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From YouTube: Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 8-24-22
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Disability Commission Advisory Board Meeting 8-24-22
B
Good
evening,
everyone,
the
open
meeting
law,
requires
that
I
notify
the
public
that
this
meeting
is
recorded.
Therefore,
please
be
aware
that
an
audio
and
visual
recording
of
this
meeting
is
being
made
by
boston
city
tv,
a
part
of
the
city
of
boston
office,
of
cable
communications
and
is
being
broadcast
on
xfinity
channel
24,
rcn
channel
13.
A
B
A
F
C
A
G
Thank
you,
hi
everyone.
Thank
you
paul
and
thank
you
all
for
having
me
my
name
is
jillian
quinn.
I
have
a
doctorate
in
clinical
psychology
and
I
work
as
a
psychologist
in
the
boston
area.
I
live
in
south
boston
and
I
work
in
various
clinics
around
the
area.
One
of
the
main
clinics
I
work
at
is
a
community
mental
health
center
called
aspire.
G
Please
jump
in
ask
questions
as
I
go,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
that
I
can
okay,
so
diving
right
in
to
just
some
overall
stats
and
information.
So,
according
to
the
national
alliance
on
mental
illness,
mental
illness
affects
millions
of
people
every
year,
one
in
five
adults
in
the
u.s
mental
health
issues.
Every
year
and
half
of
adults
will
report
at
least
once
in
their
lifetime,
experiencing
some
sort
of
mental
illness
or
mental
health.
G
Stress
one
in
20
adults
will
experience
serious
mental
health
issues
throughout
the
year
and,
in
this
context,
serious
meaning
a
really
marked
disruption
in
functioning
and
impairment
in
life
due
to
the
mental
illness,
the
most
common
health
disorder,
mental
health
disorders
are
anxiety,
disorders
first
and
depressive
disorders
are
right.
After
obviously,
suicide
is
is
still
a
big
issue.
It's
the
12th
leading
cause
of
death
of
people
in
the
u.s
and
80
percent
of
people
who
die
by
suicide
are
men,
middle-aged
and
elderly
men
are
at
the
highest
risk.
G
Research
also
showed
that
on
average,
under
50
percent
of
people
who
reported
mental
health
issues
received
treatment
in
a
given
year.
So
it's
more
than
half
of
people
who
report
having
mental
health
issues
aren't
receiving
treatment
and
then
just
beyond
the
mental
and
emotional
impact
of
mental
health
issues.
It
really
has
a
wide
range
of
effects
on
physical
health
as
well
just
some
examples
of
how
it
affects
physical
health.
People
with
depression
are
40
are
at
a
40
higher
risk
of
developing
cardiovascular
and
metabolic
disorders
through
general
population,
mental
illness
and
substance.
G
Abuse
disorders
are
involved
in
one
out
of
eight
er
visits
every
year
and
mood
disorders,
which
means
either
depression,
bipolar
disorder.
They
are
the
most
common
cause
of
hospitalizations
for
all
people
under
45
in
the
u.s.
So
it's
a
really
big
amount
and
then,
of
course,
mental
health
issues
can
have
a
huge
impact
on
social
financials
aspects
of
life.
G
It
was
really
hard
on
people's
mental
health
as
well.
The
research
by
the
world
health
organization
showed
that
20
of
people
hold
reported
that
in
the
u.s
reported
that
the
pandemic
had
a
significant
negative
impact
on
their
mental
health
and
in
the
first
year
of
the
coveted
pandemic
or
at
the
end
of
the
first
year.
Rather,
they
did
research
that
showed
that
the
prevalence
of
anxiety
and
depression
disorders
increased
by
25
globally,
which
is
a
huge,
huge
jump
in
one
year.
Deaths
by
overdose
also
increased
that
year.
G
G
They
were
worried
about
their
family
and
loved
ones
being
sick
and
then,
of
course,
there
were
huge
financial
worries
and
there
was
a
lot
of
job
loss
which
creates
a
lot
of
stress
and
on
the
flip
side,
when
people
were
kind
of
the
lockdown
was
lifted
and
people
were
reintegrating
back
into
life.
There
was
a
lot
of
anxiety
that
came
along
with
that
as
well,
so
it
had
a
big
impact
in
terms
of
kind
of
more
specifics:
mental
health
and
people
with
disabilities.
G
According
to
research
by
the
cdc
adults
with
disabilities
reported
experiencing
frequent
mental
distress
at
five
times
the
rate
of
general
population.
In
certain
studies,
the
studies
also
found
that
an
estimated
17
million
adults
in
the
us
with
disabilities
experienced
frequent
mental
distress.
In
this
context,
frequent
mental
distress
was
defined
as
14
or
more
mentally
unhealthy
days
out
of
30.
G
frequent
mental
distress
is,
you
know,
really
difficult
on
people
it's
associated
with
lots
of
other
issues,
such
as
increased
use
of
health
services,
chronic
disease,
just
limitations
in
life.
It's
really
mental
distress
is
obviously
difficult
on
people
there's
also
some
research
suggesting
that
people
with
disabilities
could
be
at
increased
risk
of
depression.
