THE TOP STORY OF THE WEEK

To help the hearing impaired to find or move to safer jobs, we have
taken up the compassion to show our readers and supporters where the
stimulus legislation will bring a lot of money.

The hot new jobs listed by major Obama initiatives, will include:

Initiative: Construction of Roads, Bridges, Transit and Rural Broadband

Key Jobs:

1. Construction managers
2. Project managers
3. Civil engineers
4. Computer-aided drafting specialists
5. Telecommunications engineers

Initiative: Greater Oversight of Financial Markets

Key Jobs:

1. Compliance accountants
2. Internal auditors
3. Tax accountants
4. Government regulators

Initiative: Energy Independence

Key Jobs:

1. Electrical engineers
2. Mechanical engineers
3. Power grid managers
4. Biofuels chemists
5. Sales and marketing

Initiative: Healthcare Modernization

Key Jobs:

1. Nurses
2. Information technology specialists
3. Bioinformatics specialists
4. Information security specialists
5. Software developers

Initiative: Volunteerism and Community Involvement

Key Jobs:

1. Social workers
2. Administrators
3. Translators

Yay! Social workers! That's US helping people get the same
opportuniity to safe, healthy, and productive living as everyone else!

Finally people need to start telling Dr. Brad Ingrao,
bingrao@... , that name-calling people like me is
inappropriate in a professional forum thats dedicated to the education
of the future deaf generations.

Brought to you by the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
Http://www.deafadvocacy.org

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DO YOUR SPRING SHOPPING AT OUR WEBSTORE.

We have some new sign language gift items that are being added to the
store.

Do your spring shopping at our eBay store today! Lots of products for
the deaf, and blind, and other disabilities. Remember your parents,
grand parents, brothers, sisters, family members, co-workers who need
adaptive equipment. Employers can shop here for equipment and
accessories for their hearing impaired workers.

Here is a teachertube video of our Enableworks training program in the
shipping room.

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=031f377bc1475befb61e

Buy Here, Buy Now, Pay Less with our ADA kits! This includes long
term savings associated with ADA compliance.

Stop by http://stores.ebay.com/OCDAC-Adaptive-Equipment-and-More today
to start your shopping.

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THE GRAPEVINES

Albertsons Community Partner Program
You Must Re-link Your Card to Continue Giving!

If you are currently part of the Albertsons Community Partner program
and use your card to give 4% of all your purchases to the Mission, you
will have to re-link your card number for us to continue earning
funds! Use your Preferred Savings Card Number and link (or re-link)
to "Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center" at http://www.albertsonscp.com

The Mission's ID # is: 49001002038. You'll need to re-link your card
by February 28th 2009 to keep earning 4% of all your purchases for
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center!

Please pass this notice around to your friends, relatives, co-workers,
and neighbors so they can link their cards as well.

Brought to you by The Orange Deafie Blog
Http://www.deafadvocacy.org/blog/blog.html

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MAXED OUT ON YOUR CREDIT CARDS?

Get yourself an OCDAC credit card through a special program at
http://www.cardpartner.com/enduser.aspx?AEID=D0974

We get a $50 donation for each person who completes the signup.

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THE FINGER BOWS

http://www.csunconference.org/

The 24th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Conference will be held:March 16-21, 2009

At the Los Angeles Airport Marriott & Renaissance Montura Hotels

Please join us as we celebrate 24 years of leadership in the
technology and disability fields. We will be presenting experts and
trends in assistive technology and persons with disabilities, while
also highlighting adaptive technology for aging and international
practices.

Brought to you by ASL News http://www.aslnews.com

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Take a look and bookmark our new search page!
Http://www.deafadvocacy.org/search.html . It's a good source of
information you can use.

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THE SOUR ORCHIDS

Movie theaters face suit over lack of captioned films
Advocates cite disability laws
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/400352_movies17.html

For most cinema buffs, silent movies went out with the Coolidge
administration eight decades ago.

But for film fans who are hard of hearing, today's theaters offer
little beyond an indecipherable silence. Captioned showings remain
rare, and existing technology that would allow attendees to read along
at their seats is rarely used.
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The grafts from the article clip above show that the captioning
technology is rarely used. Is it because of the high illiteracy rates
in the deaf community? You be the judge of the outcomes of this
acessibility feature.

Brought to you by the other Orange Deafie Blog at
http://ocdac.wordpress.com/

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COME TO OUR MEETUPS!

The Orange County American Sign Language Meetup Group -
http://asl.meetup.com/37/ - and the Orange County Deaf & Hearing
Impaired Meetup Group http://deaf.meetup.com/38/ meets each 3rd
Fridays of the month.

We are currently pondering a new location because our competition
appears to have hijacked the excitement, prestige, and normalcy of our
cherished monthly gatherings.

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FROM THE BLOGSPHERE

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCES KAREEM DALE AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO
THE PRESIDENT FOR DISABILITY POLICY

First Time a President has had a Special Assistant Focused Exclusively
on Disability Policy

BOISE, ID – Vice President Joe Biden today announced Kareem Dale as
Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy. The Vice
President, who was leading a Presidential Delegation at the 2009
Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho, made the
announcement during a stop at the Special Olympics' Healthy Athletes
Event, a worldwide program in which athletes receive a variety of
health screenings and services.

"The commitment that the President and I have to Special Olympics and
people with disabilities is deep and abiding. And we are backing up
those words with real action at the White House," said Vice President
Biden. "This is our first step to ensure that we have a strong
advocate for people with disabilities at the highest levels of our
Administration."

Dale, who is partially blind, will have direct access to the President
in this role and he will coordinate the Administration's efforts to
see that people with disabilities are on a level playing field with
all Americans.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Dale previously served as the
National Disability Director for the Obama for America campaign. He
also served on the Arts Policy Committee and the Disability Policy
Committee for then-Senator Obama.

Dale graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
with a Bachelor's degree in Advertising in May 1995. He received his
JD/MBA in May 1999 from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, graduating Cum Laude. While attending law school,
Dale was also active in community service, including serving as
president of two organizations, the Black Law Students' Association
and Open Forum.

Brought to you by the Hearing For Life Foundation
Http://www.hear-for-life.org

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advocacy for equal opportunities in safety, health, and productive living.

The Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center provides services for disabled
individuals and their families in our community who need help in
navigating the social services maze. Every day people go without
proper food, shelter, and essential medical care every day due to a
variety of factors including low wages, job loss, injuries, illness,
age, domestic violence, or divorce. While all of us are susceptible to
hard times, disabled individuals are at the most risk. With the
generous support of people like you, we are able to help many of these
families and individuals not only to meet essential daily needs, but
to work toward a brighter future with programs in job training,
education, counseling, elderly assistance, and temporary housing.

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