if you're not marketing people with disabilities to employers as people with disabilities but rather as people who have skills and abouts and an interest in the job and can fill the employers needs. then we find th the proposition. >> loreta says: i will go to you real quick. this is a big debate in our community. how should we define productivity and value. >> there are particular case for our work programs. we base productivity base on an accepted norm. there are standards for individually every job. as our clients improve our productivity. they move on to our community employment services. that's where we look far particular case whether it's a landscaping crew. they can transition out in to the community and work in a commercial activity. >> is the filtering process here flawed in the way some people are unfairly pipelineed in to these sub minimum wage jobs whose abilities are not properly assessed. >> i think what we're caught in to is we're in a stage of transition where some of the philosophys are changing clearly. there's a hol a whole initiativ. the piece that's important to

mental health disability and other health-related disabilities. brown's plan is called "realignment." and the intention is to transfer thousands of non-violent offenders from state prisons to county jails. what the san francisco sheriff's department and our adult probation office saw was this was an opportunity and it's an opportunity to transition eligible lower-level offenders, who are convicted things like drug possession or theft, and to transition them back into the community with supportive services to help them break the prison cycle. so the community assessment service center is part of that strategy. it's a one-stop shop, where former inmates can meet with their probation officer and they can enroll classs that teach them job and life skills and they can get connected to housing and health resources. this has been a project that our office has been very passionate about supporting and we provided support from the very beginning. at the early stages we helped them find a suitable location that could be made fully accessible. we performed t

i work with senior and disability action. we advocate for better housing, better health care and those things that would allow elders to age in place. i want to read something that was said at a recent housing rally that took place on mission street about two weeks ago. it's about a younger disabled gentleman who live in the tenderloin. he says i'm 25 and never spent a third on my income on rent. for four years, i live on ssi. in san francisco now a market rate department in the tenderloin will rent for $1500 a month. that means there's no way for people with disabilities in san francisco to live in this city without some form of public housing and public housing isn't what the city is building. we have section 8, which is a wait list and hasn't been updated in a decade. we have thousands of people on the streets and yet mayor lee says that san francisco is experiencing an exno, -- economic book. it's a crisis for san francisco resident. we need the city to focus on addressing the crisis and addressing affordable housing so s

. >>> thank you and welcome to the mayor's disability council. welcome to the july meeting, you guys. wow, it's already july. we're in the middle of the year. we're going to have welcome introduction and role call by denise. >> thank you. good afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday july 19th, 2013 in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to person's using wheelchair and other devices. wheelchair access is provided at the maccal ster ramp via ramp. wheelchair access at the poke street carton b is temporary interrupted due to repairs. we appreciate your patience during this time and ask that you use any of the remaining entrances when visiting city hall. listening devices are available and our meeting is opened, captioned and sign language ininterpreter receipted. our agenda is available in large print and braille. ask staff for assistant. to be respectful, everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please either turn off all mobile phones and pda's or change set those devices to vibrate mo

the medical says disability is not normal and the disability resides in the individual. the social model says that society is the one that has to change so that the individual has an opportunity to live in the community. i personally believe that the key to living life with a disability is so comfortable in the community and feel as if you have control of your own life. so i was asked to give a report on something that is connected to me relating disabilities and what i've learned so far at the mayor's office disability. since i'm passionate about dancing, i did a report on action dance company which is a group that incorporates dances with and without disabilities. so access dance company is a dance studio incorporates people with and without disabilities in practices and performances. there are classes for adults and children alike. many of the kids classes include educating young people about disability and access. by studying about this company, i see how it connects to the ada and the decision which allows people with disabilities to live in community settings inste

so that is the disability committee. we have direct access to the secretary. chairman louis is the commissioner for the administration for now the newly formed intellectual and developmental disabilities. on that the aging said, mr. walker serves as the deputy assistant secretary for aging, advocating on behalf of older americans. now this new federal agency will seek to enhance and improve a broad range of support that individuals may need to live with respect and dignity as full members of our community. this needs to go well beyond health care. it includes the availability of private housing, employment, education, meaningful relationships, as well as social participation. in addition, we will be working with the centers for medicare and medicaid services to develop, refine, and strengthen policies that promote independent living among all populations, especially those served by medicaid. we would also look with cms to promote home and community-based services and support. last but not least, i will be remiss if i forget to mention that may is also the time

