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From: Cindy.Barnes@f22.n375.z1.fidonet.org (Cindy Barnes)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Hip Pain
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:03:28 GMT
Reply-To: Cindy.Barnes@f22.n375.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:375/22 - Ken's BBS, Montgomery AL

Index Number: 23210

[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference]

I have a question you might be able to answer. (Excuse an spelling mistakes,
since I have never written this word before)  I have since my back surgery,
been feeling a lot of pain in my right hip. Before the surgery it was there,
but I assume the back pain masked the hip pain. Anyways, when I went in to
see Dr. Bradley for my six-week check up I brought up the pain in my hip and
asked him if it was the arthritis causing it. He said he didn't think it was
the arthritis. He then asked me where the pain centered at. This was a hard
question to answer since there are two points of severe pain, one in the hip
and one to the right of the spine at the top of the hip.

Well, to make this short, Dr. Bradley sent me to PT where I am to get
modilitiy therapy and pool therapy. When I went for my first session, the
therapist told me I had a bursae (sp?) in my hip the size of a paperback
book. I have a feeling this thing has been in my hip joint growing for about
11 years. I say this because when my youngest was born my hip was knocked
out of place about 45 degrees and even after six months of therapy it moved
back into position only about 95%.

Now for my question. If the therapy doesn't reduce the size of this bursae
and the pain continues, will there be a possiblity of another surgery to
reduce it? I have a feeling that this will be the next step and I would like
to prepare myself. I am hoping the therapy will work, but since it has been
there this long, I kind of have my doubts.

Thanks...

Cindy

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From: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Bauer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Modern canes
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:36:54 GMT
Reply-To: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:291/7 - Union Station, Wichita KS
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23458

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 WS> Steve, I never heard about this, but if anyone wants to check
 WS> it out, here is his phone number.  Walter Crandell (707)
 WS> 762-6047.
I just confirmed with my friend that he did indeed pass away.  His
wife appearently sold the cane business to someone in Phoenix.

Steve

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From: John.Hargrove@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org (John Hargrove)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Indolight(sp)
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:38:47 GMT
Reply-To: John.Hargrove@f68.n382.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:382/68 - Diabetes Discussion, Austin TX
X-Fidonet: Amputee Conference

Index Number: 23279

[This is from the Amputee Conference]

In a message to John Hargrove <07-15-92 19:33> Drew Dunn wrote:

DD> My wife (Val) has one and loves it!  After 5 or 6 legs that did
DD> absolutely no good, she can wear this one for hours on end.  In fact,
DD> she says that it is the closest thing to a real leg that she's felt
DD> since the "original".

I agree with you wife.  Love my endolite.  After 3 years of fighting with 3
 other legs and not one corrcting the problems I was having, I was begging to
 think I would just have to live with the discomfort I was having.  To tell you
 the truth I was a little skeptical at first at the claims my prothetist was
 giving me.  But after having the enodlite for a full month now I'm in love
 with the leg.  If I could I would sleep with the thing on.  Like Val I say it
 is the closes thing to a real leg that there is.  I feel in love with it when
 it gave me the flex in the ankle.  I never thought I would be able to climb
 hills again.  With the old legs I had it was an effort but now it is very much
 less of an effort and I seem to glide up the suckers.  For the money it cost I
 would of spent 3 times as much to have the leg 3 years ago.

John

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From: Keith.Bucher@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Keith Bucher)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Turbo Braille Version 3 is ready
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:56:38 GMT
Reply-To: Keith.Bucher@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89.0 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23383

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hello Chuck, I did an interesting experiment with Turbobraille last
night. I wanted to check out the real time translation on a large file,
even though of course I have the demo which produces one page,
because it seemed to me that version 3 was running slower than 2.7.
 So I translated an ASCII file of 253358 bytes.  On both versions
 I decided to use the slash v two command to hear the page count.
  But the interesting thing is, with version 3 I got just 9.2 lines per
  second, but with version 2.7 I got a faster rate of 13.4 lines
  per second.  I haven't yet read the help screens, and maybe I'm
  missing something here, but thought I'd bring it to your
  attention.  Could anything about interpoint support have caused this
  speed variation, such as possibly a setting I should have changed?  I
  may be in the minority here, but I miss the actual manual which was
  included with earlier versions. Even with the help screens, I always
  enjoyed reading the manual. Other than that, there's not much else to
  report at this time. I sure hope you and Steve can get the problems
  worked out concerning the incorporation of Q&A Write. I always look
  forward to hearing from you.  Keith Bucher.

