The Summer 2006 Newsletter features:

Making Empowerment Accessible
Three years ago Arlene Stern was sitting at home channel surfing when she first saw the CAN TV show produced by Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT).

“I stopped in my tracks,” she says when she realized these were disabled people, like her, on television.
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New Telecom Legislation - What's in it for the Public?
As telephone companies start to offer video services, the industry is pushing for legislation that supposedly lowers rates and gives consumers more choice and competition.

In June, most of the members of the U.S. House of Representative were seduced by these promises and passed the COPE Act of 2006 (Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement), hailed by the telephone industry as major telecom reform.

Unfortunately, there isn’t much reform in sight. read more

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