G
G
You
no
longer
have
to
take
time
out
of
your
day
to
drive
to
a
clinic
or
find
transportation.
You
can
get
services
from
your
home,
which
is
great
a
lot
of
people
who
maybe
wouldn't
have
before
reach
out
now
for
services.
There
just
aren't
enough
therapists
again
to
cover
the
demand
so
what's
happening.
Is
people
will
reach
out
and
there's
wait
times
or
there
are?
They
aren't
able
to
find
any
therapists
that
have
availability
and
this
can
be
demotivating
and
it
can
lead
to
people
who
really
need
services,
not
getting
it.
G
Funding
for
mental
health
is
still
a
work
in
progress.
Historically
government,
like
health
spending
accounts,
they
only
only
two
percent
was
spent
on
mental
health
globally,
that's
getting
a
lot
better
and
just
as
an
example,
just
this
march
in
the
us,
a
huge
spending
package
on
health
was
passed
that
that
contributed
millions
and
millions
and
millions
of
extra
dollars
to
all
these
mental
health
programs
throughout
the
country.
G
So
if
that
continues,
that's
going
to
really
reduce
a
lot
of
barriers
to
service
and
then
another
barrier,
that's
really
common
is
just
insurance
and
financial
issues.
Therapy
can
be
very
expensive.
It's
you
know,
oftentimes
a
weekly
service
that
people
want
to
access,
weekly
and-
and
that
can
add
up
even
people
who
you
know
be
able
to
have
great
insurances.
They
have
issues
with
cost
and
deductibles.
G
They
have
issues
with
finding
therapists
who
are
in
their
network
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
then,
as
far
as
public
insurance.
Obviously,
in
massachusetts,
masshealth
is
a
very
popular
insurance,
just
under
2
million
people
in
massachusetts,
utilize
mass
health,
which
is
one
in
four
people
in
massachusetts
and
more
than
half
of
the
people
in
massachusetts
with
disabilities,
utilize,
mass
health
and
mass
health
is
great
in
many
ways.
It's
a
really
really
great
service
for
and
provides
a
lot
of
medical
services
for
people
who
need
it.
G
There
is
some
slight
setbacks
in
terms
of
mental
health
coverage
for
mass
health,
which
leads
to
not
that
many
therapists,
especially
private
therapists,
taking
mass
health.
What
ends
up
happening
is
the
places
that
you
can
find
therapists
who
do
take
mass
health
or
community
mental
health
centers
like
aspire.
The
one
I've
been
the
one
I
work
at,
which
is
great.
It's
a
great
service,
but
because
of
that
supply
and
demand
issue
those
communities.
Mental
health
centers
have
like
six
to
twelve
month.
Wait
lists.
Ours
is
closer
to
12.,
so
it's
kind
of
leaving.
G
You
know
all
of
like
millions
of
people
in
massachusetts
who
have
this
insurance
can
only
utilize
a
certain
clinic,
and
then
those
clinics
have
12
months
12-month
waiting
list.
So
there's
you
know,
there's
some
issues
with
accessibility
and
opportunity
and
who's
able
to
access
these
services
easier
easier
than
others.
G
You
might
have
to
reach
out
to
multiple
people
put
yourself
on
a
bunch
of
wait
lists,
but
ultimately
you'll
get
off
a
wait
list
and
it
will
be
worth
it.
You
can
also
reach
out
to
your
whatever
insurance
you
happen
to
have.
They
can
help
you
find
in
network
providers,
hopefully
as
well
that's
one
of
the
services
they
should
offer.
G
H
C
Oh
hi,
thank
you
so
much
for
talking
about
this
really
important
topic
that
is
becoming
increasingly
more.
You
know
fundamental
for
and
aware
and
raise
the
awareness
for
everyone.
I
guess
my
question
is:
if
you
have
a
little
more
comments
on
the
interpreter
services
for
those
who
perhaps
english
is
not
their
primary
language.
C
If
you
can
comment
about
the
efforts
on
going
there,
I
know
there
are
many
events
like
the
memory
cafe
and
things
like
that
that
aren't
going
with
the
age
strong
wondering
if
someone
who
is
not
english
speaker
could
go
there
and
just
make
arrangements
to
meet
other
people.
You
know
yes,
yes
to
make
sure
they
can
use
these
services
in
a
different
language
for
the
major
language,
at
least.
So,
just
thinking
about
that
and
again,
thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
this
to
our
attention.
G
H
F
G
G
And
now
we
can
go
out
and
do
things
again
and
you
know
you
can
kind
of
resume
normal
life
and
what
ends
up
happening
was
hey.
It
didn't
just
didn't
work
that
way.
It
wasn't
like
we
got
back
to
normal
life
overnight
or
anything,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
anxiety
that
I
specifically
saw-
and
I
know
we
talked
a
lot
about
this
with
colleagues
of
all
of
a
sudden.
