Marcia Brooks's guest appearances

Marcia Brooks

USH Talks

Jacque Duncan

Moa Wahlqvist

Kumar Alagramam

Hester van Diepen

Shannon Boye

Megan Cote

Hannie Kremer

Margaret Kenna

Karmen Trzupek

Hans Jørgen Wiberg

Gema García-García

Monte Westerfield

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In this USH Talk, Marcia Brooks shares an overview of iCanConnect, the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program. iCanConnect provides free equipment and training to people with both significant hearing and vision loss who meet federal disability and income eligibility guidelines. iCanConnect is a national program with local contacts.Speaker Bio: Marcia Brooks directs Perkins School for the Blind’s implementation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s iCanConnect/the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program in 22 states/U.S. territories. She also directs the program’s national outreach, and Perkins’ provision of services to over a dozen additional state iCanConnect programs. Previously, Marcia worked at the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) on federally funded research grants to improve universal access to media for people with disabilities, and earlier held management positions at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).  Marcia’s advocacy for solutions for people with disabilities includes service on the FCC’s Disability Advisory Committee; Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council; and the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee. She also served on the Univ. of California/Berkeley School of Public Health’s national advisory board for its CDC-funded Preparedness &amp; Emergency Response Research Center.

In this USH Talk, Marcia Brooks shares an overview of iCanConnect, the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program. iCanConnect provides free equipment and training to people with both significant hearing and vision loss who meet federal disability and income eligibility guidelines. iCanConnect is a national program with local contacts.<br><br>Speaker Bio: Marcia Brooks directs Perkins School for the Blind’s implementation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s iCanConnect/the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program in 22 states/U.S. territories. She also directs the program’s national outreach, and Perkins’ provision of services to over a dozen additional state iCanConnect programs. Previously, Marcia worked at the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) on federally funded research grants to improve universal access to media for people with disabilities, and earlier held management positions at the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).  Marcia’s advocacy for solutions for people with disabilities includes service on the FCC’s Disability Advisory Committee; Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council; and the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee. She also served on the Univ. of California/Berkeley School of Public Health’s national advisory board for its CDC-funded Preparedness &amp; Emergency Response Research Center.

iCanConnect: the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program, Marcia Brooks