{"id":3307,"date":"2008-04-21T06:48:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T11:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2008-04-22T04:52:10","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T09:52:10","slug":"unique-needs-of-hard-of-hearing-persons-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/04\/21\/unique-needs-of-hard-of-hearing-persons-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Needs of Hard of Hearing Persons &#8211; Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unique Needs of Hard of Hearing Persons <\/p>\n<p>Travis County Services for the Deaf &amp; Hard of Hearing and Advocacy,<br \/>\nInc. will be presenting an informational seminar focusing on<br \/>\nemployment discrimination and coping skills for hard of hearing<br \/>\npersons. <\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday May 1, 2008 <\/p>\n<p>Time: 7:00-9:00 pm <\/p>\n<p>Location: 2201 Post Rd &#8211; Conference Room <\/p>\n<p>Austin, Texas 78704 <\/p>\n<p>Please pass the word to anyone who may benefit from or would like to<br \/>\nlearn about the presentation topics. <\/p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be provided. <\/p>\n<p>RSVP: April 25, 2008 <\/p>\n<p>*** If you need CART, please indicate in RSVP to: <\/p>\n<p>Melinda Doell <\/p>\n<p>Melinda.Doell@co.travis.tx.us <\/p>\n<p>Presenter: Brian East, Senior Attorney, Advocacy, Inc. <\/p>\n<p>Brian East graduated from UT Law School in 1977. He worked at Legal<br \/>\nAid for two years, and in private practice for 14 years, before<br \/>\njoining Advocacy, Inc., the Texas &#8220;protection and advocacy&#8221;<br \/>\norganization. Brian has handled a number of disability discrimination<br \/>\nand disability rights cases in state and federal court, and has<br \/>\nwritten and lectured extensively on these issues. Brian is currently a<br \/>\nBoard Member of both the Texas Employment Lawyers Association and the<br \/>\nNational Employment Lawyers Association, and has served on the Legal<br \/>\nCommittee of the National Disability Rights Network. He is also the<br \/>\nco-author and editor of the chapter on &#8220;Workers with Disabilities&#8221; in<br \/>\nthe Employee &amp; Union Member Guide to Labor Law (Thompson\/West 2007). <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>BETTER IP RELAY &#8211; EVERYWHERE! i711.com makes all your relay calls better.<br \/>\nBetter web calls. Better wireless calls. Better AIM calls. Why settle for<br \/>\nordinary IP relay? Go beyond! Try http:\/\/www.i711.com for free today!<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Try out our Deaf Network of Texas Calendar! Go to<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/calendar.deafnetwork.com <\/p>\n<p>NOTE: deafnetwork.com does not endorse any of the products, vendors,<br \/>\nconsultants, or documentation referenced in this message or. 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Date: Thursday&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/04\/21\/unique-needs-of-hard-of-hearing-persons-austin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-Rl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16010,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/ocd-advocacy-and-awareness-dare-to-believe-austin\/","url_meta":{"origin":3307,"position":0},"title":"OCD Advocacy and Awareness: Dare to believe &#8211; Austin","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"September 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"OCD Advocacy and Awareness: Dare to believe . . . you can make a difference! 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