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From: renee@tso.uc.EDU (Renee Alper)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Russian Stim?
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:05:39 GMT
Reply-To: renee@tso.uc.EDU (Renee Alper)
X-Fidonet: Chronic Pain Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25789

Bob, why not ask your girlfriend's chiropractor what it is? I may
be able to find out for you, but I have to ask a friend who is a
chiropractic student.

Arthur, just because you haven't heard of something, doesn't make
it an invalid treatment (just for the record, it doesn't make it
something to rush right out and try, either). Rather, if you trust
the source, pursue obtaining more information; then, decide for
yourself (asking others to help you decide is ok, too). I have
tried every standard treatment there is for psoriatic arthritis and
nerve complications from a C-1, C-2 fracture, and my best results
(by far) have come from the less standard treatments I have had,
including chiropractic, trigger point injections, diet, vitamins,
visualization, acupuncture, applied kinesiology, etc. We are so
resistant to the unusual in treatments in this country, as well as
over-eager for the quick fix solutions, that many good treatments
are not well known here. Hopefully, we will mature in our concepts
of medicine and treatment soon.

                                       Renee
From: Richard.Womer@p0.f5109.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Richard Womer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Think Snow!
Date: 23 Nov 92 22:12:01 GMT
Reply-To: Richard.Womer@p0.f5109.n124.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:124/5109.0 - National Amputee Co, Dallas TX
X-Fidonet: Amputee Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25837

[This is from the Amputee Conference]

The 52 Association has just announced its 1993 Amputee Ski Clinic and
Alumni Ski Week at Jack
Frost Mountain, Pennsylvania (about 2 hrs north of Philly), February
22-26.  There are usually 100-120 amputee skiers of all ages and
abilities there. The week is FREE (except transportation) for
first-time skiers, including room, board, equipment, instruction, lifts,
reception, and banquet.  For those who already ski the cost is a measly
$325 (try getting a week of skiing anywhere else for that!).  I've taken
a group of my patients for 5 years, and it is a GREAT program in every
way.  Further information and an application are available from The 52
Association, 350 5th Ave., Suite 1829, New York, NY 10118, phone (212)
563-9797.  Anyone wanting to ask me anything about it, or who is
interested in having a kid join our group, can call me at (215)590-2229
or leave me a message on CompuServe (72560,550).

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From: Laurel.Gealt@f201.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Laurel Gealt)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: ACTORS
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:25:44 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: 25727

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Yes, if I were a deaf actress, I would want to work.  But we live
in a society where the person who gets a job is the person who can
do the best work, not the person who some government official
decides "needs" or "deserves" the job.  That is democracy and free
enterprise -- and the countries where jobs and money go to the
people whom the government thinks "need" them always turn into
horrible, oppressive dictatorships.

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From: Carol.Ashland@p0.f319.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Carol Ashland)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: doggie and me
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:51:15 GMT
Reply-To: Carol.Ashland@p0.f319.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:105/319.0 - Mostly Mail, Aloha OR
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25818

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DH> Well I know this is late, but perhaps it will help some folks with
 DH> future elections.  It's been my experience that if you call the
 DH> campaign headquarters with the party where you're registered, such as
 DH> in my case, I would call the democratic headquarters, they send
 DH> someone, a volunteer, to come and get me and bring me to the polls.
 DH> The times I've done it have worked out very well.  This year I voted
 DH> with an Absentee ballet.  That worked out well too.

What if one is an independent, as I am?  Perhaps I should register as a
Democrat, just to get the help?  I mean, I don't have to vote party
line.

