then it established the united nations decade for disabled persons in 1983 to 1992. the u.n. then expanded the universal declaration of human rights to include people with disabilities some 35 years after the declaration was adopted and the united nations reaffirmed equal rights for people with disabilities through several -- for particularly the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in 2006 and declared on april the 2nd world autism day and so many times there is and actually unesco has really move forward none of addressing the problems with the framework for action to meet basic learning needs which calls on governments to pay special attention to the learning needs of the disabled and to take steps to provide equal access to education for every category of disabled persons as an integral part of the educational system kept of equal education for mentally and physically disabled people had been endorsed by several countries by the ratification of several international and regional agreements. so although we do hear criticism of the united nations, i think t

trading mental disability. the principal arguments against the linkage is that it will be viewed by some stakeholders as a mechanism to reduce disability payments and vis-a-vis mental disabilities. it could be addressed with carefully regulations and policy drefbts. the vdbc offered a recommendation that offered an approach to compensation that recognizes the relapsing and remitting nature of these illnesses. regarding the differences and approach to physical versus mental disabilities there's significant evidence that individuals with mental disabilities are less likely to seek and maintain a treatment regiment than those with physical disabilities. there's, of course, a resource built that accompanies an expanded treatment mandate and the committee was aware of that and as i'm sure most of you are. however, the vdbc recommendation to link compensation, treatment, vocational assessment and training and periodic evaluation offers the opportunity to reduce homelessness, and substance abuses among the veterans. s

i had a particular interest in working with people with developmental disabilities that come into contact with the criminal-justice system. i spent two years in albuquerque working with the crisis intervention team, working with police officers, giving them an additional 40 hours of training and around what to do if you come into contact with somebody who looks like they do not have a developmental disability and some key questions to the possibly ask them that may or may not tip you off to the fact that they may or may not be understanding the questions being asked of them. hopefully diverting those people the services that are more appropriate for them, rather than into the criminal justice system. so i have a particular passion for that. i want to end by saying i just left the equal rights advocates luncheon, and it occurred to me that they have been around -- i believe this is their 38th or 39th year. and listening to them speak about working on behalf of women and girls, i was thinking, wow, it would be great if an organization like that really did not have to exist. that is sort of

that's more difficult when you have to deal with disabilities. i think we can get ahead of the curve and line it up with policies and not only address mortality issue, but look into the future. what do you do with children with disabilities and as time goes on? it helps us in terms of not only in the context of public health, but development in general for the country and our ability to address, you know, public health in a global health issue like autism, and other diseases. >> thank you dr. shih. you mentioned in your testimony about voice of america being able to go on to that radio and talk about autism. have you been back with voice of america speaking and beyond that, how have you found the media? are they a good partner in getting the word out? has the media been helpful, and if not, could you maybe talk to us about how that would look if they were going to become a partner in this. >> voice of america -- they invited me, as a matter of fact, last april i was there, april 2 was autism awareness day. i was there, and they've been very helpf

in that context autism is a developmental disability pandemic. it is largely underrecognized, underappreciated in its impact and underresourced. caring for individuals with autism often takes as we all know a very high physical, emotional and economic toll on families and other caregivers. more severe forms of autism multitime over the require care in countries autism can overwhen he will their families as their lives become consumed with the considerable challenges of identifying appropriate biomedical and psychosocial treatments, and other needed support systems for their autistic child or children and eventually for as autistic adult. in less developed countries, the situation is even more desperate. very often there are no resources outside of the family to help. and rather than a diagnosis of developmental disorder, the child and the family may face cultural stigma and discrimination pushing the family and the child further into isolation and desperation. we all know that early interventions are effective in improving the functionality of th

, a permanent tribute to over 3 million disabled veterans. we have to honor their sacrifices and that will open on veterans day 2012. i have been privileged to be national spokesperson for that effort. tavis: it is one thing to play the character and another to be invited. something must happen that pulled you into a lifelong service and commitment to the issue. what happened that made you stick with it? what happened that got you? >> it was very moving, tavis. just to go there, first of all. i did not know anything about the organization. i had been involved with vietnam veterans groups prior to that in the chicago area. i have veterans in my family. i did not know anything dav.ingthabout the they wanted to honor me in chicago which happens to be where i'm from. i said i would love to come and i flew out there. they had me in a hotel room. the hotel that the event was that and they brought me down to the kitchen and took me around and brought me to this door. i heard my voice on the speakers out there and -- in the ballroom. i could not sit

