. >> hello my name is regina berkner and for the last 20 years i have been involved in the business of this hearing, which is making sure that disabled people have an opportunity to gain their education and to apply their education to a functional lifetime job that may allow them to survive in the workforce. and in life. i am here primarily to introduce my niece, over there, and she just graduated from san francisco state with a bachelor's degree in marine science. and environmental concerns. and she has been a volunteer at the academy of sciences for over 21 years. her activities at the academy of sciences came about through an act of discrimination, she tried to sign up for a junior academy course. and was told by the then, person, who is in charge, that they could not have people with disabilities, because they did not know how to teach them or how to get along with them. or anything else. so, i contacted the board at the academy, and voiced my concerns about that act of discrimination and they said that we will wait until the regular person is here that person came back and immedia