2012-2-1, Committee on People with Disabilities Minutes

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Also discussed were pamphlets regarding rules on guide dogs. BREAK: 11:00 – 11:20 Introduction of County of Hawai‘i Website Accessibility: Mayor William P. Kenoi – Guest Speaker A. Parker introduced the Mayor by stating he was able to get $200,000 grant to do much of the interior work for the ADRC facility through the help of Mayor Kenoi. The Mayor provided contact information and guidance as to steps A. Parker needed to take to enable funding through Senator Inouye’s office. A. Parker added that the only time he has ever gotten scolded by the mayor was when he didn’t move fast enough in getting this committee up and running. The Mayor has been very supportive of this facility and what we do, not only the aging programs and services, but for the disabilities community as well. The Mayor stated that this Aging and Disability Resource Center’s vision and actual implementation, took a lot of collaboration, partnership and determination to make it happen. He thanked Paige for the persistence, determination and relentlessness she has for the disability community. It’s always for someone else, never for herself. The Mayor thanked the Committee for their hard work and for volunteering their time. The Chair stated that it was upon the advice of the committee that the Mayor’s Bert Tsuchiya Office implemented an accessible website. , Director of I.T. and Sheila Cadaoas were introduced. Sheila was instrumental in overseeing the IlihiaGionsin process of migrating all the files to the website. spoke about the two websites – hawaiicounty.gov which is the overall county website; and hawaiicountymayor.com, and the changes that were made to them to make it accessible by assistive technology. He thanked those that helped, including Sharon Toriano and Teri Spinola-Campbell from HR, Paige and the Committee, Ian Mitchener, Alisa’s son. Dr. Ron gave a demonstration from his laptop which was made accessible by assistive technology. County of Hawai‘i, ADA Recreational Specialist, Alisa Mitchener and Pauline Aughe – Video Presentation A. Mitchener spoke about the year that the committee had together and the things that went on – ADA Day, ADA awareness in recreation, improving access to communication and services, speakers from ARC of Kona, presentations for county staff by Dr. Ron. In order for the committee to get to know each other better, Pauline produced a video presentation of interviews of committee members which was shown. J. Souza had some issues regarding no captioning. 3