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|                    American Disability Association                   |
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|                              July 1992                               |
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|                        Volume One/Issue Five                         |
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Published monthly by and for the Members of ADAnet, the International
Disability Network.  Copyright 1992, American Disability Association.
All rights reserved.  Duplication and/or distribution permitted for
non-commercial purposes only.  For use in other circumstances, please
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                           Table of Contents

First Word......................................................Page  2
Special Thanks!.................................................Page  3
Opinions and Editorials
  On the Fly....................................................Page  3
  Heresies......................................................Page  5
  The Map, Toto... The Map?.....................................Page  8
Articles
  ADAnet Mission and Strategy...................................Page  9
  Conflict Resolution - Part One of Seven.......................Page 10
  From The Many, One - Part Two.................................Page 12
  ATTAIN........................................................Page 14
  Adult Incontinence............................................Page 15
  Vacation Tips for Southern California.........................Page 16
  Jobs for Homebound DisAbled...................................Page 17

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Miscellaneous Information.......................................Page 18
Upcoming Events.................................................Page 20
Messages Worth Repeating........................................Page 21
Because It's Fun................................................Page 26
Beautiful Thoughts..............................................Page 27
What's on ADAnet - An ADAnet Echo List..........................Page 28
Assoc. of Disabled Americans Membership Form....................Page 30
Indica..........................................................Page 31

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First Word

A handy theme for anything written in the USA during early July is
independence.  The feeling is everywhere from K-Mart sales ads to family
plans for togetherness and barbeques.  I think it's a theme appropriate
for ADAnet as well.

There's probably no such thing as total independence, for as the wise
men say, "no man is an island", but when we come together and share our
stories we offer to each other some bit of experience, wisdom, or
commiseration which can help our collective selves to make our own way
through life a little bit more the way we'd like it to be.

That to me is independence.  Doing it 'my way'.  And it often needs the
assistance of many people to make it so.  Are we less independent when
we accept or seek that assistance?  I don't think so.  Nobody makes it
alone.  With each others help, we can all find our way traveling the
road of interdependent independence.


Marlin Johnson
Editor in Chief

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                       - - - Special Thanks - - -

Our special thanks to these companies for their support with hardware,
software, and guidance:

BellSouth Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Roebuck Typewriter and Computer, Inc., Birmingham, AL

South Central Bell (Barry Copeland and Gary Patterson)

Randy's Computers, Pinson, AL
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                        Opinions and Editorials

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ON THE FLY...
By: Bill Freeman

Toward a Global Policy of Disability Unity


 Has everyone realized how great our achievement has been?

 What do I mean by that. Well, we need to stop for a bit and realize
that we have achieved a very special place in the history of the world.

 For the first time ever, we have brought together a group of people
that share a common oppression. We have brought together people that
have found a common expression in which we manifest great joy. In the
face of extreme adversity, we seize life and happiness. We have
steadfastly pointed to the fact that God has made us all, whether
disabled or not, and we are people of value. We have the greatest value
to one another, and ADAnet is an expression of this perfect unity that
we have as people with disabilities.

 ADAnet has stood in the global commons, exclaiming our presence and
demanding the respect of the rest of the world - not because we have
done anything special, but simply because we are all God's children, and
in our sense of community we can find great love for one another and
develop a sense of purpose based on this great love we feel for one
another. That sense of purpose we find in our ability to listen and love
one another. We are one community, chosen by God to be united in our
adversity. Through our adversity we will develop a better tomorrow, by
listening and caring for one another.

 I've personally had great doubts about my ability to lead over the past
many weeks. I have decided that I do not need to lead - the path has
already been set - we must simply follow that path. To the extent that
we recognize that each of us is the other's neighbor, we must realize
that we owe each other the duty to watch out for each other - to help
each other along life's rocky and inaccessible roads.

 We will not break any barriers so long as we are not united in our
desire to see those barriers fall. We cannot be united so long as we see
local issues dictating our response to global problems. In this sense,
my friends, the problems of disabled people in Milan are the problems of
disabled people in Vancouver. I can't help but feel that in the rush to
declare our own interests, we lose sight of the greater interests that
we must serve.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 4

 A friend recanted the story of St. Peter walking upon the water to me
tonight.  I believe we are just like Peter. If we look to our own local
interests, we are destined to fall. To the extent that we keep our eye
on our primary goal of international brotherhood and community, we will
not and cannot fall.

 With this in mind, we must be brave to develop ways to meet the needs
of our brothers and sisters all over the world. We can never fuss over
whether something helps Americans, or Canadians, or Australians or
Europeans. We must each help each other as fully as we can, and in so
doing we shall help ourselves. To the extent that we operate from
selfish or local motives, we do each other great harm. We must fully
participate even when that participation is not serving our own
interests - for only to the extent that we serve one another are we
served.

 Our victory is won, and there can be no doubt that a group of people
with disabilities has conquered the world. We can share our wants and
desires with one another, and we can listen to each other when the whole
world is against us. We have in our possession the pearl of great price,
and we must not mortgage it with even a moment of doubt that we are one.
We must proclaim our victory proudly, and look for even greater returns
in the future.

 All of our objectives must be fundamentally based on these ideas of
global love and unity. To the extent this is so, we shall overcome all
of our limitations. To the extent that we are divided, we are alone.

 As you participate in developing policies and making ADAnet grow,
please keep these fundamental and simple rules in mind. We must not
serve the needs of localized interests. We must serve each other's
interest as a part of the community we have created. We must help one
another in meeting all of our problems - global or local. We must not
participate in developing factions only concerned with issues of local
importance. We must bring our problems to the table, as well as our
desire to help others solve their problems. If we do any less, we do
better to not come to the table at all.

 We are one today. We will be one tomorrow only if we choose to serve
one another. My prayer is that we can collectively feed one another. If
we cannot, we need not bother ourselves with any other issues. Divided
we will surely starve, but as brothers we can surely prosper.

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HERESIES
By: The Heretic


   Getting started is, for me, the toughest part of any job.  I can
think of a lot of things to do and I do, quite often, think about them
almost continually.  Beginning one is the hard part.  I just keep
putting it off by letting other things get in the way; stuff which often
seems more important than what I want to do.