my dreams, permanent employment for people with disabilities. have to keep dreaming that that is going to come. a dream one day that you know, we can walk into an office and get a job without a struggle, or without disappointment, or without something that is going to hit us in our face. and again, as i say, teamwork. because teamwork makes the dream work. teamwork. and then you guys, to let us be an example as a council for all over the world. let people come and say we want to go down there, because carla got the baddest council you know? joanna is the baddest girl in the mayor's office on disability. that is teamwork. we all teamwork together with the mhs, with nami, all of us together so we can have dreams that come true. my hopes is that we all again -- i'm not saying this redundantly, but work together to make this a better world. in our own voice is a speaking bureau, with nami, and it's about when you want to call it "recovery" whichever you want to call it, it's a tool here in san francisco. that is available for you to use. thank you.

first the definition disability. a definition of duration of disability. it's a health or mental impairment that physical or mental impairment permits earning up to the capability level, just over a thousand dollars a month, and it's expected to continue for at least 12 months or result in death. that's the basic today. one question, one, you asked, well, it's a program supposed to protect workers against disabling condition that prevents them from working and earning, so does this offer an answer to the disabled? my answer to that is basically, yes. a second question then that we should ask are those with help impairments are still capable and rolled into or being allowed on to the program, and my answer to that question is also in the affirmative. actually, the second question you have to ask is, is it the policy or the agency's implementation of the policy? basically policy compliant resulting in an affirmative answer to the second question. i'll talk about this a little more in a few minutes. the policy itself causes difficults in implementation and ca

so that is the disability committee. we have direct access to the secretary.irman louis is the commissioner for the administration for now the newly formed intellectual and developmental disabilities. on that the aging said, mr. walker serves as the deputy assistant secretary for aging, advocating on behalf of older americans. now this new federal agency will seek to enhance and improve a broad range of support that individuals may needli

we don't call them disabled. they happen to have a disability. he joined pacific bell, helped organize honda the advisory group for people that happen to have a disability. he gave them put to that company on how to develop features that will help them do better. he became the director of death and disabled services. he was executive director for berkeley in 2001. under dmitri's direction, they have expanded it, they have done so many different things. i can't even less the mall. he sends people out that happen to be disabled and of a test things. before they get out there, to make sure that they are done the right way. so they can practically help people. it is my pleasure right now. give a warm welcome cojones -- to mr. dmitri belzer. [applause] >> thank you, dave. i just decided who will be giving this speech that my memorial service, that is a great introduction. i want to talk to them about how people with disabilities use computers. the first and want to talk about is my family. i come from a family of eastern european immigrants. they were

away, one illness away from being disabled. we, those who are not disabled, we have to start thinking would we want to be institutionalized if that accident happened to us? if that illness happened to us and now we're disabled? is that what we want for ourselves? i tell you, you ask anyone that well how about making sure we don't have it for people who are disabled right now. >> reporter: however long it takes, ricardo thornton says he will continue to advocate for change. >> i feel that everyone should be given an opportunity. it's time for institutions to close. it's time for new things to happen. this house here is a blessing to us. i got a wife, i love her and i have a son and i'm seeing him grow and a family. so i'm really enjoying life and want to see other people enjoy life. >> reporter: thornton says a big part of enjoying life is his work at the library, adding he has no plans to retire any time soon. >> brown: now, reading the thermostat to predict a violent climate. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: hot temperatur

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well, thank you, everyone here today for the aging disability technology summit. it is an honor for us to be here today to support this important event for the city and county of san francisco. my name is ann, and i direct the state broadband initiative of the national telecommunications and information administration, which is in washington, d.c. our agency and tii is part of the u.s. commerce department, and it is the executive branch agency that is in charge of advising the president on telecommunications and information policy issues. we are at the forefront of the obama administration's push to establish a broadband foundation needed to support the innovation economy in the united states. we are looking to produce better and new jobs and position to ensure that america remains at the forefront of the economy in the 21st century. we are working to ensure that all americans have the resources and the skills necessary to fully share in all of the possibilities, civic, social, and economic. all of these made possible by the internet. that is one of the reasons we

the experience that people with disabilities had at the exercise. there was a short discussion about establishing a standard operating procedure check list for sheltering for the disabled. included in that list was items was insuring minor children and what to do with [inaudible] that arrived and determining the special needs of the shelter. a more comprehensive information will be accomplished. they heard the presentation on the role of social immediate in a disaster. we went to text or multimedia shared on on online environment such as a blog, forecast or forum. social network is the ablth of socializing in an online community and using facebook, twitter or you tube. social media imbed in each posting. during recent disasters people have posted photos and videos to online communities. this information along with the imbedded stamps allows relief workers to make charts of the affected areas and see where the greatest needs lie. there are challenges to using social media with those with disables. folks with visible impairment, and dyslexia and other