G
This
anxiety
around
reintegrating
and
people
had,
for
example,
social
anxiety
was
huge
for
a
while,
because
people
were
like,
I
haven't,
talked
to
anybody
in
person
in
you
know,
months
and
all
of
a
sudden.
Now
I'm
around
people
again,
and
that
was
you
know
that
was
hard
for
people
and
just
kind
of
trying
to
get
back
to
any
sort
of
normalcy
after
covid
was
hard.
I
know
there
was
also
a
lot
of
difficulties
in
families
and
friend
groups
with
the
way
people
handled
kovit
there's
a
lot
of
issues
with
that.
G
There
was
also
people
who
were
still
and
are
still
worried
about
it,
and
you
know,
and
because
there's
not
any,
the
measures
aren't
as
uniform
as
they
were
before
now.
There's
a
little
more
choice
around
that
that
causes
anxiety
as
well.
So
there
was
a
shift,
but
it
was
almost
it
wasn't
the
shift
I
expected
personally
at
first
and
it
was,
it
really
was
just
a
shift
to
different
types
of
anxieties
than
maybe
we
saw
during
lockdown.
H
B
G
G
Mental
health
centers
is
there's
so
many
programs
and
there's
a
lot
of
there
are
pure
support
and
there's
peer
leaders
and
that
kind
of
thing,
but
an
accountability,
buddy,
but
like
again,
a
formal
setup
of
that,
I'm
not
sure,
but
I
would
I
can
definitely
ask
about
that
and
get
back
to
you
and
if
it
doesn't
exist,
I
can
you
know,
see
what
people
would
think
about
starting.
You
know
starting
something
along
those
lines.
If
people
would
be
interested
in
that.
G
Is
there
anything
specific
that
could
be
helpful
that
I
could
maybe
you
know
you
know,
talk
to
supervisors
about
or
something
along
those
lines.
All
this
feedback's
always
really
helpful
for
us,
so
any
kind
of
feedback
of
anything
specific
with
the
account
it
would
be
would
be
great
that
I
could
bring
to
bring
back
to
work
and
ask.
H
H
I
H
J
Pulling
it
up,
I
just
wanted
to
give
my
gratitude
to
the
disabilities.
Commission.
You
folks
have
a
great
team
over
there.
I've
worked
for
the
age
drum
commission
now
for
just
over
six
months,
and
I've
already
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
commissioner
mikash
andrea
colleen,
patricia
sarah,
all
of
whom
I
see
here
so
hi
everyone.
J
J
I've
been
doing
this
work
for
several
years
now,
coming
from
a
career
in
the
field
of
aging
and
previously
to
my
role
as
the
dementia
friendly
assistant
for
the
city
of
boston
and
the
aids
strong
commission.
I
worked
as
a
director
of
a
memory
care
unit,
so
I
am
certified.
I
am
a
certified
dementia
practitioner.
J
So
I
just
wanted
to
start
with
some
statistics
and
then
I
will
definitely
get
into
what
my
role
as
a
dem
as
working
on
the
dementia
friendly
initiative
means,
but
for
the
aging
scope
in
2010
there
were
over
88
000
residents,
age,
60
plus
and
in
2018
117
000,
and
by
2
20
30,
130
thousand.
So
we
can
see
how
rapidly
the
aging
population
is
growing
next
slide.
Please.
J
So,
with
a
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
residents
in
boston
age,
sixty
in
full
fur,
that
is
a
total
of
sixteen
point.
Seven
percent
of
boston's
population,
one
hundred
ninety
one
thousand
299
massachusetts
residents
are
living
with
a
cognitive
disability
which
comprises
4.4
of
the
state's
population
and
approximately
26
700
older
adults
aged
65
and
older,
live
with
a
disability
in
boston
which
comprises
36
of
persons
living
with
a
disability
in
the
city.
J
J
J
We
do
our
own
events
as
well
as
table
at
other
events,
such
as
the
open
streets,
events
that
are
going
on.
Currently,
we
help
with
transportation,
whether
that
is
the
age
strong
shuttle
in
and
of
itself
or
taxi
coupons
or
getting
people
connected
with
a
transportation
option
that
works
for
them,
the
ride
or
other
other
programs.
J
J
J
J
Anyone
that
needs
assistance
with
housing
and
finally,
alzheimer's
and
caregiver
support,
which
is
really
where
I
come
in.
We
do
a
lot
of
answering
questions
about.
What
can
I
do?
What
what
should
I
do?
Where
can
I
go
those
types
of
things
for
people
that
are
living
with
dementia
and
other
diseases,
so
most
of
our
services
are
60
plus,
unless
you
have
a
disability,
we
also
serve
persons
that
are
living
with
a
disability.
J
So
about
the
dementia
friendly
initiative
in
2014
boston,
signed
on
to
the
world
health
organization's
network
of
age-friendly
cities,
and
that
is
a
international
initiative.
Age
friendly
is
an
international
initiative
and
it
basically
means
what
it
sounds
like.
It
is
an
initiative
to
make
the
city
a
more
friendly,
inclusive,
respectful,
comfortable
place
for
older
adults
and
therefore
everyone
and
we
signed
on
to
become
dementia
friendly
in
2015..
