Notes from 47th International STC Conference
Orlando, Florida, May 21-24, 2000

A Report from STC's Special Needs Committee

Judith N. Skinner, Manager
Mark Hanigan, Fabien Vais, Andrew Malcolm, and Dan Voss

Session Description: This panel discussion focused on needs of persons with disabilities, the history and goals of the Special Needs Committee, and a report on the committee's work to date.

Note: Skinner presented an overview on the formation of the Special Needs Committee (SNC), along with its charter and a summary of its accomplishments in its first year. Vais discussed mobility restrictions. Malcolm addressed hearing impairments. Voss focused on the ethics of special needs. Notes are not available from these presentations, since I was a presenter. However, slides from two of the presentations (Malcolm and Voss) and .pdf files of the papers published in the Proceedings are available (see below), along with a link to the SNC Web site.

• "Deafness, an Introduction", presentation by Andy Malcolm at the panel discussion (Session #MG9AA).
• "The Ethics of Special Needs: It's a Matter of Fairness", presentation by Dan Voss at the panel discussion (Session #MG9AA).
• "How Did the Special Needs Committee Get Started?", paper by Mark Hanigan, STC President, published in Proceedings.
• "My Brain Works, My Legs Don't!... Let's Take the 'Dis' out of Disabilities" , paper by Judy Skinner, manager of Special Needs Committee, published in Proceedings.
• "Dealing with Special Mobility Needs: A Lesson in Patience and Coping", paper by Fabien Vais, published in Proceedings.
• "The Ethics of Special Needs: It's a Matter of Fairness", paper by Dan Voss, published in Proceedings.

Home page for STC's Special Needs Committee.

Meet the Special Needs Committee (well, some of us, anyway!)...

Top, from left: Mark Hanigan, STC president; Anke Harris, Dan Voss, Carolyn Watt, Connie Kiernan. Bottom, from left: Cynthia Lockley, Judy Skinner, manager, Special Needs Committee; Andy Malcolm, Fabien Vais. Not present: Linda Bell, Jodie Gilmore, George Hoerter, Gail Lippincott, Suzanne Lowing, Lynn Mcmanus, Gloria Reece.