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From: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Patricia Bregman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Board members needed
Date: 24 Jul 92 03:17:45 GMT
Reply-To: Patricia.Bregman@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3602/24 - ADAnet One (tm) Net, Pinson AL

Index Number: 23270

KH>From: khackbarth@attmail.att.com (Kenneth Hackbarth)
KH>Index Number: 22839
KH>
KH>[Note from Bill McGarry: The original distribution for this
KH> article was for New Jersey only.]
KH>
KH>I am Board Chair for the Computer Center for People with
KH>disAbilities in Shrewsbury, NJ (immediately south of Red Bank).
KH>The center is a program of Family Resource Associates, a private
KH>non-profit agency, serving multiply handicapped children ages birth
KH>to 8.  The computer center additionally serves disAbled individuals
KH>of all ages and is a charter member of the Alliance for Technology
KH>Access.
KH>
KH>The center has been in operation for two years and has a membership
KH>of over 65 individuals and 7 schools.  The Computer Center board is
KH>looking for additional board members to help the center grow in
KH>membership and service to the community.  The board meets once each
KH>month in Shrewsbury (at FRA) with committees meeting during the
KH>month as necessary.
KH>
KH>The center provides a non-commercial setting for disAbled
KH>individuals and their families to explore enabling technology
KH>(computer software, hardware, adapted peripherals, and augmentative
KH>communication devices - we also hope to expand to include
KH>environmental controls).
KH>
KH>If you have an interest in technology or issues of disAbility, or
KH>if you've just always wondered how a non-profit board functions,
KH>let me know.  We are particularly interested in recruiting members
KH>of the disAbled community or their families.
KH>

              I would really appreciate it if you could send me
              information about your centre.  I am active in several
              projects dealing with employment equity and accommodation
              in the context of developing new legislation, policy and
              guidelines and working on specific ways in which
              people with disabilities can participate more fully
              in all kinds of activities and all ages.

              At the moment there is no coordinated centre here and
              your idea is intriguing.  You can either
              send material to:

                     PO Box 500-15,
                     552 Church St.,
                     Toronto, Ont M4Y 2H0

              or send me a message through this bulletin board.

   Good luck.

===
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 * QNet3 * ADANET:41/62/19:Ability OnLine - Toronto Canada - 416/650-5411

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From: Malcolm.Arnold@f312.n250.z2.fidonet.org (Malcolm Arnold)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Information Services
Date: 24 Jul 92 03:18:41 GMT
Reply-To: Malcolm.Arnold@f312.n250.z2.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 2:250/312 - Pleiades Systems Pl, North York ON

Index Number: 23274

BK>>It wouldn't be a problem for a phone company to operate a BBS
BK>>holding Yellow Pages information - then blind users could log on
BK>>and use their own technology to find numbers and services... I
BK>>wonder why no-one's doing that yet?

BK>Good idea, however, believe it or not, not enough blind folks have
BK>computers yet, although, proportionally, I'd suspect that more of them
BK>have computers than the sighted comunity.

But I wouldn't have thought the cost of a
small online system just making a phone database available would have
been terribly costly. If hobbyists can organise BBSs to quite a high
standard for little or no financial return, surely commercial companies
could manage... We have Yellow Pages online in the UK, but then we are
so much smaller! However - as a service for the blind community in your
area, wouldn't it be good PR for the phone company? Maybe someone should
mention this to them ;-)

BK>Incidentally, our local library has decided to start a database for
BK>blind users, and that will be up shortly I believe.  Ah yes, things
BK>are looking up.

Good news indeed. I'm for any public-access adoption of info technology!

Cheers...

MAL.

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From: Keith.Jones@p13.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Keith Jones)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Syrinx
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:06:32 GMT
Reply-To: Keith.Jones@p13.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/15.13 - St Joes Hospital, Phoenix AZ

Index Number: 23338

[This is from the Chronic Pain Conference]

 GP> does anyone else suffer from a "syrnix", or spinal
 GP> cavity"? The three surgeries I have had did not do any
 GP> good and I am interested in locating a teaching hospital
 GP> that specializes in this kind of illness or a doctor that
 GP> is doing research on it. Thanks

