http://www.D. "Every person should be able to
attend any performance and enjoy it to the greatest extent technology allows
because our society needs the arts and the arts need every audience member.

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4 billion to Alaska's State budget revenues
through cash transfers, capital projects and debt service payments.

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People with disabilities - how they live, learn, work, play and travel.

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"The honorees today are helping 54 million persons with
disabilities live the goals of the President's New Freedom Initiative.

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1 million in grants for the production of
rental housing for persons with disabilities.

The Special Needs Housing Grant Program (SNHG) funds can be used for
acquisition and rehabilitation, rehabilitation, or new construction .

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It provides statewide financing for multi-family complexes,
congregate facilities, and single-family homes, with special loans for
first-time home buyers, low- and moderate-income borrowers, veterans ,
teachers, nurses, and those living in rural areas of the state. AHFC also
provides energy and weatherization programs, low-income rental assistance
in 18 communities, and special programs for the homeless. Richard Fitzgerald, also a theatrical sound designer,
introduced the Infrared Listening System, ILS, to Broadway in Peter Pan at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theater.

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us, click on [Download] [Special Needs Housing
Grant Program Application Kit 2006]. Another service, Show Trans(TM), makes live
theater enjoyable for non-English speaking audiences and is available for most
Broadway shows.
Sound Associates, Inc. Thomas was posthumously awarded a Tony
for 'Outstanding Theatrical Achievement.

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, a Secretary's Highest
Recognition Award for 2005 honoring their decades-long commitment to making
the magic of live theater more accessible to special needs audiences through
innovative use of technology. Richard Fitzgerald, CEO of Sound Associates,
Inc.' His achievement continues today
through the work of his sons, Richard and Peter, who are both distinguished
Broadway sound designers.

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For almost sixty years Sound Associates, Inc.

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Award Celebrates Achievements Aiding Blind, and Deaf Theater Patrons

WASHINGTON, The US Department of Health and Human
Services today awarded Sound Associates, Inc.C. The event held each October celebrates National Disability
Awareness Month by recognizing individuals, organizations, and corporations
for the exemplary contributions they have made to improve the lives of persons
with disabilities. has
been supplying sound equipment to everyone in the performance industry from
Broadway shows and music industry giants to local houses of worship and high
schools.

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PRESS RELEASE AHFC Announces Availability of $1.1 Million in Grants; Special Needs Housing Grant Program

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC)
announces the availability of $1. during the annual HHS Office on Disability event "Celebrating Persons
with Disabilities" in the Great Hall of the Hubert H. was founded in 1946 by Thomas Fitzgerald, a pioneer
in the field of sound and sound design.

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"HHS and the entire Bush administration celebrates their achievements and
remain committed to assuring that people with disabilities are able to use
their skills and talents to realize their full potential as contributing
Americans. has a long-standing
commitment to making live performances more accessible to adults and children
with disabilities that interfere with their full enjoyment of the performing
arts."
In August 1979 T.

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HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Honors Sound Associates With Highest Recognition Award

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The award was accepted by T." Sound Associates Inc. Both services are designed to be available
for all performances, for use from any seat, and are offered at no charge to
the user.

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Private non-profits are eligible recipients for all funding under
this notice. "We will continue to work toward making every performance
accessible to every theater lover.com
"This celebration reminds America that disability does not mean inability,
and that all Americans can be involved in the life of their community, as
active members of their families and neighborhoods, in schools, workplaces and
places of worship ," said HHS Office on Disability Director Margaret J.

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The
SNHG program has a priority for high-risk adults with severe mental
illness.ahfc.

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The following June, 1980, the Broadway theatre
community recognized this leap in assistive listening and what it meant for
hard-of-hearing audiences by honoring Richard with a Tony Award.

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Since 1986, AHFC
has contributed more than $1.

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Both I-Caption and D-Scriptive are currently available at Wicked, Mamma
Mia! and Hairspray on Broadway.

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In the 25 years since, Sound Associates continued to improve the ILS, now
in use all over the country, and to invent new assistive devices and services:
I-Caption(TM), which features a handheld wireless unit that displays real time
dialogue and lyrics for the deaf; and D -Scriptive(TM) an audio description
service that fills in those essential visuals sighted theater goers take for
granted, providing more clarity.

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Humphrey Building in
Washington, D.
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salute them.

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"Americans of all ages with disabilities of all kinds deserve the
opportunity to lead productive, independent lives with the dignity they gain
from being involved and engaged in work, in school, in devotion to family and
faith, and in their communities as a whole," HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said.
"Everyone at Sound Associates is deeply honored by this recognition," said
Fitzgerald.

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The application deadline is October 14, 2005.

AHFC is a self-supporting public corporation with offices in 16 communities
statewide.

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"Sound Associates is proud to be at the forefront of making live
performances accessible, " said Fitzgerald.