E. William Clymer, coordinator, PEN-International, presented PEN-International: Facilitating Deaf Education Around the World, at the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) conference in San Diego, on 19 July 2006. The paper was co-authored by James J. DeCaro, director and Denise Kavin, senior project associate, PEN-International.

Professor Clymer also represented the newly formed NTID Center on Access Technology, at a Poster Session which provided information on the goals and structure of the center. The center is a national collaborative research effort between RIT, other universities, industries and professional organizations, to explore ways to increase access to education for those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.