   Living with a disability or, in my case, several disabilities is a
lesson in constant adjustment.  I often fall behind.  Who am I trying to
kid?  I haven't been caught up on anything since 1963.  Anyway, I'm
always TRYING to catch up by working frantically when healthy or as
close as I get, until I make myself sick, again.  Which leads me to fall
even further behind.   You'd think anyone with an IQ above their shoe
size would realize that I'd be better off not trying so hard to "catch-
up" and just do what I can - when I can.

   But I don't.  I work and I work hard - harder than most.  Not that I
get credit for my effort.  Inevitably, as I regress towards being too
sick get my work done, I ponder what I could do if only I had my health.

What would I do with my life if I just wouldn't get sick so much?  I get
angry at the world which doesn't understand my situation or my needs.  I
get angry at other PwDs too intent on getting their's and who have
nothing left over to help others.  Then I lose heart; is this is really
worth it?   Like a burial shroud descending, depression engulfs me.
Depression about all the things that I am not, all the things I can
never be, all the dreams I'll never fulfill.

   I've repeated this little adventure about a half dozen times so far
this year.   And just as many times last year.  Well, at least I'm good
at something.  But there's more here than meets the eye.  You might
think that depression is the problem; it isn't.  It's the symptom of the
disease.  Contrary to popular belief, most depression is quite normal.
People in difficult circumstances have periodic bouts of depression and
rightly so: their lives are filled with struggle.  I've often wondered
if depression isn't nature's way of telling me to slow down and think a
bit.   I've battled serious, chronic depression earlier in my life and I
know what that's all about.  Depression is repressed anger.  Periodic
depression when life is difficult to cope with is just a natural part of
life.

   It's more important to see that a ubiquitous disease plagues
humankind regardless of disability status which truly is the root of all
evil.  It is the principal cause of human suffering in the world today

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 6

because it single-handedly tarnishes accumulated possessions, plunders
rich and poor alike, kills crops, causes famine, creates poverty,
promotes abuse.  Every single human being on this planet carries it
wherever they go infecting nearly everyone they encounter with a virus
more deadly than AIDS.

   What is it?   I told it to you before.  Didn't you see it?  Didn't it
strike a cord in your heart?   Go back and read the third paragraph of
this article again.  Go ahead.  I'll wait for you here.

   Did you see it, this time?  Those words.  Those four monstrous words.

Oh, I grant that none, by itself, has any inherent evil in it.  But
strung together into a sentence they become the most malevolent force
know to our world.   They've collapsed economies, brought down entire
governments, started wars, erased entire human and animal species;
slaughtering millions upon millions in this century alone.

   "If only I had...."

   Ahhhhh, how much has been squandered by those who know only how to
sit, excusing their inactivity with the words, "If only I had...."  How
many have become beggars, liars and thieves for want of something
unobtainable.   How many have sounded the depths of human misery, of
human depravity in an endless, futile quest to fulfill an endless,
gnawing hunger of insatiable wants.  Not just giants of commerce nor
bankers nor lawyers nor captains of industry.  Politicians, surely.  But
also humanitarians, would-be benefactors of the public welfare.  Even
those already afflicted with various "handicaps".

   "If only I had...."  What?  My health?   My eye sight or hearing or
mobility?  Why stop there, how about time or money or power or friends
or help or or respect or work or a place to call my own.  It is nothing
less than the watch-call for countless souls helplessly paralyzed with
inaction forever feeling that they need something they haven't got.

   Twin evils lurk within that phrase.   The most obvious wastes time
and energy wishing for things that don't or can't exist.  I can't get my
sight back, if I ever had it.  I can't make muscles grow where nerves
are damaged beyond repair.   I can't restore lost hearing.  I can't
create political power enough to force my personal agenda-for-the-world
onto others.  I can't EVER make enough money to be completely secure.

   Such things are shadows; unhealthy, distorted wishes which are
mimicking phantoms of substance.  Mere Will o'Wisps luring from reality
toward a bitter fantasy.   Political power?  It's an illusion.   Health?
It's something that Madison Avenue sells in a jar but it doesn't exist
for most people.  Good looks?  On magazine covers, maybe.  But most of
us got what we got and no matter how hard we try, it won't get much
different.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 7

   The more insidious villain is the subtle way, "If only I had..."
becomes a license to blame someone or something else for whatever is
lacking in ourselves.  It removes personal responsibility.   It hides,
"I don't want to" behind the pretense of "I can't".   It cries for pity
while quietly maintaining an illusion of personal pride.   It gives PwDs
permission to get mad at those blankety-blank-blank TABs and "do-
gooders" descrying how rotten they treat us while spending our time
whining about how wonderful life would be if we ran the world.

   It may be a good thing that some of us are disabled.

   All this may come as a bit of a shock to you.  It did to me.
Remember how I wanted the "big picture"?  Well, I found it and boy, did
it surprise me.  The big picture is: I can't change the big picture.
It's beyond me.   Or you.  Or any one else.  All we can do is influence
the part of the world we live in on a daily basis.  Family.  Friends.
Ourselves.

   Most people, disabled or not, spend all their time fruitlessly
seeking changes to a system without ever taking the time to look at
themselves.   Even if the system changes, in the long run, it won't
help.  Because the REAL problem - the problem of people, of individual
persons, was never addressed.  It wasn't even contemplated.  The
problem of society is not with telephones or computers or political
systems or time or money or health or philosophy or lies in the fog.

   It's people.  Us.  Specifically, me.  I am the big picture.  I have
to change ME before I can set out to change the system.   I have to find
myself; to make sure I am what I should be.  Taking responsibility for
my own existence and how much or how little that turns out to mean.

   For me, that starts by removing that "If only I had" phrase from my
vocabulary.  I am what I am.  I have what I have.  I do what I can do.
I will not become a slave to things that I am not nor things that I can
never be.  That isn't being hopeless - that's all anyone can really do.
In the end, it is the best hope we have for helping our society become
a better place for all of us to live in.

   It starts with removing a little phrase and a good, long look into
the mirror of your soul.  Chao.

                             - ThE hErEtIc -

   The Heretic believes we know less than half of what we think and
think about less than half of what we know.   If anybody reads this
tripe, please let the editor know.


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THE MAP, TOTO......THE MAP ?
By: Waddell Robey


Well, last time, I spent a few words talking about the potential
value of volunteerism as a way for a disabled person to enter the
work world.  In this regard, we talked briefly about volunteerism as
a valuable way to introduce yourself into the mainstream of
competitive employment, and at the same time gain some insight into
your own interests, strengths and limitations.

