Sunday, June 1 - Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accessibility at the STC Summit 2008

For the seventh year in a row, the STC AccessAbility SIG is proud to provide you with accessibility information for the annual STC conference.

To help plan your travels, we have information about arriving in Philadelphia by train or by plane. For those who would like to rent a scooter while in Philadelphia, we have an offer from Scootaround. We also have information about getting around the Pennsylvania Convention Center and downtown Philadelphia, and we have some practical tips about how you can make the most of your conference experience.

About the guide

The concept of an accessibility guide was originally to encourage people with special needs or disabilities to attend the conference by providing advance notice about the accessibility of the conference location. Some members have told us that their attendance at conferences was only possible thanks to the practical information in the guide that addressed their particular needs.

As is often the case with accessibility issues, benefits for one group tend to benefit everyone. The entire STC community can benefit from the information collected here on these conference pages.

We are pleased to continue the accessibility guide tradition begun by Fabien Vais at the 2002 STC conference with the then Special Needs SIG, now the AccessAbility SIG.

We want to thank the Philadelphia Metro chapter for its local support and collaboration.

Before you leave home, print - or download - any relevant pages, included the referenced links. They are useful travel companions!

Look for other links about accessible travel on the AccessAbility SIG resource pages.

Stay tuned as we post more information about the accessible Summit during the coming weeks! We plan to bring updates, as well as encourage discussion and sharing of travel tips on the new blog for the AccessAbility SIG.

Best regards,
The AccessAbility SIG of STC
and
The STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter site