PEN-International Associate Director E. William Clymer presented a paper at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference 2009: Accessible Media, Web & Technology on 10-14 November 2009 in Boulder, Colorado. The paper, "Assistive Technologies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)" described the educational options available to deaf students at NTID, compared the direct instruction and supported instruction as implemented at NTID, and explained how NTID research and development at NTID may have an impact on the use of technology throughout the world.