the world needs to be open. >> people on disability has the task of addressing all the disability. when we are talk about the sidewalks, ramps, we have very specific issues. for people blind and low vision, we have the issue of knowing where they are and when the cross. it can be hit or miss. >> at hulk and grove, that sound the the automatic -- it helps people cross the street safely. >> now we have a successful pedestrian signal. >> i push the button, i get an audible message letting me know that i need to wait. when it is safe to cross, not only am i going to get an audible indicator, this button is going to vibrate. so it tells me it is safe. there is the driller sound and this trigger is vibrating. i am not relying on anything but the actual light change, the light cycle built into it. >> it brings san francisco from one of the major cities in the u.s. to what is going to be the lead city in the country. >> city working on all sorts of things. we are trying to be new and innovative and go beyond the ada says and make life more successful for people. >> disability rights moveme

our disabled and disadvantaged audiences as well. i was going to just comment that i think that maintaining and elevating the quality of our programs over the next couple of years will be among our greatest challenges, as we have generated this tremendous desire and need to come to the museum and see our collections and exhibitions. of course our special exhibition program, as i mentioned, is one of our top engines and driving that, and we're looking at a very ambitious program for 2013 that will commence with our presentation of the girl with the parole heariearl earinga, ag with the america's cup. really elevating the quality of work that we're doing is a huge challenge. our second challenge, or shall i say opportunity will be the maintenance and repair of both museum buildings, which as i mentioned, the city of san francisco loans, particularly in the wake of this huge visitation. -- which as i mentioned, the city of san francisco owns, particularly in the wake of this huge visitation. over this past winter and spring, for example

due disabled vehicle >7traffic, no oakland side to san francisco.e do have some delays in the westbound direction, largely due to the volume of traffic, but disabled vehicle on the right side, grant line road and slowing from at mop month toward livermore. disabled vehicle, not an accident, but at airway, sounds ane, chp but at airway, sounds doesn't think it is a big deal but i see slowing near pore toll la avenue well, commute has la avenue well, commute has built the rest of the build coming up. >> thanks, mike. we chris phillip and nancy garrido after pleading guilty to kidnapping and holding jaycee dugard against her will for 18 years. today in the bay's christie smith if in antioch and joins us with more good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we areqinhs] home wherehouse.v garridos<[_hd of this wherehouse.v garridos<[_hd of this s 0 >ing to the cly, the years in z y ensures that eoece his wife, todayw h 5 years old. it is expected that she will get 36 years to life. the el dorado county courtroom is expected to be filled with media f

major construction efforts to provide better access for people with disabilities ahead of the twenty fourteen makes. more news in less than fifteen minutes now next. with kate. hello welcome to the sports areas and these are the top stories. a thousand days to go the can down to the such a winter paralympics hits a key landmark as a games ambassador provide inspiration for the disabled. while imperious andy murray cruises past for time champion andy roddick choked will think song that beats outside of james ward to reach the final at queen's. red bull flying again sebastian vettel takes his six pole position for seven races ahead of sunday's canadian crown cray. but first there are one thousand days to go before the twenty fourteen winter paralympics in sochi and russia's world record holding swimming champion a lesser bloody killer spent the day meeting physically challenged people and talking about how she ever came her own horrific injury to become an olympic champion of at that onion reports. beijing two thousand and eight the paralympic games will russia's illicit world begin a

each of those days it attracts about 1000 disabled bevisitors. we can count 12,000 disabled vehicle -- visitors to have been served by those particular programs. i know you are interested in where we're going over the next three to

>> 170 -- the 130 right now on disability or modified duty. >> with in the 130 on disability or temporary modified duty, is this a number we have seen pretty consistently? how do we have put that in context? >> if you look at this next slide, you kind of go in and out on disability. that is pretty much consistent over time. >> walking through this chart, 21 individuals were added into the category of disability or temporary modified ability. >> and came back full duty. >> 87 were in one of those two categories. it is roughly around 70 to 80. at the same is true with modified. it looks like 30. >> right. >> in terms of, you mentioned the comparability to other apartments -- departments? >> in los angeles, they're about 11.2%, and we are about 12.3%. san diego is very low. at 3.8%, but they don't have modified duty. if we practiced the same methodology as san diego, we would also drop down dramatically when the modified duty people are called full duty. they are full duty officers because they perform a function that allows the officers to go out. we are in the part of the bell curve. >> th

