NEWS about disability issues and assistive technology
- 2010 International VSA Arts Festival
- Download a FREE Fair Housing Booklet
- Free Cell Phone and Cellular Service
2010 International VSA Arts Festival
From June 6-12, 2010, VSA will bring together artists, educators, researchers and policymakers with and without disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. The Festival will feature visual, performing, literary, and media artists and than 2,000 participants from around the world. Performances will take place at a variety of venues in Washington, DC. For more information read the Festival Calendar. VSA is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Get a FREE Fair Housing booklet
You can download a Fair Housing booklet off the Disability.Gov website. The booklet includes information on the Fair Housing Act and housing rights of people with disabilities and others. Document is in pdf format. You must have Adobe reader to download, open and read the booklet. Download Adobe reader here.
Free Cell Phone and Cell Service
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there could be such thing as a free cell phone and cell phone service. SafeLink Wireless is a government supported program that provides discounted or free cell phone and airtime each month for income-eligible customers. The service is in conjunction with the Lifeline Across America program. “Lifeline Across America” is a federal/state working group that includes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). Their mission is to provide information and resources regarding the Lifeline and Link-Up programs, which provide discounts to low-income consumers for telephone installation and monthly telephone bills.
Cell phones are provided by Tracfone.
Ohioans particpating in the Safelink program will receive a free cell phone from TracFone and a free cell plan that includes 68 minutes of air time. Additional TracFone minutes can be purchased at any retail outlet selling TracFone phone cards.
The cell phones provided through Safelink Wireless should be compatible with hearing aids.
To qualify for the Safelink program, you must be a Lifeline participant. If you are not already signed up with Lifeline, go to the Ohio Lifeline Telephone Assistance web site to see if you qualify, and to enroll in the program.
If you are already enrolled in the Lifeline program, go to the Safelink enrollment Safelink website. For further Safelink Wireless information or enrollment assistance, call 1-800-977-3768.
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Assistive Technology of Ohio is a sponsored program at The Ohio State University. Updated May 4, 2010. If you have trouble accessing this site and wish to request an alternate format, please contact us.
