Disabilities Issues Discussed With Rosenworcel

Consultant Karen Peltz Strauss, former deputy chief of the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, discussed the status of the agency’s Disability Advisory Committee and other “disability access priorities” before the FCC, in a meeting with Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. Strauss also discussed the status of rules on wireline real-time text, the recognition of American Sign Language “as an essential form of communication for people who rely on this as their primary language, including when calling business and government call centers,” and “the need for functional equivalency in telecommunications relay services,” among other items, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-40.