there are thousands of ways people can be disabled. there is no harm in taking every opportunity that come along to upgrade your building for disabled access including something simple like changing your hardware so it's easy to operate. we have people age nothing place. people are growing older in their homes and have so adopt their homes. that's a simple adaptive feature you can provide for yourself or family or a rent at unit. it doesn't cost more and it makes a big dfshs. they acrew and make us an adaptable and friendly society. >> flooring and carpeting. what are the requirements for maintenance in flooring and carpeting in housing. >> 2 points. one a subflooring is not sufficient. there has to be a finished surface. whether it's hardwood, carpeting it can't be pliwood that cannot be kept sanitary. the 2 types with flooring as far as maintenance issues and habitability aspects is whether the surface is frayed. whether it has something to do with mold and mildew or is it worn out? those are the typical things that come up with resp

russian city of sochi undertakes major construction efforts to provide better access for people with disabilities ahead of the twenty fourteen paralympics. i'll be back with another update of our main news tours in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime how did emergency services work here in the russian capital what you can find out now in a program that's next on r.t. for a. hello and welcome to the show on this week's program we'll be taking a look at what to do in an emergency here in the russian capital. i'm going to services plus a few others thrown in and we saw new building of the european medical center. the private clinic has two locations the regional building. and the building located in prospect both are in the city center the e.m.c. here is the forefront of medical care in russia as one of the first private health centers in russia the clinic comes with more than twenty years of tradition and history. mc says that it has the country's best operating rooms and intensive care units say to be our twenty four diagnostic department and inpatient and outpatient center children and

our focus has been on disability compensation.evision of the vassar d on procedures for service members prisoning -- on the services and for noncompensation of life. recently we've a review of individual unemployment and a methodology for presumptions and the appeals process on its execs on disability compensation. my discussions with your committee staff included a request that i review the pertinent findings and recommendations of the veterans disability commission that met from 2004 to 2007 and made 113 recommendations covering a wide range of veterans disability issues. specifically, i was asked to discuss the vdbc recommendation to include compensation, treatment, vocational assessment and training and follow-up examination for veterans suffering from mental disability to include ptsd. they invested significant time and effort with the current methods of diagnosing, evaluating and adjudicating of claims suffering from mental illness including ptsd. the principal source documents that we used in the analysis was those as you m

there are so many older, disabled residents in parkmerced who have been there for years and years and years. it helps everybody. it helps the business is, and it -- it helps the businesses, and it will hopefully will encourage students to bring it less cars into our neighborhood. i think it is a great program. >> my name is jeannie scott. i am faculty at san francisco state university. i agree with everything the other two said, but what i really want to see happen is the m-line get out of the middle of 19th street and come to the side of san francisco state. i use the m, as well as the students. it is narrow and dangerous. there are a lot of backpacks, a lot of jostling, a lot of waiting. thank you. chairman nolan: ok, then we have a recommendation in front of us. is there a second? >> second. chairman nolan: all those in favor, say aye. >> item 12 -- chairman nolan: before we do that, our distinguished former chairman is here. i do not know if you would like to say anything. would you like to address the board? [laughter] >> you did not think he was going to say no, did you? chairma

commissioners and he's a thirty year old man who acts like a baby while collecting disability benefits let's make our guests had explored. the credibility of the f.c.c. the federal communications commission was called into question earlier this month when it was discovered that one of the five f.c.c. commissioners were that well baker was leaving her posed to become a lobbyist for comcast just four months after she had approved comcast controversy the acquisition of n.b.c. universal it was just the latest example of revolving door antics that take place all over washington d.c. now the f.c.c. has another controversy a merger on the dr docket this one between eighteen t. and t. mobile it could have profound effects on the wireless market brain in nearly half of all wireless customers about one hundred twenty eight million americans under the umbrella of one corporation and some organizations are worried there could be a revolving door repeat this case to one of those organizations is free for us and it's planning to launch a new campaign to shut the revolving door on america. here to ta

