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From: CHLUNNEY%ECUVM1.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (David Lunney)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Talking scientific calculators?
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:19:52 GMT
Reply-To: CHLUNNEY%ECUVM1.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (David Lunney)
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
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Index Number: 26944

I am looking for a TSR calculator program for IBM clones that can be
used with speech and which has the usual scientific functions found
on the $20 calculators used by sighted students in freshman science
courses.  A talking four-banger (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
won't do.

Any suggestions?

David Lunney
Department of Chemistry and
Science Institute for the Disabled
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858 USA
CHLUNNEY@ECUVM1 (BITNET)
CHLUNNEY@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU (INTERNET)
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VOICE: 919-757-6713 919-758-6453
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From: Mike.Cooper@f801.n387.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Cooper)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: COCHLEAR
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:22:50 GMT
Reply-To: Mike.Cooper@f801.n387.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:387/801 - ETC Mednet, San Antonio TX
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26991

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Patrick:  The cocnlear implant works the following, after an
operation where a device that is a receiver is implanted in the
head and a wire with 22 electrodes is inserted into the cochlea.
the sound is first picked up by a small microphone which is hung on
the ear much like a hearing aid.  The sound is then sent by a wire
to a small speech processor that breaks down the sounds and codes
them much like a CD player.  The sound that has been coded is sent
back up a wire to a external transmitter coil that is attached to
the head with a magnet.  This coil emits a radio signal which is
picked up through the skin by the implanted receiver.  The receiver
stimulator sends the appropriate electrical signals to the
electrodes in the cochlea.  The electrodes then stimulate the nerve
tissue there.  The hearing nerve carries the resulting nerve
impulses to the brain which interprets them as sounds.  The entire
process happens almost instantaneously, just like it does for a
normal hearing person.  Please forgive the spelling, I am going to
have to find out how to edit this before I let it fly.  If you
need info you can write to
The Cochlear Corporation,
61 Inverness Dr, Suite 200,
Englewood, CO 80112
(303)790-9010 (V/TDD)

A little info on my little girl, she is 8 and was born profoundly
deaf.  She started an Oral School at the age of 5-mos and has been
in school since.  She had the operation the first of the year and
was conneected 2 months after the operation.  She is doing very
well and can pick up sound as cars, trucks etc.  She is forever
asking what was that and we are having to explain what each sound
she hears is.  I think it has helped her lip reading 100% as she
now has some sound to go with the lip movement.  I really can only
say good things about the Cochlear Implant.  My little girl puts
everything on each day without us even saying anything.  She
already has learned that it helps her.  If I can answer any
questions please ask.

                            Mike Cooper, San Antonio, TX

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From: sbill@informix.com (Bill Stackhouse)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: prostheses
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:11:50 GMT
Reply-To: sbill@informix.com (Bill Stackhouse)
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
X-Fidonet: Amputee Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26938

In article <26916@handicap.news> dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil
(Jude DaShiell) writes:
>Index Number: 26916
>
>If my information is still current Dupont will be able to help you out.
>To make good prostheses you have to have good plastic for
>a start and alot of thought to give it function after that.
>I can't remember who it was, but there was a basketball player
>amateur level playing on tv in our area advertising for dupont with
>one of the prosthetic legs dupont made for him.
>
>jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>

Bill Denby (sp?) appeared in the DuPont ads but DuPont did not make
the prosthesis, they only provided the plastic for the socket.
There is a lot more to a proshtesis than the raw plastic. The real
problem is finding what is available and most prosthetic facilities
only have limited skills and options. There are only a small
handfull of facilites that can provide anything but the most basic
prosthetics or help the individual determine what is right for
them. Doctors are in an even worse postition to know. I believe
that the right way to approach this is to be an informed user by
talking to other amputees, knowing what your needs are, finding a
good prosthetic facility and then finding a doctor to write the
prescription for what you want. Of course you must first deside
that you want and need a prosthesis! This is not a given and many
people function better without them than you might believe.

Bill
From: patt@SQUID.TRAM.COM (Patt Bromberger)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: new book series on education technology
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:30:34 GMT
Reply-To: patt@SQUID.TRAM.COM (Patt Bromberger)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 27012

 Forwarded from Educational Technology Mailing List
                EDTECH@OHSTVMA.BITNET

A critical book series on ----

      Media
            Education
                Culture
                     Technology

The purpose of this series is to create a forum for investigating the social,
institutional, historical, and epistemological relationships between media,
education, culture, and technology.  From this perspective media, education,
culture and technology are positioned as social constructions existing in time,
geography, and within the social world.  The series will address, but not limit
itself to questions concerning power and control over the meanings and
interpretations used to form individuals as subjects, and to shape realities
and ways of thinking of students and teachers.

