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                                    PRESS RELEASE

Robert Mauro                    Elle Becker, M.A.
P.O. Box 897                    14385 S.W. Jenkins Rd., Sp. 108
Levittown, NY 11756             Beaverton, OR 97005
516-579-4043

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                              AGING AND DISABILITY BOOK

      If you'd like to be interviewed for a new book by Robert
Mauro and Elle Becker on aging and disability, please send either
of us a letter with your name, age, sex and disability.  Tell us
when you became disabled and how your disability has changed as
you've aged.  We want to know how this aging process has effected
your job, energy level, sexuality, and quality of life.  What are
the psychological effects you are feeling?  Depression?  Anxiety?
All letters will be kept totally confidential.  And please be
certain to include your address and phone number so we can get in
touch with you if we feel we need to follow up on your letter.
   Elle Becker became spinal cord injured in 1975.  She received
her certificate as a counselor from the University of California,
School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry in 1979. In 1982 she
earned her masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis and
Clark College in Portland, Oregon.  Ms. Becker has written a number
of articles on disability and relationships.  She has also written
three book.  FEMALE SEXUALITY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY, then
LOVE: WHERE TO FIND IT, HOW TO KEEP IT, and HOW TO LIVE WITH A
SPINAL CORD INJURY.  Ms. Becker also writes the "Dear Elle" advice
column in PeopleNet.
      Robert Mauro contracted polio in 1951. He uses a respirator
and a motorized wheelchair. He earned his degree in Sociology in
1976 from Hofstra University on Long Island. He's sold many
articles and two books: TWO CHARACTER PLAYS FOR STUDENT ACTORS,
which has an introduction by Gary Burghoff, who plays Radar on
M*A*S*H. His second book is called ON STAGE! SHORT PLAYS FOR ACTING
STUDENTS, and it has been endorsed by noted actress Helen Hayes.
Mr. Mauro edits and publishes PeopleNet, which he created.
PeopleNet is an international personals/networking newsletter by
and for the disabled. PeopleNet carries fiction, poetry, articles
on sexuality and relationships for disabled persons -- as well as
hundreds of personal ads. He's been publishing PeopleNet since
1987, and so far it has resulted in three marriages.  He presently
writes the "Computer Talk" column in Able Newspaper for disabled
computer users. And Mr. Mauro has written a booklet called
"Computer Literacy By & For Disabled Persons."

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