I ended, by pointing out, that the preparation for either a paying
job or a volunteer job are essentially the same, and require the
same amount of planning and effort.

If the above is true, why volunteer?  Good point.  My view is that
there is an inherent shyness (I am being generous here, in that
often it can be more than shyness.) expreri- enced by both an
employer and the prospective disabled employee.  Volunteerism, is
one way to begin to overcome this impediment on both sides.

I will stop here, and say that I am not an advocate of anyone
working for free!  However, what I am talking about here is sort of
like "fore play" to a paying job.

Right or wrong, the disabled worker faces the challenge of proving
his or her ability to perform, competitively.  In this respect, what
is competitively?  Essentially, it means that you can do the same
job, as well, OR BETTER, than your abled co-worker.  If you need
special accommo- dations to accomplish this, then there are now laws
that mandate this, BUT, there are NO laws mandating a sliding scale
of competitive performance.  Unfortunately, many uniformed or poorly
informed employers and workers think that the ADA regulations do
mandate a sliding scale..thus giving rise to all sorts of mis:
-interpretations, -takes, -givings and just plain P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E!

Unfortunately, some disabled, believe that the law, enables a
sliding scale..........WRONG!  This is as it should be, otherwise,
the disabled would, legislatively, be placed in the CONTINUING
category of second class citizens and workers.  This would be an
obvious, and most discriminatory backward step.

All of this leads to the question of capabilities or skills.
Unfortunately, there is often a massive, although usually
unintentional prejudice here, as well.  Those agencies, and the
professionals that staff them, that address the vocational needs of
the disabled..........are, in essence well read...........and poorly

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 9

experienced!  By this I mean that they are filled with academic
guidelines and shy on being able to clearly see individual potential
as opposed to some scalar quantification mapped out by a
theoretician.

A multi-variate analysis cannot reveal those unique qualities of
individual interest, ambition, courage and self-esteem.  These are
observational qualities that are revealed only to the attentive and
open-minded vocational counselor.

Well, now, what to do?  First of all don't give up.  Get as much
assistance in determining your vocational potential as possible, but
at the same time, keep an open mind about both your own interests,
and your OWN LIMITATIONS.  If there is a match, then you are on your
way.  If there is a mismatch, take the best, add it to your own
ideas an begin to develop your own plan.  IT IS YOUR LIFE, after
all, and you and only you are going to have to live it.

Well, that brings us to TOTO and the map.  My point in the title is
that there are no ready made maps.  You, in essence are going to
have to draw your own..........with some help, I hope, but
nevertheless, YOU are fully responsible for the final product.

Is there really a yellow brick road....?  Let's meet again next time
and see if we can develop a map that will lead us there.

Cheers - Waddell Robey


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ADAnet Mission and Strategy
By: Bill Freeman

                American Disability Association Network
                    Disability Law Foundation, Inc.

                          Mission and Strategy
                              June 1, 1992

MISSION:

To meet the information and communication needs of people with
disabilities, encouraging disability culture in the world, while working
to bring increased quality of life and promote greater access to freedom
for all people regardless of disability.

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STRATEGY AND GOALS:

Providing a computer network linking all people with disabilities.

Publication of monthly journal addressing disability issues.

Participation in discussions across disability groups, leading to
greater
cross-disability awareness.

Formation of "electronic support groups", where people with disabilities
can collectively address issues of importance to them.

Disability education for people with disabilities, as well professionals
working for people with disabilities.

Encourage greater discussion of sometimes difficult disability issues.

Provide referrals to existing resources and fostering the development of
new and useful resources for people with disabilities.

Encouragement of positive and supportive inter-dependence between people
with disabilities and society at large.


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Conflict Resolution - Part One of Seven
By: Dr. Robert B. Johnstone


  Copyrights 1947-1991 by Dr Robert B. Johnstone
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 (Editor's note:  Bob Johnstone kindly gave us permission to
  release his Conflict Resolution here in the JADA in the hopes
  that it will help many deal with stress.)


  One of the best ways of eliminating stress or creating energy and
leading a more exciting life, is too exercise.  Most of us know one or
more people that are full of energy.  They are excited about life,
sometimes they seem to get far more than their share of their work and
play accomplished..... If you really think about it, you can recall
times when you too, were bursting with energy.  When the days seemed too
short, when work even became play.

  Now, think about times when you could barely keep your eyes open.
Perhaps when sitting watching television or in a class in school, yet,

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after-school or when participating in sports you felt full of energy.
What about that rush of energy in any challenging or dangerous
situation?

  Many individuals feel drained, unable to drag themselves to do the
simplest of tasks.  They leave letters to good friends unanswered or
waste energy in front of stress producing television programs. (Take
your pulse when resting, then take it again, at the height of some of
those violent programs.  Especially the news programs on television.)

  We are a different kind of machine, we seem to wear out from lack of
use. Think about it, if you take 5 gallons of gas, put it into a 55
gallon drum, throw a lighted rag into that drum, it burns furiously,
expending tremendous energy.  Yet, throw a rug on top of that barrel,
and the fire goes out!  We need oxygen, to create energy.  More than any
other substance that we take into our bodies.  Just go without food for
7 days, begin eating again, and you recover from that nicely.  But, try
going without oxygen for two minutes and you quickly become a
believer.  Oxygen is the MOST important thing we take into our body.  In
physics kinetic energy is associated with motion. The same is true of
human energy: it comes into existence through use.

  You can't store it up.  As Frederick S. Perls one of the founders of
Gestalt said, " I don't want to be saved; I want to be spent."

  We possess enormous stores of potential energy, more than we could
ever use.  If we tapped ten percent more of this energy, just think
about what that could do for everyone....

  Begin to get into shape or stay in shape.  Physical fitness adds
dramatically to your ability to create energy in every aspect of life.
Many times, the solution for sleepy feelings or depression, is 30
minutes of aerobic exercise. Use a pace that is * comfortable * for
you...... I have a rowing machine in my office. I use it every day, in
the beginning, I used to get breathless, rowing for TWO minutes, I was
so out of shape.  I would still row for at least 15 minutes per day....
15 minutes per day, increases your respiration or ability to take oxygen
into your body at the maximum rate.  15 minutes per day, increases the
strength of your heart at the * maximum * rate (SEE Physical Fitness in
30 minutes per week.) .... As I exercised, my strength levels increased,
my heart got stronger, and I could exercise for more than one or two
minutes without resting to keep my heart in the safe range for my age.
Gradually, I extended the time, so that I reached a point where I could
row, for * 15 * minutes without stopping.  By that time, I was amazed at
how much younger I felt and the level of energy that I had. Today, my
Doctor tells me my heart is stronger than that of many 25 year olds.

