The White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals Newsletter, Spring 1977
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OCR Page 1 of 9Setting acquainted at a reception after the
Toasting the success of the Conference are
Consumer Task Force meeting are Frank Kells,
Consumer Task Force member Joe Veisz of Florida
State Director of Arizona, Sherri Ash and
and Lee Lawrence, Conference staff Public Informa-
George Conn of the Conference staff.
tion Coordinator.
ouis Rigdon, also of the Conference staff,
hakes the introductions (seated).
Harold Snider, Coordinator of
Programs for the Handicapped,
Smithsonian Institution, won
agreement with his observation,
"In bringing these issues together
and in voting on them, it is my
view that the most important thing
about the White House
Conference is that for the first time
handicapped Americans are
being seen to speak for ourselves;
that the government is going to be
forced to be responsive
/ don't
think we'll be doing this for
Conference priorities are under discussion by Paul Ackerman,
nothing." He added, "I think the
Conference staff member, Harold Snider of the Smithsonian Institution
way the staff has synthesized the
ind Parthenia Smith of the Council for Exceptional Children.
issues really gives us something
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