TDI 2005 Convention

TDI's 16th Biennial International Conference and Expo tool place in New Orleans, LA in July  2005. This convention is the place to be if you're interested in how people with hearing loss are affected by what's happening in the telecommunications world.

We didn't make it this year, but NVRC's Cheryl Heppner did her usual outstanding job of making us feel like we were there. Here are her reports.

Here's a GREAT history of the first 25 years of television captioning.

Emergency preparedness for people with disabilities is in the news, and rightfully so! Here's a report on Cheryl Heppner's presentation at the 2005 TDI Conference.

Perhaps the best overview of how events in the telecommunications world impact people with hearing loss is available from the folks at the Disabilities Rights Office of the FCC. Here's a report on the presentation by DRO Chief Tom Chandler.