 I am a C-8, T-1 quad/paraplegic who just returned from the Craig
 Hospital in Englewood, Colorado. I was told these problems often
 exist in SCI patients up to ten years post injury. Symptoms of a syrinx
 are pain or numbness above the level of the injury. They can be
 successfully drained or shunted. I was also told for the first time
 about the spinal cavity you mention. The doctor at the Craig said they
 were the first to discover these and that they are a fairly new
 phenomena (not that they haven't been around for ages). Needless to
 say, I demanded a cervical MRI which was negative. But it did give me
 piece of mind. I suggest you contact:

 Craig Hospital
 3425 S. Clarkson
 Englewood, CO 80110
 303-789-8220

                       -Keith-

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From: Eric.Bohlman@p3.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: using readcom with speech
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:08:34 GMT
Reply-To: Eric.Bohlman@p3.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89.3 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23414

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 TC>  TC> aI just got my copy of the new rfb quarterly catalog on disk including
 TC> the read.com program. i'm using it with vocal-eyes 1.1. the problem I'm
 TC> having is that i have to keep going in to Review mode to read  the
 TC> screen.
 TC> I had the same problem when using it with my asap demo and my version
 TC> of tiny talk. However, when I used read.com with soft vert 4.5 b, (and

Is your version of Tinytalk old enough that pressing Page Down initiates a
cursor read that flushes speech?  If so, that's been fixed for some time now.

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From: rbarth%ka3ovk.uucp@uunet.uu.net (Dick Barth)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Tdd software/ programs
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:28:10 GMT
Reply-To: rbarth%ka3ovk.uucp@uunet.uu.net (Dick Barth)
Organization: ARS W3HWN
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference

Index Number: 23365

From Digest #2539

>  From: George.Forster@f104.n268.z1.fidonet.org (George Forster)
>
>  Bill, as far as I know there are no software programs to convert to TTY since
>  that mode needs a 45 baud Modem which the regular Modems will not emulate.

Making a computer talk to a TTY is two-part problem.  The computer
uses the ASCII code and the TTY uses Baudot.  The TTY also uses
45.45 baud, which is standard for TTYs and teleprinters but not for
computers.  Both these things can be taken care of in software.
The real problem comes, as George points out, from the
incompatibility of a TTY/TDD with a standard ASCII modem.

TDD modems are available from a number of sources.  Besides the one
George mentioned, you can get them from Phone-TTY, Krown and
Ultratech.  For a list of model numbers and sources download the
file COMPARE.TTY from area two on the HEX.

If you happen to have an original IBM-PC or a PCjr, or a Radio
Shack Color Computer, you don't need a modem at all.  Software is
available (also on HEX) that will use the computer's cassette port
to generate and receive modem tones.

If you're technically inclined you can modify an old Bell-103 type
(300 baud) ASCII modem to the TTY tones.  The HEX BBS used such a
modem for years to answer TTY calls before commercial products were
available.  It now uses a Phone-TTY model CM-4.

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From: Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Expectations
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:09:02 GMT
Reply-To: Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:150/175.1 - Busted Flush BBS, New Castle DE
X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference

Index Number: 23346

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

In a message to Joe Chamberlain <16 Jul 92 09:15> Nikos Voulgaropoulos wrote:

 NV>         As far as I know there are not too many differences
 NV> between the medical/rehabilitation models. The european paras and
 NV> tetras can live as long as the abled bodied does. I think that

If the disable live as long as the abled-bodied, then why shouldn't
they have children or be allowed to adopt.  I have seen mothers
with no arms diaper their child and prepare meals.  I have see deaf
and blind individuals raise normal children and teach successfully
in our schools.

The clowns who write articles against persons with disabilities
experiencing parental responsibilities is totally out of touch with
modern thinking.  I can only assume that they are acting out of
ignorance or prejudice.

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From: Joseph.Miller@f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Joseph Miller)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: "blind loyalty"
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:01:16 GMT
Reply-To: Joseph.Miller@f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1055 - The Keeping Room, Baltimore MD
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23313

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

JM>She was a responsible, independent journalist who deserves credit
JM>for covering what many of her peers are afraid to do with
JM>depth and honesty.

Well of course it seems that way to you.  After all, she took your
remarks, Bob Acosta's remarks, and Oral Miller's remarks at face value.
On the other hand she declined to interview people like Homer Page
because his opinions would be predictable.  She also left out remarks
made by people like Deane Blazie, Nell Carney, and Frank Kurt Cylke
because they weren't negative or critical.  In other words, she
systematically omits information from the very people who would be most
likely to know the truth about the charges to which she alludes. I
suppose if she did a story about the space program she'd lead off by
interviewing the President of the Flat Earth Society.  And he, like you,
would immediately hail her as a reputable journalist willing to take the
whole corrupt round-earth conspiracy to task.
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From: Carla.Campbell@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Carla Campbell)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Artic Question
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:47:47 GMT
Reply-To: Carla.Campbell@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/89.0 - BlinkLink, Pittsburgh PA
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23309

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Ok, all you Artic Business Vision users out there... can you lend a
poor non-Artic user a hand, here, while I try to lend a hand to a
friend?

