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Classifieds: FREE: NYC Accessible Community, Culture and Technology Fair at the library!


Wednesday November 7th, 12:30 – 5:00 PM in the New York Public Library’s flagship The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, entrance on 42nd street, just west of 5th Avenue, in the Bartos Forum. Free! No registration needed.

The Fair will include: 40 tablers from educational, employment, advocacy, arts, recreation, technology, and support organizations; fun accessible art activities and demonstrations of new adaptive technology; speakers on employment resources; individual consultations, headshots. Many of the tablers will have information on this year's added theme of employment, volunteering, and skills building.

New! Verbally Described touch tours of the historic Stephen A Schwarzman building will be offered at 2:15 PM and 4:15 PM

Free! No registration needed.

This years' featured organizations include: (*s denote first time tablers)

Center for Independence for the Disabled New York (CIDNY), Whitney Museum, Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, Lighthouse Guild, NYC Office of Emergency Management, NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Dorot, Intersection (LinkNYC), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Computing Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP), Brooklyn Museum, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Bookshare, Catholic Charities Guild of New York, Xavier Society for the Blind, Eye Assist LLC, Brooklyn Public Library's Inclusive Services, NYC Parks and Recreation, Origami Therapy Association, CTECH, Tenement Museum, Visions Services for the Blind, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Transit Museum, Independence Science, Google inc., Queens Museum, NYS Commission for the Blind, Guide Dog Users of New York, Pedestrians for Accessible and Safe Streets, The Noguchi Museum, Lewis Latimer House Museum, *3Doodler, Museum of Modern Art, Single Stop, Greater New York Council of the Blind, National Federation of the Blind, and more to come...

Contact information

For more information, find us online at talkingbooks.nypl.org, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nyplheiskell, or 212-206-5400. Or contact Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator, at (212) 621-0627

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