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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

For Further Information contact:

Ms. Zahavit Paz, Founder Maxine O.

LD Resources Foundation Consumer Health Librarian

Office: 646.701.0000 Brooklyn Public Library

Cell 917.405.4837 Fax 212.444.1061 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY

11238

Email: zpaz@... <mailto:zpaz@...>

Phone: 718-230-2477,Fax: 718-230-2297

Website:http://.www.ldrf.org <http://.www.ldrf.org>

THE LD RESOURCES FOUNDATION, TOGETHER WITH THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY, IS

SPONSORING A CONFERENCE ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SELF-ADVOCACY FOR

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, Grand Army Plaza.

WHEN: Saturday, March 29, 2008, 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

AGENDA

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Refreshments

1: 00 PM - 1:15 PM

The LD Resources Foundation and Premier Assistive Technology, Inc., as part of a

joint initiative, will be donating three portable assistive technology devices

and three permanent computer literacy software packs to expand the library's

computer access for individuals with disabilities. This technology will enable

library users to access any computer station in the library. This collaborative

donation has been made possible by LD Resources Foundation and Premier Assistive

Technology's " Key to Access " program, which was established as part of it's

mission to provide literacy technologies to individuals with disabilities and to

provide them with the tools needed to access " today's technologically oriented

world " .

1:15 PM - Keynote speaker: Jo Anne Simon, Esq.

Disability Law - Becoming Your Own Advocate

1:30 PM - 2:45PM

Panel discussion

Panelists: Associate Prof. Cokkinos, Communications and Advertising, FIT

and CUNY, panel moderator; Liz Holly Mortensen, Disability Services and ADA

Coordinator, FIT, SUNY; Zahavit Paz, Founder and Chair Person, LD Resource

Foundation; L. Grisham, President & CEO, Premier Technologies; Isabella

Reichel, Ed.D., Board Certified Fluency Specialist, Speech Pathologist and

Audiologist; Prof. A. Riley, Ph.D., Baruch College and former Chief

Editor of WE Magazine.

2:45 PM - 3:45PM

Assistive technology training with L. Grisham room 216

and Raffle drawing for individuals with disabilities.

LD Resources Foundation is one of the few non-profit organizations focusing

solely on the needs of adults with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit

Disorders in post secondary educational programs and in the workplace. The

Foundation's mission is to enable individuals with Learning Disabilities and

Attention Deficit Disorders to fully participate in academic, library and museum

programs, and to successfully engage in employment through assistive technology

awareness. Individual services, which are limited to individuals with financial

need, include testing, mentoring, and providing the latest assistive technology

and instruction.

Premier Assistive Technology, Inc, established in 1998, is a leading developer

of Assistive Technology software and devices to meet the reading and writing

needs for people of all ages for home, school and work. Their portfolio of

products now include over 20 applications and are designed for easy use and set

up. Their products address a broad range of reading and writing needs. Premier

Assistive Technology is currently working with LD Resources Foundation, Inc. to

develop educational campaigns to heighten community awareness about learning

differences and the latest assistive technologies available to meet these needs.

For further information the company may be contacted at:

email: info@... <mailto:info@...>

website: www.readingmadeeasy.com <http://www.readingmadeeasy.com/> .

Phone/fax: 815-927-7390

Brooklyn Public Library is an outstanding library system with 60 locations. It

serves more than 1.5 million people annually, and has over 1.5 million books,

magazines and multimedia material.