, either physical disabilities or intellectual disabilities are doing or can do that might surprise our audience? >> there is such a wide range. let me give you an example: we have a company actually in delaware but it's a regional i.t. company, thousands of employees. they've committed over the next few years that 3% of their i.t. consultants will be people with autism because they found that many people with autism are great at data testing and software quality analysis. we've met executives at microsoft and highmark insurance company who are deaf. walgreens is an incredible employer. half of their employees at distribution centers in south carolina and connecticut have a range of disabilities. that's why the focus has to be on the ability and not the disability. people have so many different things to offer, but so often these folks have not been given a shot, we're trying to change that. >> woodruff: but you're not talking about a state government requiring employers to do something, is that right? >> no. and the beauty of this is if you talk to these businesses, once they give some

that's people with disabilities. we haven't made nearly enough progress even since the passage of the american with disability act. more than two-thirds of working age americans with the disability are outside the labor force. that's more than 10 million people we are not reaching in order tap in to their talent. so this year's initiative was entitled a better bottom line; employing people with the disability inspect is the blueprint we'll be releasing today. we use that phrase a better bottom line, because that is how we are focused can. it's not about charity. one of the most powerful part of the entire was was to listen to business leader tell others they employ people with disability not out of charity because it's in the best interest of their shareholders. we have to raise awareness how tapping in to the talent pool can be effective for businesses. we had more than 60 meetings and event of governors and the policy makers. and business people advocate and the like. i was particularly taken bay comment that the c

talking about an intersection of folks that have chronic and on going mental disabilities. i want to make an open invite to the subcommittee and representatives of different organizations here in this room and unfortunately david campos left but i would like him to come to a testimonial forum to talk about the proposal of the san francisco police department crisis intervention team armed with tazer guns during interventions. we can talk about down the roads of the why's -- i imagine people in the room have experience with people with chronic mental disabilities and with a weapon is not in the interest of folks experiencing mental health crisis. official there is also the. >> >> intersection of folks living with mental health disorders that have aging issues and people living with aids and different levels of physical compromise and people less ability to advocate for themselves and the side effects of taizing. so quickly we are having a planning meeting tonight and we open it up to all organizations and the subcommittee and about official that wants to come and talk about s

it is true some of the things that we see going on in senior disability action. if you're a senior or person with disability in a rent controlled affordable housing and been there for a time you're walking with a giant target on your back and it's causing mental anguish of people. you see landlord it's people in the housing and you know this they pull the mickey house games, not cashing the checks, low level harassment and low down thing just to force the people out. that's what is happening. another thing is the senior and disability service provider community which does generally pretty good job but still there's a great need for more cultural awareness sensitivity toward lgbt seniors and people with disabilities especially among seniors. people get older and end up in the mainstream places where a lot of them are forced to go back and not admit they're gay. it's very, very problematic, so one thing i would mention and i don't want to take more time but a recommendation that has come up consistently with people that we met with is some kind of mandated e endors

i urge you to employ seniors and people with disabilities in computer labs around san francisco. you have a golden opportunity to be a leader to show the rest of the in addition, the capped resources of people and seniors with disabilities. when you were looking at the budget keep in mind how technology has connected the community. there were none before. thank you for the opportunity to be heard >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please >> why don't we keep doing. >> i'm jessica. >> hold on one second let's get the microphone on. we need the microphone victor >> now i can here myself. i'm confused of the programs. the seniors have ensured lots of cuts. this year is a time to make sure we're support the parts of our community. i want to ask to support the enhancement request this is for homeless folks and he shelter. we are in a housing crisis this is a modest amount. i want you to pay attention to the housing collaborative. we're asking one million dollars and this is again combaej folks and improving housing conditions. we think it's critical that tenants are i