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[                                                                     ]
[                          FROM THE MANY, ONE                         ]
[                                                                     ]
[ A series of articles by Tammy Zeller recounting her experiences     ]
[ with Multiple Personality Syndrome.  For an overview of the M_P_D   ]
[ echo see the article by Jack Zeller, M_P_D Moderator, in JADA0592.  ]
[ Part one was published in JADA0692.                                 ]
[                                                                     ]
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From the Many, One - Part Two
By: Tammy Zeller


pre-teen and teen years..


I always knew I was different....but didn't know how different until one
day...(12) of age...I was sitting on the couch, just looking out the
window...just beyond the window in the next yard was a beautiful big
tree, nice green and shaded so softly on the green grass....

The small child was sitting on a white blanket...dressed in a white
crinoline dress...large white hat....(about the 17th century, clothing
style) small china tea set, with her friends.(dolls) and having a
wonderful party..much conversation of the day....about the war...about
the slaves that work in the fields, what to do about the contillion
party coming up...how many more hands that needed to be made from the
workers...just normal everyday conversation..the wind was blowing everso
light...her blonde hair moved like silk through the cool breeze...her
skin was like porcelain....her name....Camile..

Now sitting on the couch....I was able to watch and hear the whole
thing...and I am wondering how can this be..I am sitting here on the
couch, this little girl is about 100 yards away...how can this be
possible...

This child is me...from a past life...she stayed with me throughout my
whole life...and is still with me....she is not an alter..I have lived
and died many times...and have seen the deaths....and the
rebirths...this particular past life...die at age 12....as the war
process (civil war) and the troops came in...she was to hide...and so
she did...but was found....she was raped and burned in her own
house...along with all that lived there....

But would return to me at another time...with a different body, but the
same name....

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Any way, I got ahead of myself here...back on the couch...as before
thinking how this could be possible....as soon as my conscious came into
play...a bird flew into the window, the girl was gone...I went out to
see what bird it was and if it was alright....the birds neck was
broken....so I buried it outside with the rest....Johnny three leg
(cat)..ned..(mouse)...the family..(more birds) and others...I notice
that every time one of these events would happen an animal would
die...and so it would continue throughout my life...

In school I found the subjects to be very easy..I would not have to
study to pass a test...I became bored...but still went through the
motions and graduated...

Throughout this time in my life I was going through the system (HRS)
shifted from home to home...the only reason for being in this system,
(hrs) was because, pam..(alter) (alter) runner....ran away for the last
time..(body age 14) Arelene said we must leave or we will go crazy and
that someone will put us in an institution for crazy people...so off we
went...but not without the beating and one more little sex
stop...anyway...I ended up in a different county...the police there
believed everything I was saying...well could they not..I was bruised
from head to toe and bleeding....anyway...they brought the parents up on
charges...Richard (stepfather) was guilty on 15 different accounts...the
mother 10...but you have to remember at that time....nothing was done to
either one...the mother had to sign on Richard...and the real father
(Bob) had to sign on the mother...and no one would sign..sooooooo....I
went through the system..til I was 17...where I then lived with my
father..(Bob)..and his wife Ginny..(bitch)

At this particular time...we knew this was not a safe place...but you
have to do what you have to do to get by in life....the situation there
lasted 6 months...after the father killed Ashly (my dog) we left and
never went back...

Before Ashly died...I met the seeker.(past life) the seeker became the
most important person...he helped us make an alter in his image..so that
the system could access information from anyone we came in contact
with....(note) the past lives lived outside the normal system...they
could not interfere...only help.. at this time I did not know there were
2 seekers....the system had evolved quite quickly...and more to
come...it was trying to prepare me for yet another death to come...but
needed many to handle it....but yet all this time I thought I was
normal...a bit moody and a little strange...but all in all normal....

Also...before the father starved his own dog to death...I met the
eloquent lady..(past life)..(16th century) lives in a Victorian
home...alone...no children...no husband...no family....

We were tested at this time, from the school...because of the abilities
that we had shown...not just academic skills...at this time we would
know what someone was going to say before they said it....knew their

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thought process..I guess simple terms (read their mind)...but to us it
was a game...any way, at that time it was called I.Q. testing...now a
days in school it is s.a.t.s.

The results were quite high...and suggested that we go to the
college...and this other place for more testing on our brain....nope..we
split...finally graduated...one year before we were supposed to....but
in other school...

to be continued....


[    In the August issue, Tammy will discuss her late teens     ]
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ATTAIN
By: Rick Catania


    Accessing Technology Through Awareness in Indiana

    What is ATTAIN?

         ATTAIN, which stands for Accessing Technology Through Awareness
in Indiana, is a statewide consumer-responsive program that encourages
the use of various kinds of technology to improve the independence of
people with disabilities. The ATTAIN Network is made up of several
components which includes three resource & information centers, a
statewide information & referral network, a rural outreach program,
learning demonstration projects in six school systems and a specialized
center serving individuals with both hearing and vision impairments.

      The ATTAIN Project is proudly administered by the Indiana Family
and Social Services Administration, Division of Aging and Rehabilitative
Service. With funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education,
National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research, ATTAIN
is authorized by Public-Law 100-407, the Technology-Related Assistance
for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988.


Services Available Through the ATTAIN Project

     Many services which relate to technology and its use by individuals
with disabilities are offered through this project.

They include:

* information and equipment demonstrations

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 15

* assistance in developing appropriate financing requests for
  technology

* a quarterly newsletter (The ATTAIN News)

* public awareness activities, conference and group presentations

* consumer empowerment training

* training for service providers, case managers and caregivers

* ADA information

For more information you may write to ATTAIN at P.O. Box 7083,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46207-7083.


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ADULT INCONTINENCE
By: Maurice Sandler, M.D.
Northern California Incontinence Center
San Pablo

From the Montgomery Advertiser, June 10, 1992

How much shame, and how many adult diaper ads were senior citizens
supposed to endure, before the federal government stepped in to
alleviate the growing problem on incontinence?  Well, the day has
finally arrived, much to the relief of the more than 10 million
Americans who suffer from that disorder.