Carol

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From: tspicer@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (Timothy Spicer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: ADD
Date: 20 Nov 92 04:48:02 GMT
Reply-To: tspicer@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (Timothy Spicer)
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25785

karen@berkp.uadv.uci.edu  writes:
> Index Number: 25378
>
> My husband's nephew has ADD  (attention deficit disorder?) can
> someone tell me more about this?
>
> Thanks!!
Karen,
Has the ADD been diagnosed by a doctor or just someone who has
worked with ADD children before?  There are two forms of this
problem; one is ADD and the other is ADHD(attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder).  I suggest you go to your local school
agency and ask the Director of Special Education for more info
on the subject.  It is difficult to deal with, but not
impossible.
Tim Spicer-- Ld Teacher -- Gate City High School--Gate City,Va
24251
From: infmx!sbill@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Stackhouse)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: New Amputee - Intro letr
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:03:39 GMT
Reply-To: infmx!sbill@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Stackhouse)
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
X-Fidonet: Amputee Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25689

Regarding wheelchairs for amputees - for a single leg amputee it
depends on the persons ability to balance on crutches. I would
strongly urge anyone to give crutches a fair chance before buying
a wheelchair or giving up on crutches. I know there are amputees
that put their leg on when they get out of bed and never take it
off until they get back in bed but most of my amputee friends
and I are at the other end of the sprectrum. I use my leg when
it makes life easier for me like going to the grocery store but if
all I am doing is going to the movies, I am on my crutches. Loading
and unloading a wheelchair just to run into a store would be a drag.
also getting around in a crowd in a chair seems like it would be much harder
and getting things off a high shelf in the store likewise. These are
things that full time wheelchair users seem to complain about. My
advice is to get a good pair of metal underarm crutches and learn how
to use them. I say underarm crutches because you can actually get
around with them with your hands free to carry things, espacially
for very short distances. I can carry 2 drinks around in my place
while on my crutches. A lady I know can carry 2 full bags of groceries
while on crutches. I sometimes feel "disabled" around her. My only
problem with crutches is a long flight of stairs when I sometimes feel
unbalanced. Of course stairs and wheelchairs don't mix well. And last
but not least, that middle of the night need to get up is a lot easier
if all you do is grab your crutches. Oh, don't forget that hopping is
also a quick way to move around like in the kitchen.
Bill, AK amputee
From: Carol.Ashland@p0.f319.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Carol Ashland)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: I blew the wave
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:50:53 GMT
Reply-To: Carol.Ashland@p0.f319.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:105/319.0 - Mostly Mail, Aloha OR
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25816

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BK> Woo woo woo! I didn't say no code, just no disks.  Yes, the code is in
 BK> glorious print.  Have fun getting it read.

Yeah, fun!  I might submit it to Oscar, but what if it misreads the
code?  I'll probably have my mother read it, or check it out with the
Optacon.  People can denigrate the Optacon all they want, and say it is
obsolete, and all the rest of it, but I could not survive without my
Optacon!  Hey out there, are there any other avid Optacon fans?

Carol
 BK> (1:104/725.0)

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From: mcgrew@ichthous.Eng.Sun.COM (Darin McGrew)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Petting Guide Dogs
Date: 16 Nov 92 22:15:07 GMT
Reply-To: mcgrew@ichthous.Eng.Sun.COM (Darin McGrew)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25623

CA> I am very picky about people petting my dog when he is out in public.

DH>Me too.  I sometimes feel like I shouldn't be so picky, next to
DH>some other  guide dog users who are not.  It's my experience that
DH>if people pet my dog, even stare at her or talk to her, that she
DH>becoems excited,even somewhat, and it makes more work for me.

One of the adjustments my wife had to make when she got her
second guide dog was to stop letting people pet her dog.  With
her first dog, being petted never seemed to distract her, so
Michelle got in the habit of letting people pet her when they
asked.  Her new dog, however, gets terribly distracted when
people pet her (and not just when she's being petted--it's also
when she wants people to pet her).  Not allowing people to pet
her when she's on duty has made an enormous improvement in her
behaviour.

I think part of the problem with people petting guide dogs is
that generally the "don't pet the dog" rule is justified to kids
on the grounds of safety; it might be a vicious.  Guide dogs are
obviously not vicious, so it's considered safe.  Things might be
different if the "don't pet the dog" rule were justified on the
grounds of courtesy, but I've never heard it justified that way
to a kid with a non-working dog.

