Notes from 51st International STC Conference
Baltimore, Maryland, May 9-12, 2004

Secondary Disabilities:
The Vicious Circle (How One Impairment Can Cause Another

Round-Table Presentation within Progression entitled
Willing and Able: How Technical Communicators with Disabilities Can Succeed in Their Profession

Dan Voss, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Ria Voss, clinical psychologist and medical social worker
Lori Gillen, technical writer, McKesson Health Solutions

Session Description: In addition to the discussion of secondary disabilities, this thought-provoking progression included discussions on international variations in wheelchair accessibility, airport security regulations as they pertain to disabilities, making hotels and other large public places truly accessible, adaptive technologies and techniques for people with vision problems, and workplace accommodations for people with mental or emotional disabilities.

• Notes are not available from this session because I was a presenter. Links are provided below to the materials from this session, which are posted on the conference materials web site.
   
• Paper in Proceedings
• Briefing charts from round-table presentation
• The conference materials web site also includes materials from the several other tables in this progression and another AccessAbility SIG progression on web site accessibility (Section 508). Look for the material under the following authors' names: Amy, Bine, Chisnell, Gillen, Groves, Lisney, Lockley, Marty, and Voss. In all, 18 accessibility-related files are housed there.
• Be sure to check out the AccessAbility SIG's comprehensive web site (rapidly becoming a definitive resource on accessibility), our acclaimed online newsletter, Achieve!, and articles and publications from previous conferences and in other forums.