306 Wellington Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3B2,
Tel: 613-728-9347
FAX: 613-728-8913
Email: cagacg(at)magi.com
WWW: www.cagacg.ca
October 22-24, 1998
Closing The Gap Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Contact: Closing The Gap,
P.O. Box 68, Henderson, Minnesota 56044
Tel:612-248-3294 FAX:612-248-3810
Email: info(at)closingthegap.com
October 22-24,1998
First World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Gallaudet University,
800 Florida Avenue,
Washington, D.C., 2002-3695
Tel/TTY: 202-651-6060
FAX: 202-651-6074
Email: conference(at)gallua.galludet.edu
October 22-26, 1998
SMAU
Milan, Italy
Contact: WWW: www.smau.it/magellano/english/smau/index.htm
October 28-30, 1998
Pacific Perspectives for the Employment of Persons with
Disabilities in the 20th Century
Tumon Bay, Guam
Contact: Rehabilitation and Research Centre of the Pacific,
San Diego State University,
5850 Hardy Avenue, Suite 112,
San Diego, California, 92182-5313,
Tel: 619-594-8807
FAX: 619-594-4208
Email: dmosier(at)mail.sdsu.edu
WWW: www.interwork.sdsu.edu/projects/rrtcp
November 1-4, 1998
ICAD98 The Fifth Internation Conference on Auditory
Display
Glasgow, Scotland
Contact: Email: icad98_info(at)santafe.edu WWW:
www.santafe.edu/~icad/
November 5-8, 1998
60th Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation
Seattle, Washington
Contact: WWW: www.aapmr.org
November 8-10, 1998
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
Seattle, Washington
Contact: Sheila Lee, ACRM,
4700 W. Lake Avenue,
Glenview, Illinois, 60025-1485
Tel: 847-375- 4725
Fax: 847-375-4777
Email: info(at)acrm.org www.acrm.org/
November 13-15, 1998
Deaf Expo 98
Los Angeles, California
Contact: Deaf Expo
7712 Lankershim Bvld.,
North Hollywood, California, 91605
TTY: 800-770- 4470
Tel: 818-764-4066
Email: deafexpo(at)aol.com
November 18-21, 1998
MEDTRADE 98
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Semco Medical Expositions,
1130 Hightower Trail,
Atlanta, Georgia 30350-6202
Tel: 770- 998-9800
November 19-20, 1998
Special Education Technology for Today and
Tomorrow
Toronto, Ontario
Contact: Lena Roccasalvo
Tel: 416-424-3831
Email: john.lubert(at)edu.gov.on.ca
WWW: snow.utoronto.ca/set3c
November 19-23, 1998
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA)
San Antonio, Texas
Contact: ASHA
10801 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Tel: 301-895-5700
November 20-22, 1998
National Educational Association of Disabled
Students
Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: NEADS,
Room 426 Unicentre, Carleton University,
Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6,
Tel: 613- 526-8008
Email: ca223(at)freenet.carleton.ca
November 20-24, 1998
51rst Annual Meeting of The Gerontological Society of
America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact: GSA,
Tel: 202-842-1275
Email: geron(at)geron.org
WWW: www.geron.org
November 26-27, 1998
Forum sur le Transport des Personnes
Handicapées
Montreal, Quebec
Contact: L'Alliance des regroupements des usagers du transport
adapté du Quebec,
7000 avenue du Parc, bureau 309,
Montreal, Quebec, H3N 1X1,
Tel: 514-276-1049
FAX: 514-276-1521
November 30 - December 2, 1998
Living and Working in the Information
Society
Vienna, Austria
Contact: IST98 Secretariat, European Secretariat,
Rue de la Loi 200 Wetstraat, SC 15 6/35,
B-1049 Brussels
Fax: 32-2-299-1926
Email: ist98(at)dg3.cec.be
Web: www.cordis.lu/ist98
December 1-4, 1998
People with Disabilities in Tertiary
Education
Perth, Western Australia
Contact: Mark Edwards, University of Western Australia,
Tel: 9380 2423
Fax: 9380 1119
Email: medwards(at)cyllene.uwa.edu.au
WWW: www.cowan.edu.au/pathways/CONFERENCE ORGANISER
December 1-7, 1998
Disabled People's International Fifth World
Assembly
Mexico City, Mexico
Contact: Disability International Magazine
December 9-11, 1998
17th Annual Perspective on Employment of Persons with
Disabilities Conference
Bethesda, Maryland
Contact: Betsy Freidman,
FAX: 202-376-6868
Email: bfriedma(at)pcepd.gov
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