The ADAPT Community presents a webcast Web cast, "Real People-Real Voices" on Sunday, March 19th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Central, 12:00 noon Mountain, and 11:00 a.m. Pacific.

This Web cast will be part of testimony given by individuals with disabilities who have been institutionalized in nursing facilities and similar institutions. They will share their personal experience of the institutional bias in the American Long-Term Care System. This testimony will be before a
panel consisting of representatives from the Department of Health and Human Services - Office on Disability; National Council on Disability; American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD); National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), ADAWatch and the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).

To participate, please RSVP your participation to rsvp_webcast@mcil.org with RSVP in the subject line.

To link to this Web cast and download accompanying materials visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/calendar.html

For instructions on how to access a Web cast visit:
http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/instructions.html

And, to ensure your computer is configured and updated with the appropriate Player (MediaPlayer or RealPlayer), please test your system by Friday, March 17. For technical assistance, please check out our FAQs (frequently asked questions) at http://www.ilru.org/html/training/webcasts/FAQ.html.
And, should you need direct technical assistance on Sunday, call 713.520.0232 ext. 128 or 129.

This Web cast is a collaboration of ILRU with the ADAPT Community. For more information, go to http://www.adapt.org/.

Support is received from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The opinions
and views expressed are those of the presenters and no endorsement by the funding agency should be inferred.