it is important for the disabled as well. over here is the controller. but this does is it provides information to the elevator where to go. receives commands from within the elevator and from the destination dispatched central -- dispatched central. these elevators are precisely the electronic breaks, so they need to be very precise. in accordance with the vfd to supply power to the elevator motor, which is right here. these are original d.c. drives. d.c. was in place at the beginning of elevators. it was easier to control. currently, new elevators are ac drives. but they are so expensive to replace and waste of materials. we have made it more efficient by providing aid to the electrical system to drive it. this is controlled by the same transistor that controls the toyota prius. when the elevator is empty, the counterweight polls the elevator and it generates electricity by breaking. the same thing as in your toyota creosote or another hybrid car. -- prius or another hybrid car. here inside we have the ibtv drive. this is important for landing of the e

we provide services to seniors and adults with disabilities. we contract with about 49 contractors, and among them is -- we provide a lot of services to the seniors and adults with disabilities, which include nutrition program, senior center services, naturalization, case management, and many others, about 20 of them. i'm very grateful to hear mayor lee today that all-be restoring the nutrition services. thank you very much. we still have cuts on the other -- almost all the programs attached, and we're waiting still for the final decision from the mayor's office. >> hi, everybody. good afternoon. i'm the general manager of your recreation and park department. we have the great pleasure of stewarding over 4,000 acres of open space around the city, including 220 neighborhood parks and several really fantastic jewels in district three. our priorities are very simple. we want clean, safe, fun parks for everyone. and vibrant, robust, healthy recreational opportunities for all. it is widely known that our department has had its share of budget challe

the 75 cent discount-fare for seniors and disabled customers will not change. cost based recovery increases includes repair -- include residential park permits and the disabled parking citation penalties. a complete list of the fees and fairs can be found by visiting the web site or by calling 311. no fare increases were approved for the current fiscal year. upcoming increases were approved as part of the implantation for the second year in 2010. the mta declared a fiscal emergency that was needed to bridge projected budget shortfalls. proposed funding solutions to bridge the shortfall is included transit service modifications and parking fees in increases. also proposed were transit fee increases as determined by the automatic indexing policy that you are approved, a boat -- blended policy based on the consumer price index for urban consumers. so, we needed to make sure that we reminded the public of those changes that would be affecting them on july 1. relating to ongoing activities, the following series of shutdowns this year allows for upgrades to our cable

discrimination against persons with disabilities. title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at

and extorts infrastructure and sports facilities off it paralympic athletes and spectators with disabilities. around the world and around the clock live from moscow you're watching r.t. it's exactly three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit japan causing widespread destruction leaving some fifteen thousand people dead the nuclear crisis that followed shows no sign of abating as radiation continues to leak forcing tens of thousands of black comedians into crowded shelters correspondent sean thomas joins us from tokyo sure three months into the japanese nuclear nightmare what stage are we now. very interesting. right now just to tell you where we are we are in front of the borders which. is responsible for the first time i did you. know down as a result. months ago in fact mark that very much now across the street here right now. when you wrote nuclear through the support of your power. to do the thing that you're demonstrating is i'd prefer him to come immediately behind her right now peacefully protesting or for our scientists say it's time to switch to clean energy but w

reports the city has begun preparing a world cup for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics he asked russia's their olympic champion to inspect these newly built airport. i actually like that this place is one of the few airports in russia that have moved to help disabled passengers to board the plane through the city however there are issues that require attention and i'm sure they'll be dealt with. all newly built ice rink steady and sends keep lists and sochi are equipped in accordance with strict paralympic standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a lot has to be done to comply sochi sidewalks shops and restaurants are also undergoing mess of construction to comply with strict standards so that nowhere is off limits and even though competition such as iceland harkey and alpine skiing will be held far from the city center thanks to the games sochi will be more acces

the seniors and disabled have seen their cups. this can be up to six months. we are meeting longtime tenderloin residents who are needed our help. hospitality house has been providing service and since 1967 and we are netted now more than ever before. -- we are needed now more than ever before. stand up for us as we have set up for you. think you. >> next speaker. >> i am from the institute on aging. we navigate people and we educate people how to use the social services. we advocate available services. also, we navigate for the care givers. this program was saved by the city about two years ago. >> thank you. >> i am a case manager. the budget cut is trying to get rid of one case manager. we are a small team of the case managers managing older adults, disabled, and seniors. i see more need, people asking to be on our wait list which has been put on hold. we have 80 or more people that were on the list and more people need to be on there. seeing sad to see the services -- it is sad to see the services being cut. we hope people will be able to stay in their hom