THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCESS ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THEIR 1999 EXCELLENCE IN ACCESS AWARDS

["Jacobs, Steve I" <sj131264@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com>]

F.Y.I.
> -----------------------------
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCESS ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF
> THEIR 1999 EXCELLENCE IN ACCESS AWARDS
> 
> Medway, MA, June 25, 1999. The Association of Access Engineering
> Specialists (AAES) today announced the winners of their 1999 Excellence in
> Access Awards.  The award winners are:
> 
> * The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association for its training
> program entitled, "Section 255: Making the Connection" 
> 
> * The Worldwide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative for its "Web
> Content Accessibility Guidelines" 
> 
> * CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media for its Motion Picture
> Access Technologies
> 
> * U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
> Assistive Technology Team for its Implementation of Requirements for
> Accessible Software  
> 
> * Nokia for its LPS-1 Loopset - Access Innovation Award
> 
> * Royal Bank and NCR Corporation for their Audio Banking Machine
> 
> * Luxury TowVan Corporation for their Wheelchair Lift Equipped Tow
> Vehicles - Access Innovation Award 
> 
> An awards ceremony, honoring this years winners, will be held during The
> Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North
> America's (RESNA), "Spotlight on Technology" conference being held in Long
> Beach, CA on June 25-29, 1999; 
> http://www.resna.org/resna99/prelim_prog.htmlhttp://www.resna.org/resna99/
> prelim_prog.html
> 
> Many of the winners of AAES' 1999 Excellence in Access Awards will be
> available, to discuss their accessible design methodologies, at AAES'
> Disability Access Technical Development Workshop which is being held as a
> follow-on to the RESNA Conference.  This workshop is conducted on June 30
> and July 1, 1999 in Long Beach, CA.
> http://www.narte.org/aaes/aaesnew.html#work
> 
> ###
> 
> More information on The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's
> program entitled, "Section 255: Making the Connection" can be found on the
> World Wide Web at:
> http://www.wow-com.com/lawpol/section255/training/index.cfm
> Contact:
> Ron Barnes 
> Sr. Manager for External and Industry Relations 
> Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association 
> Phone (202) 736-3246 
> rbarnes@ctia.org
> ---
> More information on The Worldwide Web Consortium's "Web Content
> Accessibility Guidelines" can be found on the World Wide Web at:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/#Guidelines
> Contact:
> Judy Brewer, Director
> Web Accessibility Initiative
> International Program Office
> Phone: (617) 258-9741
> jbrewer@w3.org 
> ---
> More information on CPB/WGBH National Center For Accessible Media's Motion
> Picture Access Technologies can be found on the World Wide Web at:
> http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/mopix/index.html 
> Contact:
> Larry Goldberg, Director
> Media Access
> WGBH Educational Foundation
> 617-492-9258 (V/TTY)
> Larry_Goldberg@wgbh.org
> ---
> More information on The U.S. Department of Education's Requirements for
> Accessible Software can be found on the World Wide Web at:
> http://gcs.ed.gov/coninfo/Clibrary/software.htm
> Contact:
> Joe Tozzi
> Director, Technology Center
> U.S. Department of Education
> Office of the Chief Information Officer
> Phone: (202) 708-9298
> Joe_tozzi@ed.gov
> ---
> More information on Nokia's LPS-1 Loopset can be found on the World Wide
> Web at:
> http://www.shopnokia.com/ .. then click on accessories.
> Contact:
> David J. Dzumba
> Nokia Mobile Phones, Research & Development
> Phone: (972) 894-4722
> Mobile: (972) 740-6798
> david.dzumba@nokia.com
> ---
> More information on Royal Bank and NCR Corporation's Audio Automated
> Teller Machine (ATM) can be found on the World Wide Web at:
> http://www3.ncr.com/product/financial/product/sss/personas.htm
> http://www3.ncr.com/press_release/pr082698.html
> Contact:
> Virve Tremblay
> NCR Canada Ltd.
> (416) 351-2101
> virve.tremblay@canada.ncr.com 
> ---
> More information on Luxury TowVan Corporation's Wheelchair Lift Equipped
> Tow Vehicles can be found on the World Wide Web at:
> http://www.towman.com/ltv/
> Contact:
> Stacey A. Paginton
> Luxury TowVan Corporation
> Phone: (503) 282-7079
> stacey-towvan@pcez.com
> 
> ---
> About AAES: 
> 
> AAES, the Association of Access Engineering Specialists
> http://www.narte.org/aaes.html was formed as a specialist group under The
> National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE)
> http://www.narte.org/ and in partnership with, The Rehabilitation
> Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
> http://www.resna.org/ in 1997.  
> AAES Objectives:
> 
> * To develop a body of knowledge and resource base for the design and
> development of accessible products and services.
> 
> * To encourage the development of access techniques and promote standards
> for access compatibility; and to convene industry/consumer forums as
> needed.
> 
> * To provide a vehicle to present problems, recommendations, solutions and
> new developments.
> 
> * To support an ongoing dialog between the disability communities and
> industry regarding access issues.
>