Behavioral Health Consortium meeting at the Public Archives in Dover. (Jason Minto, The News Journal)

Two self-advocates write that Delaware’s rules concerning public meetings, established under the state Freedom of Information Act in 1977, are out of date and place burdens on people with disabilities who wish to participate. In particular, they cite the requirement that all meeting participants must be physically present in the same public place as burdensome. They suggest integrating widely-used videoconferencing technology that would enable people to participate from more convenient locations.