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From mcmud@umich.eduWed Mar 8 15:34:02 1995
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 16:36:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Jill P Mcmahon <mcmud@umich.edu>
To: mwarner@cyberspace.org
Subject: Handicap Digest # 3756 (fwd)
Sample for you to stick into the disab conf. I wasn't sure
how to do it. When I log in I will put Addresses of amputee
and doitsem mailing lists.
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 13:01:19 EST
From: Bill McGarry <wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list L-HCAP <L-HCAP@VM1.NODAK.EDU>
Subject: Handicap Digest # 3756
THE HANDICAP DIGEST
Issue # 3756
Tuesday, March 07, 1995
Today's Topics:
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Re: Travel and Disability WWW Page
genetic testing/insurance
Re: Horseback riding/physically disabled
My private insurance company offers to "help"me?
Re: Wheelchair
Re: Disability Statistics
reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Re: Testing for ADD
Re: Consumer guide to assistive devices
Re: Latest Do-It Internet Resource guide Available
looking for wheelchair symbol
Re: Need info. on issues concerning the Disabled? Try here!!
HELP!!!! need 'Net resources for the disabled
Independent Living Centers
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Subject: Re: Travel and Disability WWW Page
From: delassus@aol.com (Delassus)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
I am in the process of compiling resource material for handicapped
travelers, so you and I are on the same wave length. I am interested,
eventually, in writing about the opportunities and problems at vaious
specific sites involving personal experience (eg. Venice , NYC
restaurants, etc). I came across a new paper back last month detailing
the first hand travel experiences of a large number of disabled people and
will be glad get to back to you re the title and publisher.
I think a WWW home page would be a great idea and I would be glad to
collaborate with you on it. Finding source material on the Internet has
been very frustrating!
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Subject: genetic testing/insurance
From: davidcurrie@delphi.com (David Currie)
Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice)
I am doing research on people with or susceptable to a genetic disease
and the problems they have with life and medical insurance. If a hereditary
disease runs in your family--Huntington's, Muscular Dystrophy, etc.---
do you hesitate getting a test? If you a researchers, do you need
more genetic material available within the same biological families?
..Has anyone been turned down for insurance or lost it?....
Any comments along these lines and more are appreciated!
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Subject: Re: Horseback riding/physically disabled
From: jbailey@ucs.indiana.edu (janice alexandra bailey)
Organization: Indiana University
Wendy Barish (GPCJ70A@prodigy.com) wrote:
: Index Number: 35598
: Does anyone out there know the name of an American organization that
: helps physically disabled adults or children to learn to ride horses? I
: know this is an area that has developed strongly over the last twenty
: years and that is of great value to some. I need to know what programs
: are available and if there is a national organization that promotes this
: activity. Thank you for any help you can provide.
You may want to try these organizations:
North American Riding for the Handicapped Association
Box 33150
Denver, CO 80233
(303) 452-1212
National Foundation for Happy Horsemanship for the Handicapped, Inc.
PO Box 462
Malvern, PA 19355
[no phone number available]
Wilderness Inquiry Inc.
1313 5th Street, SE
Box 84
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546
800-728-0719
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Subject: My private insurance company offers to "help"me?
From: mav0001@jove.acs.unt.edu (Michael Andrew Veronin)
Organization: University of North Texas
Greetings all:
Where did everybody go? I haven't seen any posts here in days.
Did you guys find a better place to go? If so tell me where so
I can join you.
Anyway, my private insurance company just offered to "pay" to have
someone help me get my SSDI. The only thing I would have to do in
exchange is sign over all information from social security to them.
This is the company providing me with LTD.
What do ya think?
Lisa
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Subject: Re: Wheelchair
From: vestal.dan@gtefsd.com (Dan Vestal)
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
My daughter uses an Invacare chair that was "resonably" priced. If you
call them at (800) 331-9492 I'm sure they will send you some
information or have a representative contact you.
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Dan Vestal | Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting;
vestal.dan@gtefsd.com | it is not logical but it is often true.
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The opinions expressed are those of the author
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Subject: Re: Disability Statistics
From: jbailey@ucs.indiana.edu (janice alexandra bailey)
Organization: Indiana University
Ben Mattlin (BMattlin@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Index Number: 35569
: I'm looking for some statistical information about people with
: disabilities.
: Everybody knows the U.S. government estimates there are some 49 million
: Americans with disabilities -- roughly 1 out of every 6 Americans. And
: something like two-thirds of working-age disabled people are unemployed,
: right?
: I'm looking for information on how many are registered voters.
: Also, state-by-state breakdowns. Particularly, for example, how many
: disabled people are there in California? How many over the age of 18 --
: i.e., voting age? How many unemployed? How many registered/not
: registered to vote?
: Please e-mail me with any information or leads. Thanks.
You can try obtaining the Louis Harris survey published by the National
Organization on Disability. The office is at 910 16th Street, N.W,
Washington, DC. Phone number is 800-240-4520 or (202) 293-5960.
Also the Disability Statistics Report estimates disabilities by state.