Darin.McGrew@Eng.Sun.COM            Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
Soli Deo Gloria!                      but righteousness delivers from death.
From: Allison.Cozzi@f3216.n161.z1.fidonet.org (Allison Cozzi)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: SCS
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:31:38 GMT
Reply-To: Allison.Cozzi@f3216.n161.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:161/3216 - Computer Communicat, Concord Ca
X-Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25763

[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

-> Aren't you glad I told you about this echo?  [big grin]

      Sure am! It serves to get my fears down to their proper
proportions.

-> Seriously, though, I have two questions for you.  First, where is you
-> and how was it diagnosed.

     The RSD is in both legs. At first, when it was in just my left leg,
there was a noticable appearance and temperature difference when
compared to my other leg. The skin is a bit...shiny, I guess I should
say...and hair doesn't grow on my legs as it used to (YAY! No more
shaving...not that I could bend over that far to shave them *anyway*!).
And, both legs (but more so on the left) feel like all the skin has been
stripped off of them and to touch them with anything...clothing, water,
sheets, hand...feels like claws are being dragged over an open wound.
Mine was dignosed by the symptoms involved and we could see it travel a
predictable course as it got worse. The first four years after my
injury, it progressed rather slowly buyt when I was going through all
those surgeries 1 1/2 yrs ago, it seemed to trigger it somehow and it
progressed more in the ensuing six months than it had the prior four
years.

-> Secondly, when in the heck are they going to implant the rest of the
-> SCS?

     Evaluation will be in early December. Then the surgeon has to beg a
little with the insurance company. *THEN* the surgery. Transamerica had
it all tied up for over a year and it didn't get straightened out until
I told my attorney to file suit on my behalf again Transamerica for
thwarting my medical care. Within two weeks, we had authorization for
the first trip to Denver. This whole authorization business is for the
birds. Seems like there is a better way to handle it...like someone who
isn;t involved with the money part of it to be the go-between who has
power to authorize procedures and surgeries or to deny them. These
decisions should be made on a medical-only basis and not be handled by
the guys with the checkbook! There's too much of a conflict of interest
the way it is now. Doesn't that sound liek a better idea to you? ...to
have a non-biased *MEDICAL* review board who has authorization power? I
think that it being like that there couldn't be a lot of these
shenanigans of legal filibustering, etc. and medical care couldn't be
held up for reasons other than medical review.
                                                       Allison

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From: Tandy.Way@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Tandy Way)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Strips for hp scanjet
Date: 23 Nov 92 21:49:26 GMT
Reply-To: Tandy.Way@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:377/6 - T.A.B.B., Tampa Fl
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25810

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I want to buy the vinyl strips that make finding the edges of the
hp-scanjet easier they have braille dots on them. I have a set at
home but they cane in free of charge. where can I buy just the
strips for my office?

... We now return Control of your Modem to you....
=== Via Silver Xpress V3.01

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From: CC38@SDSUMUS.SDSTATE.EDU (Larry Peterson)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Genie BBS???
Date: 20 Nov 92 04:40:35 GMT
Reply-To: CC38@SDSUMUS.SDSTATE.EDU (Larry Peterson)
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25779

Has anyone out there heard about a Genie Bulletin Board?

I believe that is what it is called.  It has bulletins that
deal with handicaps and it supposedly also has round table disc-
ussion groups that you can join in.

I would appreciate any information you could provide.

Email direct to cc38@SDSUMUS.Bitnet

Thanks

Larry
From: Hugues.Blanchet@p0.f136.n167.z1.fidonet.org (Hugues Blanchet)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Hello?
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:24:40 GMT
Reply-To: Hugues.Blanchet@p0.f136.n167.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:167/136.0 - Ab.'s Place, Montreal PQ
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
Originator: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com

Index Number: 25720

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 -=> Quoting Margaret Overath to Hugues Blanchet <=-

 MO> Hello Hugues,

Hello Margaret!

