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Representatives of more
than thirty organizations were on hand in the Government Center
lobby on October 7, 2010 for Disability
Awareness Day. Sponsored by the Fall River Commission
on Disability, the event served to underscore the importance of
providing services to the large disabled population that live in or
near the City. The event wcoincides with the 20th anniversary of the
Americans with the federal Disabilities
Act which prohibits discrimination against people with
disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation,
communications and governmental activities. Speakers included Lisa
Pitta, Executive Director of the Southeast
Center for Independent Living and Peg Anderson, Area Director
for the Mass.
Rehabilitation Commission.
Other organizations represented included the Massachusetts
Commission for the Blind, People
Incorporated, Bristol
Elder Services, Ron's Wheelchair Repair, DEAF,
Inc. and ATG Rehab. Click
here for the Herald News article. For
more information, contact Dr. Henry Vaillancourt at 508-324-2401.
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(Top row, left) Professor Lester Cory of the
SHARE Foundation at UMass-Dartmouth accepts
a check for $20,000 from the Fall River Commission on Disability for their
continued work on the engineering of adaptive technology for persons with
disabilities as Dennis Polselli of the Audible Local Ledger and Paul Remy
look on. (Top row, center) Director of Veteran's Services Ray Hague accepts a check for $20,000
from Fall River Commission on Disability member William Fontaine as Mayor
Flanagan and Public Health Director Dr. Henry Vaillancourt look on. |
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