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                          THE HANDICAP DIGEST

                               Issue # 2572

                           Friday, April 10, 1992

Today's Topics:


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                           Blink Talk Digest # 552

                                 DOG SCHOOL
                               Survey Request
                            Re: Artic new release
                          Re: ansi.sys and dos v5.x
                       modifying walkman for RFB tapes
                                 Re: Survey
                          Re: ansi.sys and dos v5.x
                            Good news - Bad News
                              Blindness classic
                            Nls Tb Developments T


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Subject: DOG SCHOOL
From: Tim.Cordes@f720.n283.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Cordes)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:283/720 - C-Shift Phoenix, Waterloo IA


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

        I've been accepted by Seeing Eye.  It looks like I'll be getting
my dog this summer.  I CAN'T WAIT!!!

                                                Later,
                                                Tim

---FidoPCB v1.0 [NR]

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Subject: Survey Request
From: ztsindi@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (The Independents)
Organization: University at Buffalo

The following letter was sent to us with a request to post to all
relevant areas of the net for possible response.  It is unedited for
posting purposes.

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				Barbara Anne Morano
				22 Capen Hall, Box 93
				State University of New York
				 at Buffalo
				Amherst, New York  14260
				Telephone: (716) 693-8650
				February 29, 1992

Dear fellow student:

I an a second year student at the SUNY-Buffalo Law School.  During the
present semester, I am enrolled in a seminar regarding disabilities.
For my paper, I have chosen to investigate the attitudes that students
with disabilities face.

I chose this topic for the following reason.  As a result of a fall
down a flight of stairs a few years ago, I have had continuing back
problems.  I recent MRI reveals two herniated disks.  Arthritis, and a
number of other orthopedic problems, complicate the issue.  After a
week in the campus infirmary a year ago, it became clear that parking
close to the law school and a locker as close to the door as possible
were essential.

That's where the fun started.  Only the New York State Disabled
Hangtag is observed on campus.  Because my injury is rarely, if ever,
obvious to others, I began to be the target of hostile remarks,
probing questions, and nasty cracks about the "Special Privileges" no
one thought I was entitled to.  Evidently, they thought I had
perpetrated a hoax on the school administration.

At first I was astonished, then hurt, then furious.  At some point
later on, however, I began to wonder how individuals with disabilities
cope with the unnecessary burden of prejudice.

On the whole, I have found my educational experience to be very hectic,
extremely pressured,  and thoroughly exhausting.  The running around
and the red tape alone are a career unto themselves.  How does someone
with a disability or serious illness accomplish this?  What assistance
or support have you received from the university, family, and friends?
What other assistance do you still need?  What are the most serious
problems you encounter?  What attitudes and problems have you come up
against and how have you coped with them?

Is your disability visible to others or not?  Were you recently
disabled or were you disabled from birth?  Is it temporary or
permanent?  If your disability is temporary due to an injury, were you
startled by the attitudes you encountered during your recuperation:

Do you feel your situation is intensified by other prejudices (toward
race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, age
or sexual preference)?

In addition to your responses to the questions posed above, I would be
interested to hear your opinions on any related issues, and all
comments you wish to make on any matters important to you.

I hope that some of you will be willing to share your experiences with
me.  If so, we could meet whenever or wherever convenient for you.

If you prefer to keep your identity confidential, we can speak
anonymously over the telephone.  My telephone number is listed at the
top of this letter.  The answering machine answers on the fourth ring
and will not cut you off.  The best time to call is between 9:00 and
10:30 am (EST), but feel free to leave a message anytime.  You need
not leave your name if my machine answers; just let me know that you
are responding to this letter, and give me an idea about when it is
best to return your call.  Alternatively, you could write to me
anonymously at the address shown above.

My seminar paper, the result of such interviews and conversations,
will be read only to my professor.  Students will be referred to, if
at all, only when necessary, with letters (Student A, Student B, and
so on).  I will do everything possible to maintain confidentiality.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER will your identity be revealed.

I will be away for spring break from Thursday, March 4 to Monday March
16, 1992.  I hope to hear from you soon.

					Sincerely,
					Barbara Anne Morano


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For net purposes, responses can be sent, by E-mail to this account.  Headers
will be stripped to maintain confidentiality.

Thank you for your assistance.


Todd Vaarwerk -- Computer Resources Chair

The Independents
26 Capen Hall
State University of New York at Buffalo
Amherst, NY   14260      (716) 636-3028






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Subject: Re: Artic new release
From: David.Tanner@f168.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Tanner)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/168 - Braille Bank BBS, Pittsburgh PA


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Sorry for butting in, but Artic will only work on their own
synthesizer or on a Dectalk. They have chosen not to support any
other synthesizers.