This series will entertain alternative voices to the empirical positivist way
of thinking now dominating educational discourse.  It will publish collections
of new works or individual undertakings that inquire into the nature of media
and technology as found and practiced in the social world of schooling.

Series editor:          Robert Muffoletto
                          College of Education
                          University of Northern Iowa
                          Cedar Falls, Iowa  50613

                          Tel. # (319) 273-6282
                          FAX:  (319) 273-6997
                          Internet:  MUFFOLETTO@UNI.EDU

Prospective submissions should include the following information:
      general overview of the book with theoritical foundations
      table of contents
      description of chapters
      editor/author background/resume/afflication
      timeline for completion of text
      projected length
      intended market
      analysis of other texts on similar topic
      sample chapter/introduction if possible

Publisher: Hampton Press, Cresskill, New Jersey

Submitted by:  Bob Muffoletto  MUFFOLETTO@iscsvax.uni.edu
From: Laurel.Gealt@f201.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Laurel Gealt)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: COCHLEAR
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:22:29 GMT
Reply-To: Laurel.Gealt@f201.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:273/201 - US Telematics, Yardley PA
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26988

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

I myself am not familiar with the problems and experiences of child
implantees.  However, I have two suggestions for you.

One) Join CICI (Cochlear Implant Club International).  It is a
support group for implantees and for parents of child implantees.
CICI publishes a jjjournal four times a year.  Some articles in the
journal might bbe helpful to you.  Also  there is a convention
every other year.  For a family membbership, send $25 to CICI, P.O.
Box 464, Buffalo, NY 14223-0464.  With your membership application,
you might want to include a note to Craig Carpenter, asking him to
put you in touch with other parents of child implantees.

Two) You might be interested in reading a book by the father of a
child implantee.  The book is "Our Spark of Hope", by Kevin
Peterson.  It can be ordered from Carlson's Publishing, 114 S. Main
St., Suite B, P.O. Box 364, Lindsborg, KS 67456.  Phone (913)
227-3360.  Price: Soft cover $9.00.  Hard Cover $18.00.  Shipping
and handling $2.50.

I hope this is of some help to you.

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From: cldavies@nyx.cs.du.edu (Cindy Davies)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: software for word processing
Date: 8 Jan 93 13:37:48 GMT
Reply-To: cldavies@nyx.cs.du.edu (Cindy Davies)
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26998

I just finished talking to Shelley.  Shelley is a quadraplegic with
minimal mobility in one hand. (one finger)  She is working on a
grant to get a computer to assist her with payroll and wordprocessing
functions.

I have agreed to assist her in defining the parameters needed in the
computer.  I don't know where to go to find software that is taylored
to voice activation and/or commands.

She needs primairly wordprocessing and payroll software.

Any assistance anyone can offer will be appriciated.  Please reply
via Email to cldavies@silver.sdsmt.edu or cldavies@nyx.cs.du.edu

Thanks
Cindy

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From: WKJ%NIHCU.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Bill Jones)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Information
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:59:42 GMT
Reply-To: WKJ%NIHCU.BITNET@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Bill Jones)
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 27022

[Forwarded from the LIVE-EYE mailing list by Patt Bromberger]

I apologize for my previous mailing, I issued the wrong command on
our email system and transmitted that document accidently.  What I
wanted to ask is the following:

Some of my relatives are have been diagnosed as having macular
degeneration, and I am trying to understand the literature I have
found.  What is the difference between dry macular deneration, wet
macular degeneration and macular holes?  I have encountered all
three of those terms, but am not sure of the differences.  Thanks
for any help you can give me.

Bill Jones
From: Michael.Rooney@f737.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Michael Rooney)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: mattress
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:42:34 GMT
Reply-To: Michael.Rooney@f737.n106.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:106/737 - AirBoat OnLine, Houston TX
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26964

[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference]

LC>Hi Nancy!

LC> >  For those without a waterbed, you might try zipping up in a
LC> > sleeping bag on a particularly painful night. I found it
LC> > especially helpful for youngsters with RA- the 'bundled heat'
LC> > allowed them a better rest than usual and kept their joints
LC> > 'quiet' all night. Might work for one or two of you under special
LC> > circumstances.

