This
week was the first week of my internship. When I first got to my internship
Marsha my supervisor took me around and introduced me to everyone. I was then brought to my office and the
technical specialist set up my computer. I have the entire office to myself 4
days a week but I shared the office with another staffer of Fridays. I was
given two long term assignments. The first was to help create and moderate
the U.S Access boards website and the
second is a project is to write a report relating to public comments relating
to assistive technology. This week I focused solely on the project relating to
assistive technology. So far I have been provided with a series of common
concerns that people have asked relating to Public Policy on Accessibility. I
was then given a list of public comments
and responses relating to the concerns. My job was to Analyze the responses
people have and try to summarize the
concerns that people have. I was introduced to my mentor David Baquis at the
US. Access Board. The job of my mentor is to provide me guidance and assist me
in anyway with my work at the US Access board. My mentor deals with policy related to assistive
technology, so basically he will be working on the same projects as me. Later in the week I was invited to a meeting where several people came from the Middle East and spoke
about their countries policies relating
to accessibility. The purpose of them
coming is for the Access Board to get a better idea of the way other
countries are dealing with Accessibility and offer them any help or guidance in
making their country more accessible.
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