A government-sponsored panel of medical experts has announced new
guidelines for detecting and treating urinary incontinence - a condition
they say can be significantly improved or cured in 80 percent of the
cases.  The group said that sufferers often ignore symptoms, and end up
depending on absorbent materials without seeking any medical help.

The guidelines the government has set provide important information to
patients on various treatments for the ailment.  But what may be most
important in curbing incontinence is the role of the physician.  S/he
needs to ask the patient about the condition routinely and aggressively,
and then run tests to determine the cause.

The guidelines are in a booklet, "Urinary Incontinence in Adults," which
is available free of charge.  Write to P.O. Box 8547, Silver Spring, MD
20907-8547.  (Allow six to eight weeks for a response.)

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 16

NEW DRUG KEEPS PARAPLEGIC'S BED DRY
From the Montgomery Advertiser, June 10, 1992

A 42 year old paraplegic was taking Daracon, which worked well for him,
but recently the manufacturer stopped making that particular medication.
He tried the DDVAP nasal spray, and it reportedly helped him with his
incontinence.  DDVAP is obtained by prescription only.

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Vacation Tips for Southern California
By: Shoshona Bieman


I thought I would post a little something here about disabled access and
Disneyland.  Disneyland has a terrific policy for the disabled:
virtually ALL attractions are 100% wheelchair accessible.  The few that
are not are rides they do not recommend for people with back problems,
etc. - Space Mountain, Matterhorn, Big Thunder Railroad and the new
(can't recall the name) log ride through B'rer Rabbit's turf.  Those
rides jostle and throw the body around.  All the other rides are not
only accessible, they allow disabled guests and two companions to go to
the head of the line.  If you have a group and it is not a HEAVY crowd,
they will let your group go with you, too.  Overall, Disney has provided
a very nice environment for the disabled.

They also rent wheelchairs in case you need one (I do - I use a cane
mostly, but cannot walk for more than 15 minutes before I am declared
"back dead") - and the chairs are maintained in excellent condition.

The wheelchairs available are regular and oversized.  The regular is
$5.00 with a $25.00 REFUNDABLE deposit, and the oversize chairs (my
speed) are $10.00 with a $50.00 REFUNDABLE deposit.  They used to rent
without deposits - but people were constantly stealing the chairs (you
may take the chair out to parking lot).  It is a shame, but it is at
least a refundable deposit.

Another thing, they have a 3-D movie/video called Captain EO (starring
Michael Jackson) that they show in a special theater - and that theater
has special disabled seating that allows folks in wheelchairs to sit
next to their family/friends who are sitting in the regular seats that
are interspersed with the wheelchair spaces (does this make sense?).

They also provide reserved areas for the disabled to view parades and
their new Fantasmic multimedia spectacular. They also do special tours
for disabled groups.  They also have audio tapes for blind guests to
assist their journey through Disneyland.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 17

On the other hand, if you wished to visit Knott's Berry Farm, you could
have a rough time of it. None of the rides have real wheelchair access.
Many of them have lines that meander up hills or stairs - not very
inviting. Knott's is a wee bit cheaper than Disneyland - but it is NOT a
good value: not only are the rides inaccessible, they also cannot hold a
candle to the Disney attractions.

This is the very latest from sunny, smoggy Southern California. I hope
this helps any of you planning a trip out here. I know it is NICE to
find a variety of places to visit that are accessible!

So, what is nice to visit in your neck of the woods, and what is
accessible?  Let us all know. If you have questions for me about
Southern California, ask away...

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Jobs for Homebound DisAbled
By: Robert Mauro


    Computer technology has come a long way.  It has enabled literally
thousands of disabled men, women, and children to interact with the
world.  But still there is a total lack of interest in corporate America
and in the government sector to employ the homebound in off-site,
work-at-home computer jobs.  Many disabled persons are presently
attending college or have attended college.  Disabled college grads have
the advanced education to perform many jobs.  But the problem of
mobility, inaccessible transportation, prevents many of these highly
trained disabled individuals from commuting to work each day.
Therefore, it is about time state, and federal vocational rehabilitation
offices and college placement offices begin to work with the President's
Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped and corporate America to
generated work-at-home jobs that disabled homebound men and women can do
with their personal computers and modems.

   This is not a new idea.  Telecommuting already exits.  Many corporate
and government employees are presently able to "take their work home" by
accessing company computers off-site from their homes, usually at night
or on weekends.  I, a severely disabled person myself, did this for one
year; however, the major corporation I worked for required me to come to
the job site twice a week, which if I had to pay for my own
transportation to and from the work site would have been logistically
and financially a major burden.  Fortunately, my elderly father drove me
to and from the job site, and I paid for the gas and van upkeep.
Without my father's generous help, special transportation cost alone for
me and my motorized wheelchair from Nassau County, Long Island to the
job site in White Planes, NY, would have eaten up a good part of my
salary.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 18

     There has to be a better way.  There is no reason why corporations
cannot work with state, local, and federal governments and college and
vocational rehabilitation agencies to create jobs disabled homebound men
and women can do from their house or apartment via a personal computer
and a modem.  These could be editorial jobs, programming jobs, data
entry jobs -- any number of jobs that need not require a disabled worker
to trek to a distant office.

    Such off-site, telecommuting jobs could cut unemployment, as well as
reduce the growing cost of providing Medicaid, SSDI, SSI, and Food
Stamps.  Moreover, it would enable governments and corporations to
employ qualified at-home disabled workers without the need to furnish,
air condition, and heat costly additional office space.  This would help
reduce government and corporate overhead and increase the work force.

    The computer age is now nearly fifty years old.  It's about time
some of the high-paying corporate and government computer jobs were
moved off-site into the homes of our highly educated, but homebound,
presently unemployed disabled men and women.  All it takes is a change
of attitude.  The technology is already there.


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           M I S C E L L A N E O U S    I N F O R M A T I O N

This month, this section features information relating to travelling
abroad for the physically handicapped.

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UK Accessibility
By: Nikos Voulgaropoulos

There are many associations in the UK which can post, or mail, access
guides to you. The most relevant with the spinal injured persons is the
Spinal Injuries Association: They accept fax orders and visa.