J
J
Many
of
our
city
commissions
have
been
trained
to
recognize
signs
of
cognitive
impairment
and
I,
along
with
my
co-workers,
offer
some
other
special
specialized
training
dependent
on
the
type
of
business
or
the
interest
that
that
an
organization
might
have
related
to
this
work.
We
do
have,
as
you
can
hopefully
see
a
little
bit
in
that
picture.
We
have
an
age
and
dementia
friendly
business
checklist.
J
So
I'm
a
big
believer
that
advocacy
starts
with
education,
so
I'm
just
going
to
give
a
little
overview
of
dementia,
which
is
again
my
specialty
at
the
age,
strong
commission.
So
dementia
is
an
umbrella
term.
That
includes
many
diagnosis
and
it's
not
a
normal
part
of
aging
one
in
nine
adults,
age
65,
as
well
as
a
smaller
number
of
people
younger
than
the
age
65
develop
dementia.
J
More
than
half
of
people
with
dementia
have
not
been
diagnosed
and
there
is
no
easy
way
to
tell
if
a
person
has
dementia.
Alzheimer's
is
the
sixth
largest
cause
of
death
in
america
and
there
is
no
cure.
6.5
million
americans
have
alzheimer's
disease
and
approximately
approximately
15
000
residents
in
boston
are
living
with
the
disease.
J
The
total
estimated
number
of
massachusetts
residents,
age,
65,
plus
living
with
alzheimer's
or
dementia,
was
130
000
in
2020..
This
number
is
projected
to
increase
by
15
50
over
15
to
150
000
in
2025.
So
I
don't
know
how
familiar
people
are
with
those
numbers,
but
that
is
quite
a
big
chunk
of
the
population.
J
So
here
are
some
10
warning
signs
of
dementia
from
the
alzheimer's
association.
I'm
just
going
to
go
through
them
quickly.
But
again,
I
think
education
is
important
for
advocacy,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
were
included
in
my
slides
today,
so
signs
of
dementia
memory
loss
that
disrupts
daily
life.
This
really
means
not
like
forgetting
where
you
put
down
your
keys
five
minutes
ago,
but
really
like
forgetting
what
your
keys
are
used
for,
so
that
would
be
the
difference,
challenges
and
planning
and
problem
solving
for
getting
appointments.
J
J
As
a
person
progresses
in
a
dementia
disease,
they
will
lose
visual
sight,
so
you
might
recognize
people
start
to
walk
into
a
kitchen
table.
That's
always
been
in
the
same
spot
just
because
spatial
perception
has
has
been
affected,
new
problems
with
words
in
speech
and
writing.
So
again,
we're
not
talking
about
forgetting
someone's
name
that
we
just
met.
It's
more.
J
J
So
the
six
pillars
of
brain
health
going
from
doom
and
gloom
to
stuff
that
is
actionable
and
exciting.
These
are
what
are
advertised
if
you
will
to
keep
your
brain
healthy
and
active.
Being
social,
as
we've
learned
through
coven,
is
a
big
one,
keeping
in
touch
with
family
and
friends
not
getting
isolated.
Doing,
however,
we
can
be
social
is
worth
it,
engaging
your
brain,
finding
ways
to
stimulate
your
thinking.
J
Learning
a
new
language,
exploring
new
hobbies,
managing
stress
by
practicing
relaxation
having
a
stable
schedule
going,
writing
stuff
down
ongoing
exercise,
making
sure
you
move
throughout
the
day
moderate
physical
activity.
However,
that
works
for
you
as
long
as
you
can
get
your
heart
rate
up
a
little
bit.
J
It's
it's
good
for
the
brain,
restorative
sleep,
seven
to
eight
hours
of
restful
sleep
every
day.
It's
also
important.
That's
when
our
brain
recharges
and
finally
eating
right,
choosing
a
nutritious
heart,
healthy
diet.
We
are
what
we
eat
next
slide,
please,
okay!
And
finally,
this
is
a
slide
of
some
of
the
things
that
I've
been
working
on
in
the
community.
J
I
have
made
memory
kits
in
partnership
with
the
roslindale
branch
of
the
boston
public
library.
These
kits
are
activities
for
people
living
with
cognitive
impairment
and
their
care
partner.
They
work
just
like
the
library
resource
they
can
be
checked
out
and
then
kept
for
two
weeks
to
engage
with
the
activities
that
are
inside
of
them.
J
They
include
library,
resources
as
well
as
stimulating
activity
and
then
some
resources
for
the
caregiver
at
the
moment,
they're
only
available
at
the
roslindale
public
library,
but
I
hope
to
expand
them
to
all
branches,
and
we
right
now
only
have
three
but
do
are
considering
and
will
produce
kids
in
other
languages.
I
know
juan
carlos
asked
that
question,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
included,
especially
because
the
hispanic
population
in
boston
have
the
highest
rate
of
dementia
and
same
with
the
memory
cafe.
J
I
do
host
a
memory
cafe
one
time
per
month.
