All About Access

Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, recently sent out the following fact sheet:

Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, recently sent out the following call to action:

Reflecting on my discussion of the audio card recorders in lesson 6 of the Information Management course, I wanted to get some other perspectives. Ellie, the Carroll Center’s esteemed Personal Management instructor, tells me that she prefers the Vox Com 3 to either of the other two I mentioned in the lesson. The Vox Com machine is much smaller than either the Can-do or the Card Master. Additionally, the cards themselves are much smaller. In fact, they are just like plastic credit cards as opposed to the longish paper cards of the other two machines.

Ellie says the Vox Com 3 cards are easier to manipulate because they are rigid and are more easily placed in the reader slot. She finds the smaller size to be a big advantage. A person can carry around the machine with him or her easily, and the smaller cards can be attached to more things unobtrusively. She also likes the fact that the Vox Com cards can get wet with out adverse consequences. This means that you could wash the cards if something spills on them.

As you may already know, Joanne Wilson resigned from her position as the head of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in early February. RSA is the federal agency that administers, among other programs, Vocational Rehabilitation. Each state has a Vocational Rehabilitation agency, funded through a combination of federal and state monies, that exists for the sole purpose of providing the training and supports necessary for people with disabilities to gain and/or maintain employment and lead independent lives.

In a [recent article in National Journal Magazine](http://nationaljournal.com/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+NJMAG+7-njindex+1113974-REVERSE+0+1+233+F+1+1+1+ex%2dchief+AND+protests “Administration – Ex-Chief Protests Changes for Disabled”), Joanne Wilson speaks out: