Game. I have done this with both of my sons when they were younger, and it is an amazing experience. My kids will be playing a game, which i am total in not understanding at all, and my kids say, jump, and i go, how . Everything that is intuitive to them is completely foreign to me. The good news is i am at no risk of becoming addicted to video games. The last point i would like to make is that the environment is really changing rapidly. 10 years ago, if we had sat down and talk about seniors and technology, a lot of people would have wondered why seniors would want to use computers, but that has shifted. Over the next few years, as all of us move toward being seniors, we will not be wanting technology. We will be demanding it. The field is going to change, and more and more people are going to be here. So the ability to make Technology Accessible is there. Those of us charged with doing this have a really important role. We have to be able to provide the tools for the technology in wa
Everything else. Thank you. Next, i want to introduce you to a gentleman. He is tall, dark, handsome. Sorry, that was me. Wrong script. [laughter] you, too, right . Its your birthday, right . Ok. In all seriousness, a gentleman by the name of dmitri is here. I want you to meet him. His name is dmitri belzer. He has worked in the Disability Community for years providing Technology Access for more than 30 years. Trained as a sign language expert and interpreter, he established a Death Services program ast San Francisco state university, provided support services for colleges. We dont 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 dmitris direction, they have expanded it, they
Technology. I talked to my mother about this all the time. My mother hates technology, and she has had to learn so much. I had a conversation with her the other day, and she was naming all the things she has had to learn, all the things she owns, all the things she hates. Things like her dvd player, her vcr, or microwave, herself phone, her cordless phone there are so many things she has had to learn. In the Senior Center where she lives, she said the most commonly used assisted technology is a twoinchlong piece of black ls will take, used to cover the flashing light on the vcr and the dvd player black electrical tape. She says it is easier the learning to program the clock. For the most part, a lot of seniors to not trust technology. People have gotten the word that there are risks to using technology, and a lot of seniors want to stay away from it. As much as i want to get my mother to do Online Banking and paying her bills, never going to happen. She is never going to do that. At th
March 21, 2014, well be right with everyone. Are we ready . They havent adjusted the camera yet. Control room. Can you please zoom in on the asl interpreter so its more visible. City of San Francisco Mayors Disability Council thank you and welcome to the march meeting, you guys. Well ever welcome and introduction and roll call. Welcome and introduction, yes, thank you, roland. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council this friday march 21, 2014, in room 400 of San Francisco city hall. City hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Wheelchair access is provided at the grove van ness and mccall street. And entrance is provided via a wheelchair lift. Assistive listening devices are eligible at our meeting is open captioned and sign language interpreted. Our agendas are also available in large print and braille. Please ask staff for any additional assistance. To prevent electronic interference with the room sound system and to r
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 dont have a tool box of strategies for dealing with technology. We were more able to figure things out. I may not know where the downloads folder is, but i know it exists. I might have trouble finding it, but i know it is there. For someone that doesnt speak technology as well as i do, they dont know how to look for it. If you are someone i have an analogy for you. How many people here c