Disability Rights Legislative Day will be held on Wednesday,
March 29, 2006.  Come join people with disabilities from all over
the state of Missouri in their efforts to affect the outcome of
various bills being considered by the legislature.  Registration
will be on the south lawn from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  There will
be a march around the Capitol from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM,
followed by a rally on the south lawn (in the rotunda in case
of rain) from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM.  The day will end with people
visiting various legislators and advocating for their desired
legislation from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.  We hope to see many
deaf and hard of hearing persons attend the Disability Rights
Legislative Day as there are two bills in the legislature this
year that particularly concern persons with hearing loss,
namely, HB 1036 (which would require captioning of all
electronic educational materials marketed to schools) and
HB 1825 (which would require real-time captioning of all local
news, weather and sports broadcasts by all TV stations in
Missouri).