LC>Not a bad idea, really.  Most of us complain the most when the weather is co
LC> The heated waterbed does make it nice and warm for me under the covers, so
LC>don't see why a sleeping bag wouldn't work, too! ;-)

When I go to bed it is usually late when I get reeaalll tired because I know
it is going to hurt and I am just plain tired of pain. If I am very tired
I fall asleep faster and that means less discomfort to put up with. Lately
it had gotten to the point where I dreaded going to bed. Saturday night about
seven P.M. I fell asleep in "MY" chair and woke up about 11:30 P.M. I felt
pretty good and had no problems going to sleep but then I was wide awake.
I finally git tired about 4:30 A.M. and rather than bother my wife I went to
sleep in the chair. Again no problems. Soooo, Sunday night I went to "bed"
in the chair and went right to sleep and woke up feeling fine. Am going to
try it again tonight. May have found a temporary solution to a very
aggravating problem. My wife wants to know what the heck is going on. I
explained it to her but I don't think she really understands. When I first
lie down in bed I have to be absolutely still for about 15-30 minutes and
she does to. Any movement causes a great deal of pain until the spine
"settles" so to speak. The chair seems to have eliminated that wonderful
experience. Funny what sometimes works. Only problem so far is the cat
jumps up on my lap while I am sleeping and I wake up to her staring at me.<g>
Take care, Mike...
 ~ SLMR 2.1a ~ Don't worry, I'm gong t bckup tdf-!&%#~%

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From: Mike.Cooper@f801.n387.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Cooper)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Cochlear Implant
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:21:08 GMT
Reply-To: Mike.Cooper@f801.n387.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:387/801 - ETC Mednet, San Antonio TX
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26977

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Would like to start some contact with people who have Cochlear
 Implants.  I have an 8-yr old daughter who has been implanted for
 over 6 months and is doing great.  Would like to share info, god and
 bad experiences and anything else we might come up with.  Please
 reply and I will head up the group.  Thanks, Mike Cooper, San
 Antonio, TX

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From: Brian.Showalter@f200.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Brian Showalter)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Greetings
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:21:46 GMT
Reply-To: Brian.Showalter@f200.n157.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:157/200 - PC-OHIO PCBoard, Cleveland OH
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26982

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hello everyone, I'm another "newbie" and thought I'd say hi and
introduce myself.  I've been totally deaf since the age of four, when
I lost my hearing as a result of spinal meningitis.  I attended
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind for four years, then was
mainstreamed because the VSDB curriculum did not meet my parents'
expectations.  I graduated from high school in 1982, received an
Associate in Applied Science degree in Computer Processing in 1984,
and have been working as a programmer/operator for a retirement
community for the past eight years.

In 1985, I received a single channel cochlear implant, which I now
feel was not worth the trouble.  In fact, I hardly ever use it any
more.  I have considered surgery to install the newer multiple channel
implant, but at this point I think that I will wait a bit longer and
let the technology advance further.

I'm happy to see such a thriving SilentTalk conference!  About a year
ago, I was involved as a network sysop in the Intelec network, and
helped to get their Deaf/Hard of Hearing conference started.  After a
period of relatively few messages, more and more people have started
posting and traffic is starting to pick up there.  :)

Happy holidays, everybody!
 * DeLuxe* 1.25 #821s * BIT: n. unit by which programmers go insane

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From: sherylb@CAC.WASHINGTON.EDU (Sheryl Burgstahler)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:05:12 GMT
Reply-To: sherylb@CAC.WASHINGTON.EDU (Sheryl Burgstahler)
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 27006

[From the ADA-Law mailing list]

I worry too much too.

I'm at the Unversity of Washington.  Because of the size of our school I
cannot imagine a case where we could claim financial hardship when we look
at the whole budget.

It is my understanding, though, that the moment we accept the use of a
textbook for a particular class, we are obligated to ensure that that book
be available in a timely manner to students who need alternative format,
regardless of the cooperation (or lack of) on the part of the publisher.
From: 34AEJ7D@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu (Bill Gorman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:04:23 GMT
Reply-To: 34AEJ7D@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu (Bill Gorman)
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 27004

[From the ADA-Law mailing list]

On Tue, 5 Jan 1993 11:03:25 -0800 Sheryl Burgstahler {IS} said:
>The companies and schools that use the books are required to provide
>alternative formats when needed.  They are the ones that need to put
>pressure on the publishers.

This point nags at me a little. An institution, such as a
university, let's say, advertises a service (education) to
students. As such, therefore, it seems to me that a court could
very well hold that the ADA mandates same to make texts and course
materials available in an accessible format. At its own expense.

