HiSoftware
Advisor
-
Accessibility
Standards
and
Technology
Ross
A.
Doerr
is a
former
electrician
from
Pompano
Beach
Florida
who
began
losing
his
eyesight
in
the
late
1970’s.
When
it
became
apparent
that
he
was
going
to
go
blind,
he
left
the
electrical
trade
to,
as
he
put
it
“avoid
the
shock
treatments”
he
seemed
to
be
inflicting
on
himself
with
increasing
regularity.
He
went
on
to
be a
graduate
of
the
N.H.
university
system’s
Plymouth
State
College
with
a BA
in
East
Asian
History
and
a
minor
in
Political
science
in
third
world
developing
nations.
He
went
on
to
receive
his
J.D.
from
the
University
of
Santa
Clara
School
of
law
in
Santa
Clara
California
in
1988
and
was
admitted
to
practice
law
in
New
Hampshire
in
1989.
During
his
time
in
New
Hampshire,
he
has
had
his
own
solo
law
practice,
worked
for
the
Governor’s
commission
on
Disability
in
the
Client
Assistance
Program
and
has
gone
on
to
the
New
Hampshire
Association
for
the
Blind
where
he
wears
the
hats
of
Technology
Consultant,
ADA
Accessibility
consultant,
Section
508
advisor
and
RTA.
He
has
brought
the
Association’s
Technology
and
Braille
program
into
existence
for
the
Association
which
includes
a 6
station
computer
lab
with
screen
reading
software,
screen
enlarging
software
and
other
similar
adaptive
technology
for
the
State’s
blind
and
visually
impaired
individuals.
Additionally,
he
has
researched
and
written
most
of
the
class
curriculum
for
the
numerous
training
programs
that
he
teaches.
It
is
his
way
of
giving
something
back
to
the
community
of
the
disabled
who
are
coming
after
him
in
New
Hampshire.
“Nobody
should
have
to
try
and
learn
this
technology
and
learn
their
rights
the
way
that
I
had
to
do
it”.
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