Codman
square
library,
dorchester
also
in
boston,
has
the
highest
proportion
of
people
living
with
dementia.
So
that's
why
it's
the
first
location,
but
I
am
hoping
to
get
other
locations.
This
memory
cafe
specifically,
is
bilingual
or
spanish,
but
again
as
as
the
city
expands
on
these
programs,
we
will
also
expand
our
reach
to
populations
that
would
benefit
or
and
are
in
need
of
these
types
of
services.
J
J
I
welcome
anyone
that
knows
someone
or
struggling
with
a
memory
impairment
to
reach
out
I'm
happy
to
help
in
any
way
that
I
can-
and
I
can
do
some
health
insurance
counseling
for
people
who
are
living
with
cognitive
impairment
in
their
care
partners.
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
I'm
working
on
in
the
community
again,
I'm
available
to
anyone
at
any
time
with
any
questions
about
dementia
or
anything.
That's
going
on
at
the
age,
strong
commission
and
my
contact
and
film
information
is
there
and
I
think,
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation.
D
J
That's
a
good
question.
Olivia
thanks
for
asking.
There
are
a
lot
of
devices
now
they
call
that
sometimes
they
call
them
gerund
technology
for
wandering.
I
think
the
unfortunate
part
is
that
they're
often
very
expensive.
So
it's
you
know
it's
not
suitable
for
some
people
that
have
financial
insecurity.
K
J
It's
called,
I
think
it's
called
silver
alert
I'll
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
the
name
of
it,
but
it's
actually
through
the
boston
police
department.
You
can
call
and
get
this
get
signed
up
for
this
program,
and
the
boston
police
department
will
sponsor
it,
and
it's
specifically
for
adults
who
wander
in
the
city
within.
D
B
K
K
H
H
Okay,
I'm
here
now
I
have
four
things
I
wanted
to
mention
during
the
chairs
report:
the
rescheduling
of
the
ada
day,
event
that
will
be
coming
on
august
31st.
That's
next
wednesday,
it'll
be
outside
of
city
hall.
It's
a
free
event.
There
will
be
free
food,
music
and
a
resource,
fair
t-shirts
and
bring
your
friends
get
ready
to
have
some
fun.
H
H
H
The
reason
why
I'm
even
bringing
this
up
is
because
they
have
connections
to
the
disability
community,
for
example,
william
and
his
brother
harry,
are
advocates
for
mental
health
issues.
We
had
a
presentation
related
to
mental
health
here
from
aspire
alliance,
health
and
they
come
from
a
family
history
of
disabilities.
That
completes
my
chairman's
report.
Unless
there
were
any
questions.
I
H
C
Yes,
hi
everyone
again,
my
full
name
is
juan
carlos
ramirez,
I'm
originally
from
peru.
I
came
to
boston
around
2002,
so
it's
been
a
lot
of
years
since
I
lived
in
this
great
city
compared
to
peru,
it's
very
accessible
and
I
loved
it
because,
since
I
started
living
here,
I
was
really
able
to
have
an
independent
lifestyle.
C
C
C
C
The
idea
of
using
that
is
to
facilitate
a
patient
navigator
allowing
her
to
anticipate
and
customize
the
patient
needs
before
or
during
the
patient's
arrival.
So
each
hospital
service
could
be
already
when
they
come.
As
you
can
imagine
at
this
patient
population,
they
require
a
lot
of
attention
and
sometimes
they.
C
C
Also,
some
of
my
works
before
was
related
to
aspirate
coordinator
in
the
department
of
public
health
in
the
office
of
statistics
and
evaluation.
This
was
part
of
the
bureau
of
substance
addiction,
services,
yeah.
I
think
I
was
always
around
boston
trying
to
do
my
work
around
the
hospitals,
also
part
of
boston,
medical
center
and
the
school
of
medicine
department
at
boston
university.
C
I
guess
other
accomplishments,
or
at
least
other
things
that
I'd
like
to
do
is
other
than
volunteering
here
and
participate
in
the
disability.
Commission,
I'm
also
assisting
the
boston
self-help
center
to
advocate
adaptive
sports
for
persons
with
disabilities.
Some
of
you
may
know
I've
become
a
player
of
the
boston,
breakers
power
soccer
club.
C
So
again
he
has
to
wrap
up
and
then
I
work
with.
I
live
this
positions
of
end.
As
you
can
tell
I'm
passionate
about
science
and
outdoor
activities,
I
really
enjoy
practicing
soccer
with
everyone
and
we
travel
to
tournaments
whenever
there
is
a
chance
to
become
more
competitive
through
this
means.
Everyone
is
welcome
to
join
us
if
you
want,
if
you
know
someone
who
may
want
to
participate,
feel
free
to
get
in
touch.
If
there's
anything
I
said,
and
what's
interesting
to
you
happy
to
share
additional
info
on
that
so
yeah.
H
Thank
you,
juan
carlos,
I'm
really
happy
that
you
were
able
to
have
the
spotlight
on
you
for
this
month.
