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20230306 Legislative Seminar: Day One
Originally Broadcasted in English on ACB Media 6, and in Spanish on ACB Media 7
 

• Connection Show #7
  o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
  o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 
   

• Opening Remarks
  o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL
  o Clark Rachfal, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Alexandria, VA
  o Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Alexandria, VA

• Introducing the 2023 Legislative Imperatives and Special Guest Speaker

• Deafblind Advocacy
  o Kim Charlson, ACB Immediate Past President, Watertown, MA
  o Megan Conway, PH.D., Director, Information, Research and Professional Development, Helen Keller National Center, Healdsburg, CA
  o Carl Richardson, ACB sight and Sound Impaired Committee Chair, Boston, MA
  o Koni Sims, ACB Board Member, Sioux Falls, SD

• Connection Show #8
  o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
  o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 
   

• Self-Advocacy for Older Americans with Vision Loss
  o Anisio Correia, Vision/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Palm Coast, FL
  o Jeff Thom, ACB Board Member, Sacramento, CA

• Accessible At-Home Testing
  o Dr. Jill Heemskerk, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC
  o Dan Spoone, ACB President, Orlando, FL

• Connection Show #9
  o Cindy Hollis, ACB Membership Services Director, Flat Rock, MI
  o Lucy Edmonds, Community Support Committee Chair, Lansing, MI 

• Accessible Health and Wellness
  o Tom Tobin, ACB Diabetics in Action President, Cleveland Heights, OH
  o Koni Sims, ACB Board Member, Sioux Falls, SD
  o Veronica Elsea, Accessible Insulin Pump Task Force Chair, Santa Cruz, CA
  o Sue Boyd, Sue Boyd Law, Kirkland, WA

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