 MO> I didn't realize my words have caused such reaction from you. I wonder
 MO> why that is?

I'll explain my point and maybe you'll understand better, ok?

Why I don't agree on being labeled as a "Deafie"?

For the same reason I don't agree on people who are fat that label
themselves as "Fat", those who are short who label themselves as
"Short", those who are bald who label themselves as "Bald", those who
have dark skin who label themselves as "Negroes", etc, etc...

That is the reason I just don't agree with a label because when you
adopt such a label, I believe it's because there IS a reason and
you don't feel as a *normal* HUMAN BEING like every other person.
When we label ourselves, it's because we feel apart of the *normal*
society and in my case, I DO NOT and will NEVER feel apart from
ANYBODY ELSE, may they be short, fat, bald, dark skin or hearing
people!!!

We are ALL HUMAN BEINGS in the very first place and THAT is how I
think of myself, as a HUMAN BEING!

 MO> I am human, like all human beings we like to idenitify
 MO> ourselves,

Not so Margaret!!!  SOME people identify theirselves, sure, but not ALL
human beings!  I'd even go farther and say that a LOT of them do not
identify theirselves with any kind of label even if they are Chineese,
Greek or Italian!!!  There is labeling and Identity, both are
completely different.  Yes, I may be a french
Canadian, but that doesn't label me PHYSICALLY!  It only tells about
my origins not my PHYSICAL SELF!!!  When we label ourselves
PHYSICALLY, we them FEEL ourselves being apart of the *normal* human
beings.  However, we don't feel apart if we say that we are French,
Dutch, Greek, Jewish, Chineese or American!  It only identifies our
ORIGINS, not our physical self!

 MO> are.  So what is wrong with idenfitying ourselves as DEAF???  My ears
 MO> don't work perfectly, I can tell people excuse me I didn't catch that
 MO> ....with a good reason! I can't hear!

If you were fat, would you identify yourself as being "Fat"?  Because it
IS the same kind of reasoning Margie!!!  My reaction was quite normal
I'd say because I just don't think people should stick such a label to
themselves.  If they do, they just don't feel like all other *normal*
human beings....

I understand your feelings and I respect your opinion Margie, but I
just don't agree.

Greetings from the chilling north! (Brrrrrr... Cold here!!!) <GGG>

Hugues

... Sorry, the Dog ate my Blue Wave packet.
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From: burrows@sun.bdc.ubc.ca (Jeff Burrows)
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: Codonics 1575 Intensity Problem
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:28:15 GMT
Organization: Zoology, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: sun.bcu.ubc.ca
Keywords: text graphics screen intensity


Hi

I have a (Cleveland) Codonics 1575, which toggles between being a text
(Wyse 75) and a graphics (Tektronix 4014) terminal. It's great, except
for one thing: the graphics screen is much dimmer than the text
screen.  This has some irritating consequences.

A) I am continually adjusting the intensity dial as I toggle between
screens.
B) In the day, ambient light really drowns out my graphics, even when
I have intensity cranked.
C) In the evening, when I forget to turn down the intensity before
returning to text, my retinas get nuked.

Nothing in SetUp or the manual seems to apply.
Anybody have suggestions? Mainly on the theme of easy (I'm no
electrician) adjustments to the terminal. Much obliged,

Jeff Burrows                    ____            |   burrows@bcu.ubc.ca
Fisheries Centre, U.B.C.      \/   o\           |                __o
Vancouver, B.C.               /\____/           |              -\<,
Canada, V6T 1Z4                                 |   ..........O / O
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: test
From: ff@nova.cs.uni.edu ( Test Account)
Date: 18 Nov 92 09:11:16 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Northern Iowa
Originator: okane@nova.cs.uni.eduLines: 2

Please ignore this test .....
From: slq77@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: <None>
Date: 21 Nov 92 20:08:34 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Hello! TEST

