Press release from the Allen County Human Resources department:
How to find and use Disability Statistics
Free Audio Conference on Tuesday, June 15th at City-County BuildingThe Allen County Human Resources will host a free audio conference on how to find and use disability statistics.
What will the 2010 U.S. Census tell about people with disabilities? Where does the 54 million Americans living with a disability number come from that is often quoted in the media? Andrew Houtenville, from the University of New Hampshire, will answer some of the frequently asked questions about disability statistics. He will also discuss the various sources of statistics related to disability, how to use them and interpret them, and what can we expect to learn about disability from the recent Census.
The free audio conference will be held on Tuesday, June 15th from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. at the City-County Building, Room 350, located at 1 E. Main Street in Fort Wayne.
For further information, contact Vanessa Miller at (260) 449-7171, or vanessa.miller@allencounty.us.
The Indiana ADA Audio Conference program is sponsored by ADA-Indiana, DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center, and the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities. For more information about this or any other ADA trainings, please visit the ADA-Indiana website at www.adaindiana.org.
RADIO – PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
What will we learn about disability from the 2010 U.S. Census? Where does the 54 million Americans living with a disability number come from that is often used by various organizations and the media? If you want to know, please plan to attend an ADA audio conference, Disability Statistics: What Do They Tell Us?, hosted by the Allen County Human Resources on Tuesday, June 15th from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in Fort Wayne. It is free and open to the public.
Andrew Houtenville, from the University of New Hampshire, will answer some of those frequently asked about disability statistics and talk about what can we expect to learn about disability from the recent Census.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 15th from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: City-County Building, Room 350, 1 E. Main Street
CONTACT: Vanessa Miller at (260) 449-7171, or vanessa.miller@allencounty.us.The Indiana ADA Audio Conference program is sponsored by ADA-Indiana, DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center, and the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities. For more information about this or any other ADA trainings, please visit the ADA-Indiana website at www.adaindiana.org.