Spinal Injuries Association,
Lorraine Hirst (Information Officer),
Newpoint House 76 St. James's Lane,
London
N10 3DF
FAX 081/ 4443761, tel 4442121,
United Kingdom

RADAR bookshop has also a large selection of access guides. I buy my
guides from RADAR. They accept fax orders and Visa.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 19

RADAR Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation,
25 Mortimer Street,
London
W1N 8AB
FAX 71/ 6371827, tel. 6375400,

Glad doesn't accept Visa, neither checks from US banks.

GLAD London Disability News,
(Vilma Jones),
336 Brixton Road,
London
SW9 7AA
FAX 0044/ 71/ 2747840,

Disability Now is the Spastics Society's publication, they have a
bookshop with too many access guides. They accept fax orders and Visa.

DISABILITY NOW,
12 Park Crescent,
London
W1N 4EQ
FAX 71/ 4362601,

In Ireland there are also two access guides, one for the Irish Republic
and one for the occupied by the British army territory. I am sorry but I
forgot to keep their phone/fax number.

Irish Wheelchair Association,
Arus Chuchulain,
Blackheath Drive,
Clontarf, Dublin 3

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More UK Accessibility
By: David Claytor

A terrific publication titled "Disabled Access Guide to London's West
End Theaters" is available on request from:

The Society of West End Theater
Bedford Chambers
The Plaza
Covent Garden
London WC2E 8HQ

This publication is well-done and worth looking at, if only to see how
something like this can (and should) be done.
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July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 20

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                     U P C O M I N G   E V E N T S

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July 3-10        Burlingame, CA
DWARF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA GAMES LITTLE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
NATIONAL CONFERENCE

July 5-8        Denver  CO
THE NEXT STEP.  A national conference focusing on issues related to
substance abuse in the deaf and hard of hearing population. Cost:  $275
(at the door).  For more information call 212-608-8602.

July 6-17        Olympia  WA
ESD 113 - INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.  For educators, this
course examines federal and state regulations affecting the development,
implementation, and evaluation of IEPs.  Gain experience in writing and
assessing IEP goals for students at various ages and levels of
functioning.  Cost $320.  For more information call ESD 113 -
206-586-5489.

July 12-15      Seattle  WA
IVING ON THE RIM - NORTHWEST DIRECTIONS IN VOLUNTEERISM. This conference
will celebrate and explore the uniqueness of "Living on the Rim".  Cost
$260.  For more information 206-753-0548.

July 18-22      Breckenridge  CO
EVELOPING LOCAL SYSTEMS OF CARE FOR CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE
SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.  Training institutes will provide
in-depth, practical information on developing and operating coordinated,
community-based systems of care.  Cost: $290.  For more information call
202-338-1831

July 1992       San Antonio, Texas
STEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA FOUNDATION (OIF) NATIONAL  CONFERENCE

July 21-26      Emory University, Atlanta, GA
SA AMPUTEE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS/1992 PARALYMPIC TRIALS (Athletics,
Powerlifting, Volleyball, Swimming)

August 13-16    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
LITTLE PEOPLE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - 1992 Conference on Short Stature.
Information:
Muriel Reid
202 - 1718 Nelson Street
Vancouver  B.C. V6G 1M8
Guest Speakers:  Dr. Judith Hall & Dr. Len Sawisch

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 21

Aug 27-Sept 16  Barcelona, Spain
IX PARALYMPIC GAMES

August 28-30    Dallas TX
ABILITIES EXPO '92 - Southwest (203)374-1411, ext. 138

Oct. 16-18      Rome, Italy
2nd CONFERENCE ON HUMAN ACHONDROPLASIA

October 23-25   St. Louis,  MO
ABILITIES EXPO'92 - Midwest - Cervantes Conv. Center
(203)374-1411, ext. 138


1993

July            Chicago, Illinois
WORLD DWARF GAMES

August          Location To Be Announced
PAN AM YOUTH VICTORY GAMES


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           M E S S A G E S    W O R T H    R E P E A T I N G

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Re: Good-bye, good-bye liberty
By: Waddell Robey
Sat 6 Jun 92 20:45
Adanet Echo


Cradled in her mother's arms, the child whimpers, sighs and dies. An
uncaring, indiscriminate, indifferent bullet has erased her.

The mother wails, "Oh God, where, where are the good people"?

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 22

A wheelchair-bound, young man lies, broken and barely conscious from a
midday beating for a few dollars.

He gasps, "Oh God, where, where are the good people"?


A homeless person, scrunches deep into the rags he calls home, and
suffers another night of hunger, fear, depression and desperation.

He mutters, "Oh God, where, where are the good people"?


A young woman, a college graduate, but blind from birth, hears yet
another speech of rejection.  She is certainly qualified, but they, THE
FIRM, are not certain that she can perform the duties they
require...................!

She, too moans, "Oh God, where, where are the good people"?


If ever there was a time, in this nation's history for ALL people to
rise up and be counted, to seek a renewal of humanness, and to demand a
return to the values and beliefs that founded this nation, it is now!

Disability issues, are obviously important, but unless there is a
general acknowledgement that we have lost much of our humanitarian
ideals, the disabled along with the rest of us........good and
bad........stand to suffer.

And she weeps...........as her flame diminishes........and those
glorious promises...........".....give me your tired, your poor, your
oppressed.." sag into nothingness.

Is this our future.........?  For God's sake......speak out, and reach
out to another and bring compassion back to America.

 * ADAnet(tm) Regional Hub: The Wright Place * Baltimore (410) 882-4481

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PPS and Marijuana..??..
By: Tom McKeever
Date: Tue  5-26-92,
Post Polio Echo


Greetings:

We have recently added Dr. Newman, a neurologist of no small reputation
to our BBS users here at the POST_POLIO moderator's home.. Dr. Newman

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 23

works with local PPS patients, and has been an invitational speaker at
local PPS groups.. Although an infrequent BBS attender because of other
commitments, questions/Comments may be addressed to "NEWMAN M.D." c/o
this echo or SPACECON BBS at 1:374/22 - (407)459-0969....

Dr. Newman has generated considerable publicity in central Florida
because of his stance supporting the use of Marijuana in CERTAIN cases
of PPS-related cramping.. It had been found that Marijuana relieved the
extreme Leg cramps sufficiently in one of his patients to allow the
Patient to FINALLY get a full night's sleep!! This effect is being
researched and legal matters being addressed.. Comments, folks????
Anyone else have any Info on the use of THC/Marijuana in such cases??


                                              Tom Mckeever, W4NOV
                                              Ye ol' Mod'r't'r...


