Anaheim : McIntosh Center Given Funds to Aid Disabled
An Anaheim agency has received a $45,000 grant from the state Public Utilities Commission to provide training for disabled people.
The Dayle McIntosh Center is one of 32 agencies funded by the commission through $16.5 million in penalties paid by Pacific Bell for marketing abuses that affected consumers with limited experience, poor English-speaking abilities and low incomes. Of the $16.5 million, $5 million is being distributed to local agencies.
The McIntosh Center will use the money to develop materials in Braille for the visually impaired and sign language for the deaf so that these people can be informed of new types of telecommunications equipment. Public presentations also will be made to the disabled community, Brenda Premo, executive director of the center, said.
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