This was published by the National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research and the U.S. Department of Education in March
1993. Reprints are available through the Disability Statistics Program
at the University of California, at (415) 644-9904, or you can write to
Mitchell LaPlante, Ph.D, Director Disability Statistics Program,
University of California, 201 Filbert Street, Suite 500, San Francisco,
CA 94133.
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Subject: reflex sympathetic dystrophy
From: utopia33@ix.netcom.com (ERIC PHILLIPS)
Organization: Netcom
Hi! I am new to this system. I would like to hear from anyone who
suffers from (RSD) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. I have suffered from
RSD for over nine years in my left foot and leg. Over the past few years
I have collected a large amount of medical articles on RSD. I would be
happy to send information to anyone who needs it. If I can help you
please feel free to e-mail me at Utopia33@i.x.netcom.com.All information
and postage are free of charge,and all information is sent out through
the U.S. mail 2 day priority. I also run a RSD support group for others
who suffer from RSD here in the New England area. There is no charge to
be a member of this support group and it is open to all patients and
family members.I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Utopia33
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Subject: Re: Testing for ADD
From: Philk@ix.netcom.com (Philip Kirschner)
Organization: Netcom
In <3ivubk$rkj@fenris.com> jimd@fix.oneworld.com (Jim Dray) writes:
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>I'm from Oregon and I'm interested in any places that are doing testing
>for Attention Deficit Disorder. I have only just started researching
>ADD and would also be obliged to any good book recomendations. I'm
>currently reading "Total Concentration" by Harold Levinson, M.D..
May I also suggest that you read, "DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION" by
Dr.HALLOWELL and RATEY, to physcatrists who also suffer from
ADD and ADHD.
Phil
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Subject: Re: Consumer guide to assistive devices
From: nymeng@aol.com (NYMeng)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
I, too, was going to recommend the Alliance for Technological Access'
book. It is excellent.
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Subject: Re: Latest Do-It Internet Resource guide Available
From: nymeng@aol.com (NYMeng)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Dean, I'm very interested in getting a copy of of the Do-It IRG.
Nancie Meng
NYM@AOL.com
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Subject: looking for wheelchair symbol
From: sgibbz@aol.com (SGibbz)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Could someone refer me to a source for the international symbol for
access: a symbol font on disk for Mac or IBM, or a way to download it off
the net would be lovely. Thank you very much.
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Subject: Re: Need info. on issues concerning the Disabled? Try here!!
From: Philk@ix.netcom.com (Philip Kirschner)
Organization: Netcom
In <3ivld0$pf2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> markc30370@aol.com (MarkC30370)
writes:
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|The St. David's Wheelchair Fitness Center in Austin, Texas is the only
|barrier-free exercise facilty in the Central Texas area. Our membership
is
|growing fast and in response we are trying to meet the needs of those
that
|are in need of advice, information, or interest in programs we are
|involved in. We are a non-profit, non-denominational organization run
by
|two paras and me, the able-bodied grunt. (he!he!) We are eager to hear
|from you and are willing to send you information about our services and
to
|answer questions you may have concerning disabled needs. Give us a
|toll-free call at (800)533-8545 or write to us at
|Wheelchair Fitness Center
|1005 E. 32nd St.
|Austin, TX 78705
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|Cheers!!
|Paul
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Subject: HELP!!!! need 'Net resources for the disabled
From: biscuit@infi.net
Organization: Dobisky & Associates
Hello All,
I am posting to this news group for two reasons:
1) I would like email from anyone who can tell me about ANY
resources for the disabled on the internet. I am building a web
page with links to those resources. as soon as its up I will post
the URL for everyone.
2) I have an uncle who lives in upstate NY (Ogdensburg), who is
disabled and I am trying to locate free or VERY cheap Internet
access for him. Does anyone know of anyway to get him free access
in his area. I has a computer and a modem but he must call long
di$tance to Syracuse and pay Compu$erve for access to the net.
If you have any ideas email me at:
biscuit@infi.net
Thanks in advance,
Andy Dobisky
biscuit@infi.net
NAS Oceana
F-14 & A-6 Flight Simulator Program
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Subject: Independent Living Centers
From: jrwoodward@aol.com (JRWoodward)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Hello. My name is John Woodward. Some of you may know me through my
articles in The Disability Rag and The MOUTH!, or through my presentations
on the Social Security Work Incentives.
For a new Rag article, I am trying to determine how people feel about IL
centers at present -- specifically:
1) How do you see the future of IL funding?
2) Are CILs making good use of the opportunities provided by the ADA?
3) Why are so many people setting up consumer-driven advocacy
organizations that theoretically duplicate the mission of the ILs? Do you
feel that your voice doesn't count in the ILCs? Have they become "part of
the system?"
4) Are there many ILCs with non-disabled Executive Directors in your area,
and does this affedt (or is it perceived to affect) the advocacy ability
of your ILC?
5) What have ILCs been able to do in your area to build coalitions with
other agencies, groups?
This article is intended to summarize the state of Independent Living at
age 25 (it has been 25 years since the first one was founded, in Berkley).
You can post here to this new thread, or e-mail me at
woodward.@freenet.scri.fsu.edu or call me at (904) 386-8091.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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