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Need for cmptr lit. crs?
From: WARD DEUTSCHMAN
Date: Sat  5-30-92,
Adaptive Echo


I direct a distance learning degree program for the New York Institute
of Technology.  Since we offer college degrees where students interact
with computers, we have recently begun to address making this resource
available to pwd.  In conversation with rehab specialists at one of the
New York hospitals it was suggested that there is a need for a "computer
literacy" course for pwd.  My question is, is this a real need?  The
rationale is that altho there are a large number of pwd who know how to
use computers for communications, writing, etc., they represent a small
percentage of pwd who are out in the universe.  Most colleges have
courses to teach campus-based students how to use a computer for word
processing, data base access and use, spreadsheet use, and other things.
Since my program uses computers for interaction, the rehab folks I spoke
to said that such a program is needed -- possibly for persons already
using computers for BBS, etc., but much more for the persons who are NOT
using them, except perhaps as smart assistive devices.

You guys are the experts who are living in the real world.  My question
is whether you  see a need for this type of course, and if so, what it
should contain.  I see it as being designed for delivery using
videotape, computer, audiotape, or a combination depending on the
specific disability addressed.  Would appreciate any feedback.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 24

Thanx!
Ward Deutschman
Director, American Open Univ. Program
New York Institute of Technology
Central Islip, NY 11722
800-222-6948 (voice)  800-873-6948 (TDD)

 * Origin: ADAnet(tm) Project Enable/Dial-JAN, 304-766-7842,Dunbar
WV(1:279/14) 379/1107

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Ritalin/tourettes
From: SUSAN SETLEY
Date: Wed  5-27-92,
Problem Child Echo


(Editors note:  Susan purchased a booklet at the LDA convention and
thought that it could be useful for many parents in Tourette's Syndrome.
She is sharing her information here for you, our readers.)


     Here's my source, a booklet I bought at an LDA convention. Its
title is "Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tourette Syndrome," by
Ruth Dowling Bruun, M.D., Donald J.Cohen, M.D. and Jame F. Leckman, M.D.
The booklet itself doesn't have a copyright date on it, but an insert
(update on drug therapy for TS) is dated 3/90. I can only presume that
the authors consider the rest of their drug information current as of
that date.  That's fairly recent for printed literature as you know, but
possibly new conclusions have been drawn since these people published
the booklet.

      By the way, it's good-sized as booklets go -- 8 X 11 1/2" paper
and 31 pages. It was $2.00 from LDA, but the people who produced it --
and presumably, one could order a copy from, are:

        Tourette Syndrome Association
        42-40 Bell Boulevard
        Bayside, NY  11361
        718-224-2999

      Also, time for a disclaimer: I am NOT an expert on Tourette
Syndrome.  Take this information for what it's worth.

   This is page 15 from the brochure; the insert talks about medications
for absessive-compulsive behaviors, not stimulant therapy.

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 25

STIMULANT MEDICATIONS
     A particularly important risk factor in tics and TS is the use of
stimulant medication. Over 25% of all TS patients in some cohorts have
had a course of stimulation medication early in the emergence of their
behavioral or tic symptoms because they have been diagnosed as having
ADHD.  Over the last several years, series of cases have been reported
in which the use of stimulants (methylphenidate dextroamphetamine, and
premoline) has been correlated with the onset of motor and phonic tics.
There is also chemical evidence to support the observation that
stimulants will increase the severity of tics in 25-50% of TS patients.

    [NOTE: the doctors don't cite cites for the research they quote.]

    In many cases, the tics associated with stimulant medication will
disappear with the reduction or termination of the medication. It is
more controversial whether stimulants can actually trigger or produce
prolonged chronic multiple tics or TS that will persist following their
termination (sic).  However, cases have been reported in what that seems
to have occurred.

    Available information thus indicates that stimulants should be used
cautiously with ADHD children who have a close relative with tics,
should generally be avoided with ADHD children  with a first-degree
relative with TS, and should be terminated with the onset of tics in
children who previously were tic-free. Children and parents would be
educated concerning the risks versus benefits in each case prior to
being treated with stimulants. Alternatives such as behavioral
management, environmental manipulation and/or other types of medication
should be considered carefully.


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PAVE Pipeline Newsletter
From: BETTY JACOBSEN
Date: Tue  1-14-92,
Ada_Child Echo

The following information was gleaned from the WA state PAVE newsletter
(June 1992 issue):


NEWSLETTER WITH GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWS:  A
Baltimore attorney and father of a 5 year old girl with mild autism is
publishing a newsletter "Parents' Newsletter on Special Education Law" -
a newsletter of general information as opposed to direct legal advice.
To subscribe send $29 (parents) or $50 (non-parents) to Parents'

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 26

Newsletter on Special Education Law, 4642 Wilkens Avenue, Suite 180,
Baltimore,  MD 21229.


BATES' NON PROFIT DENTAL CLINIC OPEN TO PATIENTS WITHOUT DENTAL
INSURANCE:  Patients who are at least five years old and who meet the
finincial standard for the federal reduced lunch program, or who have
medical coupons for dental care, are eligible to receive care at the
dental clinic at Bates Technical College, 1101 South Yakima, Tacoma  WA.
To schedule an appointment at the clinic, call 206-596-1677.


CONCERNED ABOUT THE FREEZE IN DD SERVICES:  Elizabeth Burris is a parent
who is appealing the freeze of services from the Division of
Developmental Disabilities.  She is interested in hearing from anyone
who has gone through the appeal process.  She can be reached by writing
to Elizabeth Burris, 3708 N. Gove St., Tacoma  WA  98407.


 * Origin: Rob's ADAnet Wreck Room, Longview, WA 206-578-1948 (94:100/1)

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GRAM
author unknown.
Submitted by: Wally Brown


In the dim and distant past,
when life's tempo wasn't fast,
Grandma used to rock and knit,
crochet tat and baby-sit.
When the kids were in a jam,
they could always count on gram.
In an age of gracious living,
grandma was the gal for giving.
grandma, now is at the gym,
exercising to keep slim.
She's off touring, with a bunch,
taking clients out to lunch.
driving north to ski or curl,
all her days are in a whirl.
Nothing seems to stop or block her,
now that Grandma's off her rocker.

