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Telecom Access Policy Paper Released by NCD

January 2nd, 2007

The National Council on Disability released a policy paper on “The Need for Federal Legislation and Regulation Prohibiting Telecommunications and Information Services Discrimination.”  This paper, drafted by Karen Peltz Strauss, incorporates many recommendations provided by the Telecommunication Access RERC to the FCC. Her new book on this topic is A New Civil Right: Telecommunications Equality for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Americans.

  • Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility

    The TRACE RERC is an active participant in MIDA, a new organization focused on the design of technology products that are "born-accessible."

    Raising the Floor

    The primary development partner of the TRACE RERC since 2013, the team at the nonprofit Raising the Floor is continuing the development and deployment of Morphic and AT-on-Demand, and will partner on several development activities in the new RERC grant.