Newsgroups: misc.test
From: geoffh@exicom.OZ.AU (Operator)
Subject: test
Summary: test
Originator: news@xig
Keywords: test
Organization: Exicom Australia Pty Ltd
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:18:15 GMT

This is a test!
Newsgroups: misc.test
From: mlescoez@Trirex.COM
Subject: another stupid test of new
Organization: Trirex Systems Inc.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:01:57 GMT

this is a test 
blah blah blah
dfjsf
sjf
mark
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From: news@schbbs.mot.com (Net News)
Subject: Test from mot.com
Reply-To: news@ftpbox.mot.com
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Distribution: il
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:26:04 GMT

This is a test.  The distribution of this shouldn't
go far, as we only want to test the first few hops
on our newsfeed.  Replies should be sent to the Reply-To
address and not the Sender address.

Newsgroups: misc.test
From: rmaszkow@nyx.cs.du.edu (Rafal Maszkowski)
Subject: rzm from nyx 9211212158 - how long does it take?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 20:58:45 GMT




Newsgroups: misc.test
From: news@schbbs.mot.com (Net News)
Subject: Test from mot.com
Reply-To: news@ftpbox.mot.com
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Distribution: il
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 09:26:05 GMT

This is a test.  The distribution of this shouldn't
go far, as we only want to test the first few hops
on our newsfeed.  Replies should be sent to the Reply-To
address and not the Sender address.

Newsgroups: misc.test
From: k_mullin@oz.plymouth.edu (The Scarecrow)
Subject: last one!
Organization: The Land of Oz
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 00:37:29 GMT

Bye!


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From: mstacc@ultb.isc.rit.edu (M.S. Tremblay)
Subject: blah
Originator: mstacc@ultb
Reply-To: mstacc@ultb.rit.edu ()
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: isc
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:23:45 GMT

sdf
-- 
-Mark Tremblay              
  software specialist                       Internet:    mstacc@ultb.isc.rit.edu
     Rochester Institute of Technology      Phone:       716.475.2986
Newsgroups: misc.test
From: robinson@mdivax1.uucp (Jim Robinson)
Subject: JBR test p7
Reply-To: robinson@zulu.com (Jim Robinson)
Organization: Motorola - Mobile Data Division; Richmond, BC
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:10:03 GMT


wwt
-- 
Jim Robinson
robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com
{ubc-cs!van-bc,uunet}!mdivax1!robinson

Newsgroups: misc.test
From: parker@mpr.ca (Ross Parker)
Subject: test
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 21:24:06 GMT


test
-- 
Ross Parker           |                            | DoD#1188 KotHFJ '88 FJ1200
MPR Teltech Ltd.      | You can't erase the dream, | '57 Matchless G80CS (soon)
Burnaby, B.C., Canada | You can only wake me up... | parker@mprgate.mpr.ca
From: bill@wafbox.UUCP (Bill Fulton)
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: no distr
Date: 16 Nov 92 04:44:00 GMT
Reply-To: bill@wafbox.UUCP (Bill Fulton)
Organization: Home

No distr line in hdr
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From: wilson@solomon.technet.sg (Wilson Leong)
Subject: IGNORE
Organization: TECHNET Unit (Singapore)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:52:12 GMT


NO-REPLY

this is a test from solomon posting with tind index running.
From: save@cpva.saic.com
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: Signal From Planet Nine
Date: 19 Nov 92 08:06:56 PST
Organization: Science Applications Int'l Corp./San Diego





    IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE, Out Their, out their, . . .
From: mcneill@devon.co.uk (Keith McNeill)
Newsgroups: misc.test
Subject: a test
Date: 17 Nov 92 09:40:22 GMT
Organization: Devon Systems International


a test....
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    Keith D. McNeill              |  Devon Systems International
    +44 071 499 8381              |  14 Old Park Lane
    mcneill@devon.co.uk           |  London W1Y 3LH     UK
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