|| Stevie Wonder ||
Blind since shortly after birth, this Grammy Award-winning singer has had more than 30 No. 1 singles to hit the charts.
|| Videophones ||
The Library of Congress has become one of the first federal agencies to implement a “videophone” system, enabling deaf staff members to better communicate with both hearing and deaf individuals.
|| Did You Know? ||
That Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was instrumental in facilitating Helen Keller's education with Annie Sullivan Macy?
|| Americans with Disabilities Act ||
Signed into law by Pres. George H.W. Bush, the ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.
|| Helen Keller: Women Who Dare ||
The "Women Who Dare" series celebrates the lives of remarkable women who have shaped American history. "Helen Keller" by Aimee Hess focuses on one such woman who persevered with courage and spirit in the face of overwhelming circumstances.
|| For Teachers ||
Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.
|| 2008 Theme ||
America’s People…America’s Talent…America’s Strength!
|| News and Events ||
For all events below, ASL interpreters will be provided. Please request ADA accommodations 5 days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Cultural Display: Items from Library of Congress Collections featuring Disability History
October 1-31, 2008
Lobby, James Madison Building
Keynote Program
October 14, 2008
Marian Vessels, director of the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, delivers the 2008 Disability Employment Awareness keynote address.
10 a.m., Mumford Room, LM 649, James Madison Building
Demonstration
October 23
The Library offers demonstrations of the Kurzweil automated reading technology.
10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon, Assistive Technology Demonstration Center, LM G-45, James Madison Building
Lecture
October 23, 2008
Betty Siegel, ADA Coordinator for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., discusses the center’s use of audio description (additional narration track) for its Theater Series shows.
1 p.m., West Dining Room, LM 621, James Madison Building
Film Screening
October 31, 2008
Screened is the 57-minute documentary film titled "Right to Risk," which follows eight individuals with significant physical disabilities on a 15-day whitewater raft trip down 225 miles of Colorado River.
10 a.m., LM 139, James Madison Building