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To celebrate International Day for People with Disability the State Library of Victoria through Vicnet are hosting an event on Thursday 2 December 2010.

The theme of the day is to explore ways technology can be used to benefit the lives of people with a disability.

The public are invited to visit Experimedia at the State Library of Victoria (328 Swanston Street, Melbourne) between 10am and 2.30pm to visit a variety of stalls and an exhibition of technology through time, take part in a story time using Video Relay interpreting (VRI), tour the Assistive Technology Room and watch a variety of media clips.

Service providers and other bodies are invited to book in for a series of presentations between 9.15am and 5pm. Keynote speakers include Graeme Innes, Disability Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission and Carol Cooke, MS Ambassador. For more information, please visit the website at www.vicnet.net.au/ictdwg.