the disability disaster committee now meets every other month. the mbc physical access committee will meet on friday august the 9th 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. market street first floor san francisco california 94103. the mayor's disability council they will be no council meeting in august. instead we'll have a council leadership development session on monday august 26th 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. city hall room 34, 1 dr. carlton place san francisco california 94102. the mdc executive committee meeting will meet on tuesday august the 20th, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. city hall room 421, 1 dr. carlton place san francisco california 94102. and i think you can turn to -- on the internet for common/mdc upcoming meetings. >> thank you very much. information team, any correspondence? >> yes, cochair wilson. there was one piece of correspondence letter from wendy which should have been in your packet today and i would check with our staff if there is any other correspondence to bring to their attention. >> it's that one piece. >> we did

almost half of all households headed by someone with a disability did not have a computer. compare that to only 20% of households that do not have a computer if they were headed by someone without a disability. similarly, 43% of homes headed by someone with a disability subscribed to broadband compared to 72% of all homes, a 29-point difference. our data also shows that older americans, particularly those 65 and older, are less likely to live in a home with a computer or to have broadband internet access at home. and what is more, as we look further into this data, we found that when we looked at other socioeconomic factors, like in come or education, it did not fully explain it the gaps. even after accounting for a socio-economic and geographic factors, african-american and hispanic households still lack a white household in broadband adoption by 11 percentage points. at rural households still lacked urban households by five percentage points. these ongoing disparities and our critical need for our nation's future to overcome them are white today's summit is so important -

this is also about the disabled. some of these kids and the cycle toe pick madison -- second sychotropicp medicines. it is not just me saying it. it is other people. host: if you want to find no more about the organization itself or talk about social therity disability, go website. we will talk about the hurdles associated with the joint strike fighter. the national security agency. have you ever wondered how it is organized? willll talk about discuss. first, we get an update of news from c-span radio. a president obama is lodging -- launching a two-day bus tour to promote proposals for making college more affordable. today, he will be at the university of buffalo. that is one of several cities that have a chapter of say yes to education. it is a new scholarship program offering varying degrees of academic, social, and financial support meant to steer students towards college. deliberations expected to begin today in fort hood, texas. to determine whether army major hassan is guilty of the 2009 shooting rampage at fo

>> they could be physical, cognitive disabilities. we provide services to all types of ability levels. >> how many people are we talking about that you help each year? do you know off the top of your head? >> we serve thousands of individuals. >> wow. who pays for it? >> the services are paid for through various entities throughout the state. so some individuals receive assistance through medicaid, some receive assistance through the division of rehabilitation services as well as the developmental disabilities administration. >> okay. so how do you develop jobs based on your clients abilities. that's one of the things where you do. there's a lot of people you're able to get back to health. >> correct. >> and then have place ment for them. is that right? >> yes. we work with each individual. we do assessments. we get to know the tal talents of the individuals, what their employment interests are and from there we start tayloring employment opportunities in the community. >> are there those who might come in who has conditions from birt

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she wasn't able to come because of her disability. she said she wanted to die in or own home. with current senior housing timelines she told me she feels like she would be dead before getting a placement and she is scared of being homeless. in another case a fellow named henry terminally ill gay man with aids complications living in the sunset. he's trying to get wells fargo to delay his eviction so again he can die in his own home. the financial strain and displacement and services and medical services and support contribute to much or decline of lgbt seniors here in san francisco and elsewhere. we have to often institute a suicide watch in these cases due to the feelings that people have when they are being evicted from their homes. our goal is keep our neighbors in our homes. we work with a liances in this room and outside and we are glad that they're there to help people facing eviction. they're like the last line of defense. she said no when we can't help them we send them over to you. we use occupy style tactics. we door knock on their homes from foreclosure lists that t