Thank
you,
okay,
and
now
we're
going
to
move
on
in
the
agenda
to
the
commissioner
to
the
commissioner's
report
and
we're
going
to
commissioner
markosh
and
we're
going
to
switch
interpreters
as
well.
K
L
Good
evening,
everybody
I'm
glad
to
see
you
all
here,
so
I
have
some
updates
and
then
we
also
have
some
important
information
about
the
orange
line
closure.
So
first
I'll
start
with
some
upcoming
events.
As
wesley
mentioned,
our
ada
day
celebration
has
been
moved
to
next
week.
It
was
originally
scheduled
for
july,
but
we
had
to
change
dates
because
of
the
heat
emergency.
L
L
That's
all
ada
compliant,
it's
not
quite
finished
with
construction,
yet
so
we're
going
to
be
located
over
in
the
patios
area,
which,
if
you
know
the
plaza
at
all,
it's
on
the
side,
if
you're
facing
the
building
from
tremont
street
the
front
door
of
the
building,
on
the
plaza
it's
to
the
right
side
near
the
bill,
russell
statue,
it's
called
the
patios
area
and
will
be
set
up
there.
We'll
have
information
tables
food,
music
t-shirts.
L
So
it
should
be
a
great
celebration.
So
I
welcome
everybody
to
come,
we'll
be
honoring
this
year,
the
public
facilities
department
for
their
work,
on
the
plaza
so
we'll
be
presenting
them
with
a
proclamation
and
congratulating
them
on
a
great
job,
and
the
consultants
who
worked
on
the
renovations
is
called
sasaki
and
they
are
doing
a
little
piece
on
the
plaza
to
promote
the
work
that
they
did.
L
So
another
upcoming
event
is
civic
engagement
day.
We
used
to
hold
this
event
every
year,
pre-coded,
so
we're
bringing
it
back
this
year
on
tuesday
september
27th
in
the
afternoon.
We
don't
have
the
hours
specified
yet,
but
this
is
basically
an
open
house.
On
the
fifth
floor
of
boston
city
hall,
we
set
up
information
tables
in
the
hallways,
with
different
departments
who
help
residents
and
citizens
get
involved
in
civic
activities.
L
L
You'll
also
get
to
see
the
renovated
city
council
chamber
learn
how
to
testify
at
a
hearing
and
just
be
welcomed
into
the
new
accessible
civic
space
that
is
boston,
city
hall,
so
stay
tuned
for
more
information
on
that
other
events
coming
up,
the
equity
and
inclusion
cabinet
is
holding
a
series
of
community
resource
and
job
fairs.
They've
already
had
one
one
was
cancelled
and
they
have
two
coming
up
one
in
september
and
one
in
october.
L
L
Voter
registration
deadlines
are
august,
27th
and
october
29th.
So,
if
you
haven't
registered
to
vote,
you
should
do
that
soon
and
you
can
find
out
more
information
at
boston.gov
elections
and
we
can
put
that
in
the
chat
the
election
dates
this
year.
The
primary
is
september
6
and
the
general
election
is.
Oh,
I'm
sorry
in
an
update
that
date
of
the
general
election.
L
First,
tuesday,
in
november,
and
the
city
of
boston
also
will
have
accessible
online
electronic
voting
this
year.
If
you
remember,
we
instituted
this
two
years
ago,
so
that
people
who
have
visual
and
print
disabilities
can
vote
by
mail
in
an
in
an
accessible
way.
They
can,
instead
of
having
to
print
out
an
absentee
ballot
and
fill
it
out
if
they
have
difficulty
doing
that,
they
can
fill
it
out
right
online
and
submit
it
electronically.
L
Updates
on
a
few
other
initiatives,
we're
working
on
we've
been
telling
you
for
months
about
our
bicycle
awareness
campaign
to
raise
awareness
and
the
bike
community
of
people
with
disabilities.
So
we've
been
working
on
with
our
consultants,
and
I
know
a
lot
of
you
have
participated
in
focus
groups
and
photo
shoots.
So
we
appreciate
that
we'll
be
launching
the
first
piece
of
the
campaign
soon,
and
this
is
especially
important
now,
because
all
the
colleges
are
coming
back.
L
We
know
a
lot
of
students
bike
around
the
city
and
with
the
orange
line
closure,
blue
bikes
has
offered
a
free
30-day
pass,
so
there
are
more
bikes
on
the
streets
than
ever.
We've
also
designated
new
bike
lanes
and
temporarily
and
permanently
so
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on
bikes
right
now,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
call
attention
to
people
with
disabilities.
L
In
you
know,
on
the
streets
and
sidewalks
for
safety,
public
schools
has
a
recruitment
initiative
underway.
They
have
a
lot
of
job
openings
they're,
asking
people
to
visit
their
link
to
apply
they're,
hiring
everyone
from
teachers
to
paraprofessionals
to
lunch,
monitors,
custodial
staff,
lots
of
other
jobs.
So
if
you
know
anybody
who's
interested,
please
spread
the
word.
It's
an
urgent
request,
because
school
kicks
off
in
two
weeks
and
they
want
to
throw
some
jobs
before
then.
