Award Winning Athlete and Author, Rachael Scdoris, Guest of Accessible World Sports Talk Friday, December 14, 2007
During this week's Sports Talk event, sponsored by the Accessible World, you will have the opportunity to visit with Rachael Scdoris, a professional sled dog racer from outside of Bend, Oregon and an outstanding athlete in spite of being visually impaired. You have seen and heard her on over 19 national television broadcasts, including: ABC Sports, National Geographic, Good Morning America, NBC Today Show, and on Peter Jennings on ABC World. She has also been featured in numerous magazines including: SI Women, Outside, Teen, Time, Seventeen, National Geographic World, Runners World, Nike Goddess, and more.
Attendees will also be interested in her published work, "No End in Sight", Available from Bookshare.org, National Library Service for the Blind (NLS), and Amazon.
Time: 4:00 p.m. Pacific, 5:00 p.m. Mountain, 6:00 p.m. Central and 7:00 p.m. Eastern
Where: Sports Talk Room on Accessible World Home page:
http://www.accessibleworld.org
You may also use the direct link:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs4133c64356dc
Don't miss this opportunity to invite all your friends and colleagues.
All online interactive programs are open to everyone worldwide. There is no direct cost, and no need to register. NO PASSWORD IS REQUIRED.
If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms.
Archives of all events and sign up information for all mailing lists are available at:
http://www.accessibleworld.org.
Media Contacts:
Robert Acosta, Chair, Planning Committee
818-998-0044
Email: boacosta@pacbell.net
http://www.helpinghands4theblind.com
Pat Price, Events Coordinator
The Accessible World Symposiums
Vision Worldwide, Inc.
317-254-1185
Skype: patprice1
Email: pat@patprice.org
http://www.accessibleworld.org