{"id":19599,"date":"2012-08-13T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19599"},"modified":"2012-08-13T03:47:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T08:47:48","slug":"empowerment-event-victoria-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/empowerment-event-victoria-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowerment Event – Victoria, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empower Yourself!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Let Your Hearing Loss Stop You!<\/p>\n

The Deafness Resource Specialist and the Hearing Loss Resource
\nSpecialist will be onsite to answer your questions!<\/p>\n

Come and learn about:<\/p>\n

* How you can go to college for free!<\/p>\n

* How the Dept. of Rehabilitative Services can assist you with
\nemployment!<\/p>\n

* Assistive Technology!<\/p>\n

* Communication Access!<\/p>\n

Date: August 23, 2012<\/p>\n

Where:
\nVictoria Public Library
\n302 N. Main Street
\nVictoria, Texas 77901
\n(about two hours west from Houston or two hours east from Corpus Christi)<\/p>\n

Time: 5:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM<\/p>\n

Interpreters and CART (live captions) will be provided<\/p>\n

Contact Margarita Vasquez or Sara Filippone for more information at
\n210-349-3332 (v\/tty), 800-574-1652 (v\/tty),
\nDeafnessRS8a@dars.state.tx.us or HLRS8a@dars.state.tx.us
\nor 210-209-8078(videophone).<\/p>\n

Funded by<\/p>\n

Service program of:<\/p>\n

Funded by the Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS) of
\nthe Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)<\/p>\n

Special Thanks to Victoria Public Library for the use of their
\nfacilities for this event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Empower Yourself! Don\u2019t Let Your Hearing Loss Stop You! The Deafness Resource Specialist and the Hearing Loss Resource Specialist will be onsite to answer your questions! Come and learn about: * How you can go to college for free! *…<\/p>\n

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