        D. T.

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Subject: Re: ansi.sys and dos v5.x
From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:396/5.18 - Pontchippi, New Orleans LA


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 AH>      2:  Have you heard any vendor talk about just fixing their screen
 AH> reader program to use the new ansi driver?  That would be best, but it is
 AH> an approximate world we live in marginally.

Both asap, and jaws have fixed their screen readers to be able to
use the dos 5.0 ansi.sys.

               Walter

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Subject: modifying walkman for RFB tapes
From: 99681084@uwwvax.uww.edu (Mike Gordon)

I know that this must be a frequently asked question, but here
goes:  How hard is it to modify a standard stereo tape player to
play RFB type tapes?  I know I would need to lower the speed and
wire a switch in to only listen to the left or right channel at a
time.

I have a friend who would like to play these tapes on walkman type
player, but can't afford the big bucks for a bookman.
Unfortunately, she can't get any financial help and is just a poor
college student.  (Hey, who isn't?)   Anyways, I'd like to modify a
regular tape unit for her to use.

Mike Gordon  N9LOI
Disabled Student Services
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater




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Subject: Re: Survey
From: pjr@splash.princeton.edu (Peter Rayner)
Organization: Princeton University

Nah folks.  All this stuff about pouring tea is missing the point!
Here stands yours truly, shot glass in one hand, bottle of Vickers
in the other.  His wife has seen this before so a reverential hush
falls over the room.  Now you can't pour too slowly or the liquid
adheres to the bottle and there's a risk of wasting precious
ethanol.  So, deep breath, ears strained to breaking point,here
goes ... glop glop glop glop ... damn!  Too slow!  Guess I'll just
have to have another double.  Why did I wake up with a headache
this morning.

--
Peter Rayner Program in Oceanic           | Libertarianism: government of the
and Atmospheric Sciences Princeton        | lawyers by the lawyers for the
University                                | lawyers.




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Subject: Re: ansi.sys and dos v5.x
From: David.Tanner@f168.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Tanner)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/168 - Braille Bank BBS, Pittsburgh PA


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Yes, ASAP fixed the problem with MS DOS 5.0 ansi.sys clear back
last fall, within three months after the release of 5.00. Most
other producers of speech have not done any thing about it yet.

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Subject: Good news - Bad News
From: David.Tanner@f168.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Tanner)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/168 - Braille Bank BBS, Pittsburgh PA


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

You will be pleased to know Novell is releasing a new upgrade to
their Netware manager software in April that makes administration
of the net easier and interfacing to other networks much easier.

The bad news is that it will only run under Windows and OS2 so I
guess if a blind guy was planning on getting a job as a net
administrator using Novell he better scrap his plans or hope the
long talked about OS2 Screen Reader from IBM becomes more than
vaporware real quick and that it will handle the Novell software
when it does come out.

And, when will we see any of the other speech producers come to our
assistance? AFTER HALF THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE HAS GONE TO WINDOWS
AND OS2.

Isn't it a little strange that all these other software producers
can figure out how to hook into windows to do what they want to do,
but access technology producers think they can't?

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Subject: Blindness classic
From: John.Sanfilippo@p0.f102.n2603.z1.fidonet.org (John Sanfilippo)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/102.0 - The Event Horizon, Bay Ridge NY


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I'd be interested in compiling a list of the ten most
informative, most wanted, most necessary, etc., etc., books or
magazines or articles or essays which deal with blindness.

If you had to pick ten books, or even just one book about or by
blindness or blind people, what would you suggest is a "must
read" for anyone interested in the subject? For instance, I
might choose Dialogue Magazine and a book called "The Making of
Blind Men"  (don't know the author, <blush>).

As to why I want this, I'm just relatively ignorant of the
subject as a formal subject, even though i've been blind all my
life.

Your thoughts appreciated.

... Everything seems harder to get into these days but trouble.

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Subject: Nls Tb Developments T
From: Steve.Matzura@f203.n2603.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Matzura)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2603/203 - The Shop Mail Only, Flushing NY


[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 > work pretty well on the bus or el.
 > I just tend to like to catch up on my reading when I travel and so I
 > tend to do that the most when I go out.
 > Incidentally, will I have to stop thatwhen I get my dog?  Can you
 > give
 > me some guidelines?

The only time it's a poor idea to walk around with things in your
ears is when you are--well--walking around.  When you're sitting on
a conveyance of some kind, there's nothing to say you can't fill
your ears with other than the sound of that conveyance, howsoever,
be thee warned that sometimes one gets too much into the groove, as
it were, and loses touch with reality as it were, which is a nice
way of saying, while you're boogie-ing down, your doggie just might
be doing the same thing or worse!!!  Let me put it to you this
way:  Do whatever they tell you while you're in training; when you
get home, do what you feel is safe.

Steve Matzura

Via: FrontDoor 2.02

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