>> about 35% are disability. about 5% are actually sexual orientation and additional three to 5% are gender identity. >> okay. >> so it's a little over 40%. >> okay. great. thank you. can you stay up there for a few seconds if people have questions. robert do you want to give a run down and if people have questions. >>i would like to share with you the annual eviction report that came out. i have four copys. >> that's great. copies are always good. we have a lot of paperwork, so hopefully we are here for another 15 minutes. >> good morning. i just wanted to share with you some of our latest numbers from the annual eviction report that the rent board publishes every march for data that goes from march 1 -- in this case of 2012 to the end of february 2013, and so some key highlights. the number of eviction notices this year was up 26% to 1395. those are the eviction notices that are filed with the san francisco rent board, and then the second page has some highlights of the kinds of evictions that went up and down

this is the analysis of impediments and looks at barriers for individuals with disabilities.there is the living with dignity plan that daas created and has section of housing needs and individuals and seniors with disabilities. unfortunately given the lack of funding for affordable housing in the city we haven't been able to actualize many of the ideas over the years so i appreciate the focus you folks are bringing to this and i am happy to get you more information and support your work in anyway i can. >> great. can you stay there for a second? i think we have questions for. >>you i have a quiet out of curiosity. has anybody looked into the possibility or feasibility of pooling all sorts of subsidies together that lgbt seniors, hiv positive people, all of those groups receive and use that pooled funds on an annual or monthly basis to invest in house something. >> there are a couple thoughts. first of all the city does something like that for some target the populations that it has prioritized so it has money -- city general fund dollars that it puts into subsidies for specif

i know that people with disabilities are paying the price. there are disability advocates and worked closely with the mayor's office. according to the mathematical san francisco has twice as many brakes with hundreds of thousands of brakes issued by other bay city's. they suggest that plagued abuse it common place and they confiscate several brakes every year. enforcement is not enough we need the right rules to stimulate the right behavior. and brakes should help the disabled and that's why we have the number of unmetered blue spots adding many more spots. i want to have enforcement easier with increased oversight by the dmv and making the plagued photos available. another recommendation is out of the advisory committee is disability brakes shouldn't mean parking for unlimited time which is law school san francisco to requirement meter payments. i'm committed to working with the mayor's office and office of disability to push those remedies forward and hope when we consider this in september i will as well. the rest of my items i'll submit >

disabilities' exist because of the -- i don't ask the client what their disability is because it is irrelevant. what do you want to deal on a computer? the print is too small, we can fix that. the mouse or the keyboard is too difficult, try this. try speech input, we will try different things to get the technology to work. the technology is what creates a disability. the other believe that we have is that it is important to step back from what we know at listen to our clients. has to stop putting our beliefs on them. we have to look at where people are coming from with technology. and figure out what the issues are that they are having. the big question that we often asked is, when someone is struggling, is that a disability issue or a learning curve issue? we find that the disability issues are the easy fixes. the small print, hard to use a mouse, all of that is very easy to fix. the learning curve issues are really the hard ones for most people. most seniors and don't have a tool box of strategies for dealing with technology. we were more able to figure things out. i may not know where the d

our disabled veterans. oftenad of recovery is such a long haul.merica needs to be there for you during that long haul. and that is the lesson of the extraordinary young man i told you about when i spoke to you three years ago. an army ranger, sergeant first class corey ramsburg. a massive ied in afghanistan nearly killed him. he was in a coma for months with severe dramatic brain injury. then how when i saw him in the hospital he had come out of the,, but he still cannot speak. when i asked him how he was feeling, he slowly brought his hand up, and he pulled his fingers together and he gave a thumbs-up. his mom was sitting there with him. , i saw cory and his family again, this time in phoenix where they live. i wanted to give you an update on how he is doing. i suspect it won't surprise you , the yearst for cory since it surgeries have been heart, brain surgeries, half a dozen of them, surgeries to place part of his skull, i surgeries, -- eye surgeries, special surgeries on his lungs, all told dozens of surgeries and procedures. rehab has been gr

i manage a program for people with disabilities that need assistance devices.here is a great program with the at&t network. a co-worker and i work with it. if anyone is interested in borrowing the equipment, you can call our office. we can help you to register. it has no cost. you can keep it up to 30 days. you can borrow a lot of things that will help people with different needs to play wii or do anything else. even simple things. let's say someone wants to buy a walker but you are not sure what kind. if the center happens to have different ones, you can try different walkers before you make a final decision of what you want to buy. >> fantastic. they will have a resource table throughout the course of the day. if you want more information about the adapted wii equipment, this is what it comes in. when we went through the metal detector this morning, they looked very closely at this thing. it just has the remotes, the sip and puff, and the different adoptive -- adaptive equipment for the wii. the cost is around $1,000. they have already purchased it. they will