L
The
city
again
is
doing
open,
newbery
streets
this
year,
it's
going
to
be
every
sunday
through
september
25th,
and
it's
a
great
day
where
you
can
come
out,
do
some
shopping
and
dining
and
walk
along
the
street
with
no
worries
about
car
traffic
and
then
finally,
the
boston,
disability,
commission,
advisory
board.
We've
been
working
with
the
mayor's
office
and
our
other
internal
partners
to
get
the
vacancies
on
the
board
filled
so
we'll
be
announcing
those
appointments
very
soon.
L
L
L
L
So
accessibility
of
the
diversions
has
been
a
big
issue.
I
can
let
everybody
know
that
all
the
shuttle
buses
are
accessible,
mainly
they're,
the
high
coach
buses
with
mechanical
lifts.
There
are
some
which
are
the
buses
with
a
lower
floor
and
a
full
down
ramp,
but
mainly
they
have
the
mechanical
lifts
in
the
back.
L
L
My
office
is
working
closely
with
the
boston
transportation
department,
public
works
and
the
office
of
office
of
system-wide
access,
we're
coordinating
everything
from
looking
for
accessible
spaces
for
the
shuttle
buses
to
stop
at
to
making
sure
that
drivers
are
trained.
The
coach
drivers
know
how
to
use
the
lifts
and
know
that
they
are
supposed
to
pick
up
people
with
disabilities.
They
don't
have
to
send
them
off
to
the
van
that
it's
an
integrated
system
and
everybody
is
welcome
to
use
the
bus.
L
Our
work
will
be
continuing
throughout
the
shutdown.
So
if
you
hear
any
issues
you
can
report
them
to
the
mba
mbta
customer
service
line,
or
you
can
call
our
office,
they
really
want
to
hear
feedback,
especially
in
the
beginning,
so
they
can
fix
these
problems
before
they
go
on
too
long
and
we
did
create
an
accessibility
guide
for
the
shutdown
it's
linked
here
and
you
can
also
access
it
at
boston,
orange
line.
L
So
that's
it
for
my
report
and
we
can
pull
down
the
slides
and
if
anybody
has
questions,
I'm
happy
to
take
them
in
other
people
on
the
call
may
know
more
than
I
do
about
the
orange
line
shutdown.
I
know
jerry
you're
involved
with
our
tag,
and
I
see
christopher
hart
is
here.
So
if
anyone
has
questions
or
comments,
I
open
the
floor
up.
M
M
Most
likely
to
the
ada
event,
so
so
I'll
definitely
be
ready
to
give
first
some
feedback
at
that
point
or
after
that.
After
that,
it
was
good
to
hear
that
you
can
talk
about
the
the
types
of
access
to
the
buses,
because
I
was
curious
myself,
I
didn't
know
if
they
had
the
the
lower
floors
or
the
lips
in
the
lives
in
the
back
suspected
that
both
of
them
looked
like
they
had
the
lifts
in
the
back,
but
wasn't
there's
a
secure
on
that
truck.
M
D
K
N
N
N
N
N
N
L
Thanks
chris,
so
I
mean,
as
you
can
all
imagine,
we
have
so
many
challenges
in
the
city,
along
with
the
t
we
had
to
make,
we
had
to
create
bus
stops
where
they
don't
usually
exist.
So
some
of
the
issues
that
we've
run
into
are
that
the
sidewalks
are
too
narrow
to
actually
deploy
the
lift
and
have
enough
room
for
someone
to
chair
back
onto
the
lift.
So
we've
had
a
make.
Some
adjustments,
like
chris
mentioned
the
green
street
stuff,
so
we're
working
on
that.
L
But
you
know
more
than
anything
like
chris
said,
make
sure
that
you
report
any
complaints
that
you
hear
some
of
the
challenge.
The
challenges
are
just
gonna
be
baked
in
and
we'll
have
to
deal
with
them
like
anyone.
Who's
ever
been
on
a
coach
bus
with
a
mechanical
lift
knows
the
nightmare
of
it
like.
Even
when
they
work
they're,
not
fun,
they
go
up
really
high.
L
L
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
the
team
is
working
on
training,
the
subcontractors,
because
we
definitely
don't
want
them
to
bypass
people
on
the
street
who
are
waiting
for
the
bus.
The
bus
is
open
to
people
with
disabilities.
That's
the
message
we're
spreading
and
it
should
be
an
integrated
system.
I
know
that's
the
t's
goal,
but
getting
that
message
to
trickle
down
to
you
know
150
subcontractors
is
is
a
big
task,
so
I
know
the
team's
working
on
it.
We're
working
on
it,
but
stay
in
touch
with
us
about
any
issues
that
you
experience.
A
O
H
H
B
This
is
andrea.
I
have
not
distributed
anything
on
behalf
of
the
board.
I
did
carl
hop
off
because
I
know
carl
had
an
update
and
then
I
think
we've
lost
him.
Okay,
so
I
can
find
if
you
would
like,
I
can
find
the
email
from
carl
where
he
mentioned,
having
spoken
with
the
ag's
office.
