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Milton Disability Awareness Committee
Meeting Minutes
November 13, 2020
Via ZOOM
Committee Members In Attendance: Octavia Sargent, James Keating, Tass Welch, Hope Winograd
and Dudley Arnold
MDAC Liaison: Sudie Gordon
Guests in Attendance: Tammy Lowit, Jen Hartwig
Tass Welch called the meeting to order. The motion passed unanimously.
Committee members had previously reviewed and approved the meeting minutes from September
11, 2020.
Old Business:
• Jennifer Hartwig (City of Milton Communications) further discussed the redesigned
City of Milton resources page.
• MDAC members will be submitting more content to help complete the disabilities
portion of the website.
• Committee members plan to have all of the information submitted in time for a
January launch.
• Each member of MDAC is tasked with pulling information from different categories.
Octavia:
· Autism & especially anything that will help parents. Or how to help your child as they get older?
· You also mentioned education about ways that people wear medical alerts (and bracelets,
necklaces, etc.
· You also mentioned that there are links you would share about how to get information.
James:
· Please share about new things in mobility devices.
· Anything else that you are interested in, you don’t have to limit it to that.
Make your video also and get it to Jen as soon as you can.
Hope:
· I like what you shared at the meeting about your neighbor and also what you went through with the
hospital and the ordeal of not getting rehab etc….You can pick anything and always make a list and
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see what is most important. I know there are so many things re: pets that you can share so, that’s also
a topic.
Dudley:
· We talked about you sharing the types of service dogs and any links you have.
· Of course, there are many other things that you can share.
Dominique:
· You have a wealth of information re: education and now your new assignment at school.
Margaret:
· Are there anything that you can think about education that would help or any topic that you might
think will help.
New Business: N/A
James Keating moved to adjourn the meeting and Hope Winograd seconded the motion. The vote to
adjourn was unanimous. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, December 11, 2020 at 2:00 PM via
Zoom.
Minutes Submitted By: Dudley Arnold
Tass Welch, Chair, MDAC