What the publishers do or do not do, I worry, might carry very
little weight, particularly when a court could be looking at a
monolithic institution budgeted at $(n X 100)million/year, quite
possibly with its own internal publishing and bookbinding
operation. I hesitate to put much stock in the "unreasonable
hardship" defense when considering a possible scenario wherein such
an organization squares off against a disabled student who could
very well be living on loans and welfare. This looks, to my
jaundiced eye, like a situation guaranteed to attract very good
counsel to the student's case, pro bono; a no-win situation
considering the roasting that institution would almost certainly
endure from the attendant media circus.  I don't like to consider
the possible effects of such an event on funding sources such as
lawmakers and alumni.

Yes, I know. I worry too much.

W. K. (Bill) Gorman
From: John.Hargrove@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org (John Hargrove)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Got to share
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:38:43 GMT
Reply-To: John.Hargrove@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:382/68 - Diabetes Discussion, Austin TX
X-Fidonet: Amputee Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26970

[This is from the Amputee Conference]

Have a funny for all.  Some friends of mind and I where discussing
what to do with all the leftover peglegs I have.  I pop up and said
why not a legtop computer.  Boy was that a leading remark.  But
think of it.  Motherboards and powersupplies are getting so same
that one could actually fit a m board and all the nesessary
hardware into a use pegleg just about now.  What a market.  Can see
and ad now...Come and see the latest things...Get a legup on your
friends...Get a kick out of the new rage...The legtop computer.

John

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From: Ian.Hebert@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Ian Hebert)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Vitiligo
Date: 5 Jan 93 20:38:55 GMT
Reply-To: Ian.Hebert@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3602/24 - ADAnet One (tm) Net, Pinson AL
X-Fidonet: Rare Disorder Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26971

[This is from the Rare Disorders Conference]

JR>My wife (31YOWF) suffers from vitiligo and I'm trying to obtain as much
JR>information as posible on the subject.  She's been symptomatic for about
JR>3-4 years but the disease has not progressed over the past 12 months.
JR>(She attributes this to vitamin/mineral/amino acid supplementation on
JR>her part.

JR>Does anybody have any information or can direct me to available
JR>resources?

Jeff:

The following information comes from the 15th Edition of the Merck
Medical Manual--Section 241 Pigmentary Disorders, Hypopigmentation,
pages 2299-2300:

Vitiligo: An absence of melanocytes, causing hypopigmented areas,
          usually sharply demarcated and often symmetric, and varying
          from 1 or 2 spots to near universality.

The hair in vitiliginous areas is usually white, and the lesions
are white under a Wood's light.  Lesions are prone to sunburn.  The
cause is unknown; although vitiligo usually is acquired, it is
sometimes familial (autosomal dominant, with imcomplete penetrance
and variable expression) or may follow unusual physical trauma,
especially of the head.  The association of vitiligo with Addison's
disease, diabetes mellitus, pernicious anemia and thyroid
disfunction as well as a high incidence of serum antibodies to
thyroglobulin, adrenal cells, and parietal cells, has led to a
postulated immunologic and neurochemical basis. Antibodies to
melanin have been demonstrated in some patients.

Treatment is for cosmetic disfigurement.  Small lesions may be
camouflaged with cosmetic creams or the newly developed tanning
lotions that do not wipe off on clothing as other cosmetics do and
that may last for several days (Dy-O-Derm [registered trademark] is
widely accepted.) Sunscreens with SPF 15 protect against sunburn.
Oral and topical psoralens with ultraviolet A (UV-A) have been
used, but the treatment is protracted and results vary.  Cover-up
cosmetics are much more satisfactory for most patients where cure
is doubtful.

Post inflammatory hypopigmentation follows healing of certain
inflammatory disorders (especially bullous dermatoses), burns and
skin infections, and appears in scars and atrophic skin.  The skin
may not be ivory white as in vitiligo, and spontaneous
repigmentation may eventually occur.  Cover-up cosmetics or
solutions are again most satisfactory.

Ian Hebert

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From: cfair@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles Fairbanks)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Wheelchair Lift For Sale
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:19:22 GMT
Reply-To: cfair@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles Fairbanks)
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Ohio State University
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 26942

FOR SALE -- Crow River (model # unknown) electric (non-hydraulic) wheelchair
lift; 1987 model----Very Good Condition. $800 obo.

EMAIL:cfair@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
SNAIL MAIL: Chuck Fairbanks, P.O. Box 3487, Columbus, OH   43210-0487