If
that
would
help.
B
B
B
B
One
piece,
not
in
carl's
letter,
but
that
I
want
to
clarify
disability
commissions,
already
have
the
ability
to
meet
remotely,
but
they
are
the
only
public
meetings
that
have
this.
That's
why
carl
wanted
to
clarify
with
the
board
or
with
the
attorney
general
right
now,
other
public
meetings
right
right,
yeah,
so
like
historical
landmark
commissions,
city
councils,
for
example.
Right
now,
can
are
only
even
allowed
to
offer
remote
access
under
covet
rules
after
march
2023,
they
won't
be
required
to
they'll
be
allowed
to.
H
H
H
B
H
B
Hi
jerry,
this
is
andrea.
Thank
you
for
asking
that
question.
I
did
deliver
a
letter
to
the
mayor's
office
and
shared
a
copy
of
it
with
the
outdoor
dining
team,
which
is
an
inter-departmental
team,
given
that
shortly
after
this,
the
orange
line
closure
was
announced
that
outdoor
dining
team
has
not
met.
Since
the
announcement
was
made,
it's
a
lot
of
the
same
departments
that
have
been
all
hands
on
deck
for
the
closure,
so
they
haven't
met
yet,
to
give
me
any
feedback.
B
B
K
H
E
Can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
okay?
Yes,
I
apologize
I'm
dealing
with
some
family
personal
matters
at
the
same
time,
so
regarding
the
open
meeting
laws,
which
is
what
we
were
just
you
were
asking
me
about
as
of
now
the
disability
commission,
this
does
not
really
impact
disability
commission.
They
can
still
choose
to
meet
virtually.
However,
open
media
marks
pertaining
to
all
other
government
meetings.
E
Town
meeting
city
medium
state
meeting
can
only
choose
to
meet
virtually
until
much
of
2023
due
to
the
emergency
thing
that
governor
baker
put
into
the
covert
which
goes
away
then,
after
that
the
government
entities
have
to
meet
in
a
public
base
which
is
accessible
and
if
they
do
not
want
to
meet
virtually
they
do
not
have
to.
However,
the
disability
community
has
found
that
it
has
many
advantages
to
meeting
virtually.
E
So
the
only
way
we
could
change
this
would
be
to
do
it
legally.
There
was
a
bill
last
session
that
just
ended
a
few
weeks
ago
about
making
this
permanent,
but
for
some
reason
it
did
not
pass,
and
my
understanding
was
that
was
due
to
many
municipalities,
towns.
I
mean
municipalities
putting
up
objection
to
it
because
they
were
worried.
They
didn't
have
broadband
capability
and
things
like
that.
So
it
was
my
understanding
that
representative
cabrell
c-a-b-r-a-l.
E
Will
be
reintroducing
the
bill
in
january
with
the
new
legislative
session,
and
I
suggest
that
the
boston
disability
commission
write
a
letter
to
the
representative
in
that
committee.
We
don't
know
which
committee
it
will
be
assigned
to,
but
I
can
keep
track
of
that
that
we
support
this
and
we
would
like
the
ability
for
open
meeting
laws
to
have
a
virtual
component
as
a
reasonable
accommodation
to
the
disability
community
at
large.
H
E
E
Stipulation
goes
away:
disability
community
will,
I
mean,
disability
commission
will
be
the
only
one
that
can
still
choose
to
have
a
virtual
component
if
they
want
to.
Otherwise
all
the
meetings
will
have
to
meet
in
a
physical
space
that
is
accessible
and
if
they
don't
want
to
have
a
virtual
component,
they
do
not
have
to.
H
H
B
H
E
This
is
called
we
have
some
time,
because
a
new
bill
will
not
be
introduced
at
the
very
earliest
until
january,
and
then
it
won't
be
assigned
a
committee
and
probably
the
hearing
date
until
march.
So
I
don't
mind
having
a
letter
ready
by
next
month,
but
we
do
have
some
time
and
perhaps
if
we
wait
a
little
more
longer,
we'll
have
some
more
information,
such
as
the
docket
number
and
other
things.
So
that's
just
something
to
think
of.
D
H
H
Sorry,
I
think
the
interpreter
has
does
the
interpreter
have
an
echo.
So
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
get
the
docket
number
we
can
or
we
can
make
the
document
through
google
docs,
and
we
can
have
a
link
that
we
share
between
us
and
then
we
can
all
make
edit.
If
we
want
to
the
document
through
google
docs.
K
M
They
it
won't
delay.
I
think
this
is
an
extremely
important
issue.
I
think
all
you
know,
public
meetings
should
be
more
accessible
to
folks
with
disabilities.
I
think
know
during
the
pandemic
it
has
shown.
Heavy
virtual
meetings
has
has
allowed
more
people
with
disabilities
to
participate
to
become
civically
engaged,
and
we
don't
know
that
the
facts
that
you
know
we
want
more
people
to
participate,
not
less.
You
know,
and
we
certainly
don't
want
people
to
participate
due
to
access.