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By: Beth Hart

I'd like to share something with you.  My Mother always told me, in a
thoroughly disgusted tone of voice, "You always take one step forward,
and two steps back!"  I felt REALLY bad about this all my life, really
gave myself hell about it, until a dear friend of mine told me a story
I'd like to share with you.

There was a woman, and all her life she took one step forward and two
steps back.  She felt very badly about it, but all her life, that's the
way it was - one step forward, and two steps back.  She lived many
years, and one day she died and went to Heaven, and God met her at The
Pearly Gates.  She said "Oh, God, there must be some mistake - I
shouldn't be here.  You see, all my life I took one step forward and two
steps back, and I'm not worthy of being here."  God looked deep into her
eyes and said "My dear child, what made you think forward was the right
direction?"

Ever since hearing this story, I don't feel bad about whatever direction
I'm going, forward or backward or sideways or whatever, I try to accept
it as the direction I am meant to be going in at the time....

 * Origin: Psychology Forum (1:124/2121)


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                    W H A T' S   ON   A D A N E T ?

*** Note: This is the most current list of areas available on
    the ADAnet Network. This list supersedes and modifies all
    other lists until such time as this list is superseded.

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Group A conferences

These conferences originate in ADAnet. They have a narrow focus relating
to disability.  ADAJOBS would not be an appropriate conference for
those looking for a job as a logger in the logging industry.

ACCOMMODATION           Job Accommodation Information
ADACHILD                Disabled Children - A place for help
ADAJOBS                 International Employment for Disabled

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 28

ADANET                  ADAnet International Topics Forum
ADAPTIVE                Adaptive Technology Discussion
ADARIGHTS               Disability Rights and Political Forum
ADASYSOP                A forum for ADAnet SysOps only...
ADATECH                 ADAnet Technical Forum (Private Conf)
ADA_FAMILY              Disability and the Family Discussions
ADA_OCCUPATION          Occupational Disabilities Discussion
ADA_OUTDOORS            Disabled Outdoors Conference
ADA_SEXUALITY           Disability and Sexuality Discussion
ADVOCACY                Advocacy for Disability Issues
ALLERGIES               Conference on Allergies
ARTHRITIS               Arthritis Discussion Group
BARRIERS                Architectural Barriers Conference
BURN                    Disability and Burn Discussion
DIALYSIS                Conference on Dialysis / Renal Disease
DIGEST                  Handicap Digest Issues and Indices
DWARFISM                Dwarfism Conference
EDUTEL                  Special Education Conference
FRANCO_HANDICAP         Disabilities Support Echo in French
GOLDEN_YEARS            Elderly and Geriatric Issues
HANDILAW                General Discussion on Disability Law
INDEP                   Discussions on Independent Living
LEARNING                Online Learning and Disability
MEDICAL                 General Medical Information Echo
MEDICATION              Disability and Medications
MOBILITY                Mobility-impairment and coping
MUSCULAR_DYST           Muscular Dystrophy Conference
OCC_INJURY              Topics regarding Occupational Injury
PHILO                   The Philosophy of Disability Issues
README.ADA              Beginner's Help Corner
RESPIRATORY             Respiratory Disease Discussion/Therapy
RETARDATION             Discussion of Retardation
WAN_DBASE               Development of Wide-area net database

Group B conferences
(Private Distribution)

These conferences do not originate in ADAnet.  They are available to
all ADAnet systems, and are provided as a service to the disability
community and to the respective conference moderators.

ABLE.EUR                disABILITY Echo from Europe
ABLED_ART               Literature and Art by and for PwD's
ALTLEARN                Alternative Learning Discussion
ALZHEIMERS              Alzheimer's Discussion Forum
BICOMPAL                Big Computer Pals (UUCP)
BLINDTLK                BlindTalk from Nat'l Fed. of Blind
BRIDGES                 Chat with disabled children conference
DATATALK                Adaptive Computing for the Disabled
ENABLE                  Inter-network disability conference
EPILEPSY                Epilepsy management and coping

July 1992  - Journal of the American Disability Association -  Page 29

HOLISTIC                Holistic Thinking and Healing
NFB-TALK                Nat'l Fed of Blind Friends/Fellowship
PSYCH                   Psychology Discussion and Issues
SPECIAL_ED              Special Education Conference
TCM                     Traditional Chinese Medicine
TERM_ILL                Discussions regarding Terminal Illness
VHEAL                   Vibrational Healing Conference

Group C conferences

These conferences originate in Fidonet.  They are available to all
systems, but Fido systems should attempt to obtain them from their
normal fido links. You must request that a feed from Group C be
"turned on" for you before polling for these conferences.

ABLED                   General Disability Discussions
ABLED_ATHLETE           For Disabled Athletes
ABLENEWS                Disability News / Articles & Releases
ADHD                    Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
AIDS/ARC                Support and Information for AIDS/ARC
AMPUTEE                 Amputee Discussions and Conversation
ANXIETY                 Anxiety Disorder Discussion
BLINKTALK               Visual Impairment Issues and Discussion
BODYWORK                Massage and Bodywork Forum
CARCINOMA               Cancer and related disease conference
CARE_GIVER              Care Giving and Personal Care Attendant
CFS                     Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Conference
CHRONIC_PAIN            Pain management and coping conference
CPALSY                  Cerebral Palsy Support Echo
CUSS                    Computer Users in the Social Sciences
DIABETES                Diabetes Treatment and Management
HANDY.SYSOP             For SysOps interested in disability
HOME_OFFICE             Techniques/Support in Home-Office Mgt.
MENTAL_HEALTH           Discussions on Mental Health issues
MULT-SCLEROSIS          Multiple Sclerosis Discussions
M_P_D                   Multiple Personality Disorders
NURSES_NETWORK          Discussion group just for Nurses
OPTOMETRY               Optometry Discussions and Issues
POST_POLIO              National Post Polio Survivors Forum
PROBLEM_CHILD           Behavior modification and children
PUBLIC_PSYCH            Public Psychology and Discussion Issues
RARE_CONDITION          Rare Diseases and their Discussion
RECOVERY                Recovery Echo
SILENTTALK              Conference for Hearing-Impaired People
SIP_AA                  Alcoholics Anonymous Conference
SIP_NA                  Narcotics Anonymous Discussion Group
SPINAL_INJURY           Discussions about Spinal Cord Injury
STRESS_MGMT             Stress Management Echo
SURVIVOR                Conference for Survivors
THI_CVA                 Discussions of Brain Injury
WELFARE                 Discussion on Welfare

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