Does Artic have a "pass-through" or "literal" command to send the next
keystroke on through to the underlying application, rather than
grabbing it for its own use?  I've got someone set up using Telix,
only, see, we can't use ALT-X to quit out of it! (Artic BV seems to
want to use the ALT-X for something called "point tracking" and won't
relinquish it)  Most programs have a way to tell the speech software
"ignore the next key stroke and pass it through to the application I'm
running," but I haven't the foggiest what it is with Artic and I don't
have any docs (and hers are in Canada.)  Any help would be much
appreciated.

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From: Jeff.Dubois@p666.f266.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Dubois)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Punctuation and Speech
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:39:14 GMT
Reply-To: Jeff.Dubois@p666.f266.n163.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:163/266.666 - Vision, Ottawa ON
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23464

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

This is one of the features I like about the Syntha-Voice products,
SLIMWARE  and POWERAMA.
These systems offer a dual input-output mode.
I use all punctuation on for my input, and all punctuation off for
my reading.  Specific keys, punctuation, and symbols can be all
controlled for both input and output modes.
I am very pleased with the way the screen is read, with proper pauses
and inflection for all punctuation, including colans, semi-colans,
commas, question marks, exclamation marks, and periods.

I sent Willie the Syntha-Voice demos for BLINKLINK, so they should
be available for file request from Pittsburg, or this system if Canada's
capital would be easier.

Take care,
Jeff

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From: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Bauer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Help with Artic 3.04 on some PC Clones
Date: 24 Jul 92 13:46:06 GMT
Reply-To: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:291/7 - Union Station, Wichita KS
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23303

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 DA> From: DAH@psuvm.psu.edu (Donald A. Hazle)
 DA> Index Number: 22850
I am running an AT&T 286 at work with Artic 3.03, DOS 5.0 and Word
Perfect 5.1.  I too am experiencing some lock up troubles. WP
suggested  trying the /NK or /NF switches, but I have not done that
yet.

If you come up with anything, I'd appreciate knwoing about it.

Steve

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From: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Bauer)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Artic Question
Date: 31 Jul 92 04:37:24 GMT
Reply-To: Steve.Bauer@f7.n291.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:291/7 - Union Station, Wichita KS
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23459

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I am assuming you are talking about Artic 3.0X.

In the Control Mode, select CTRL-U for User Definable Keys.  In the
third section  there is a key defined as CTRL-N for pass next key
stroke.   You can redefine it if you wish or use it as it is.

Hopefully, that will help.

Steve

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From: Bill.Burgess@f401.n229.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Burgess)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Acb/nfb Feud
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:03:25 GMT
Reply-To: Bill.Burgess@f401.n229.z1.fidonet.org
Organization: FidoNet node 1:229/401 - The Connection HST!, Oshawa ON
X-Fidonet: Blink Talk Conference

Index Number: 23322

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Yes, I have read so many posts from those who have had first hand
experience with the NFB, yourself included, and am sure that most of it
is indeed factual.  There is no way that I would go to needless expense
to directly investigate the NFB, since I am neither blind or an
American.  It would serve no worthwhile purpose and would waste at least
five hundred dollars which could be better utilized elsewhere.  My
purpose in joining GDUI was for guide dog information abroad, and was at
the recommendation of another Canadian guide dog user, who is also the
president of the British Columbia Washington Guide Dog Users in
Vancouver B.C..  There are many NFB'ers on this echo who have reported
many things about their organization, but none mentions a guide dog
users section that provides all which one can find in GDUI.  In fact,
little is ever said about it.   And for those who wonder about it, I
have belonged to many organizations and served on many executives but
none with the Jernigan dictatorship.  And I also have been a Shriner for
21 years, and as most know we hold an annual Imperial Convention,
usually in the U.S. which is massive, yet I have never travelled south
of the border or out of Ontario to attend any, though they are a lot of
fun.  Same goes for the professional photographers conventions.  So I am
not discriminating between any groups.  Now if NFB came to say Buffalo
or Rochester, it might attract the curiosity of those above the border.
Thanks for your input.  TTYL
Bill

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