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(4) Tue 2 Feb 93 10:37a
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: Of Note Special Editions
St: Local
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ABLEnews Of Note
Every 10 issues (5 months), CURE publishes a dozen special editions of
its biweekly disability/medical news digest, Of Note. The latest
compilation-- ONSE30.ARJ covers the period 9/15/92 through 2/1/93. It
may be freq'd from 1:109/909; 1:262/3; and other boards carrying Of
Note. Its directory follows:
OF NOTE Special Editions
ONSE30.ARJ contains:
ONSE30.DIR This directory plus:
ONABL3.SE Of Note, Special Abled Edition, 2/1/93.
ONAIDS3.SE Of Note, Special AIDS Edition, 2/1/93.
ONCAN3.SE Of Note, Special Cancer Edition, 2/1/93.
ONFAM3.SE Of Note, Special Family Edition, 2/1/93.
ONHC21.TXT Of Note, Special Health Care Edition, 2/1/93.
ONHT3.SE Of Note, Special Heart Edition, 2/1/93.
ONLEG3.SE Of Note, Special Legal Edition, 2/1/93.
ONMED3.SE Of Note, Special Medical Edition, 2/1/93.
ONMH3.SE Of Note, Special Mental Health Edition, 2/1/93.
ONRET-A.SE Of Note, Special Retardation Edition, 2/1/93.
ONSEN3.SE Of Note, Special Seniors Edition, 2/1/93.
ONVET3.SE Of Note, Special Veterans Edition, 2/1/93.
...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia 254511 (304-258-LIFE/5433).
And be sure to watch for ABLEnews on your favorite BBS---ask for it by
name!
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(5) Tue 2 Feb 93 11:17a
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: Of Note P.S.
St: Local
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ABLEnews Of Note
This should have been added as a postcript to the Special Edition
message, but I had already packed it <grin>. (There is still so much
about Front Door that I do not know... an never will???)
Anyhoo, ON30.ARJ consists of the 10 standard Of Note issues from
9/15/92 through 2/1/93 and may be freq'd from the "usual suspects," to
wit, 1:109/909, 1:262/3, and don't forget my good buddy Warren (King)
at 1:275/429, the much appreciated original home of ABLEnews!
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(6) Wed 3 Feb 93 7:26p
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: Europe Today (1/3)
St: Local
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[The four issues of the Europe Today directory for November 1992 may
be freq'd as ET9211.ARJ from 1:109/909, 1:262/3, etc.]
ABLEnews World View
Europe Today (11/9/92)
Every day, 685,000 new cases of sexual maladies (1)
Geneva: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there
are more than 28,000 new cases of sexually transmissible diseases
(STDs) every hour. That's 250 million additional cases each year.
New diet pill has helped people lose 30 pounds in 3 months (2)
New York: The FDA is asked to approve dexfenfularmine, which
releases serotonin, a brain chemical said to produces contentment.
"This is a clear breakthrough." --Dr. Theodore Van Pallie, emeritus
professor of medicine, Columbia University.
Electricity could provoke leukemia and tumors (2)
Stockholm: A study at the Karolinska Institute finds that children
exposed to magnetic fields run a three to four times greater risk of
contracting leukemia. The EPA reports "strong evidence proving the
relationship between certain types of tumors and exposure to
electro-magnetic fields."
Watchout for withdrawal symptoms (3)
Boston: According to an article in the New England Journal of
Medicine, even moderate coffee drinkers may suffer severe withdrawal
symptoms if they suddenly stop all use of coffee. "People should
recognize that caffeine is a drug." --Roland Griffiths, MD, John
Hopkins University. Low to moderate caffeine consumption is about
235 mg. a day or about 2 1/2 cups of coffee of 6 ounces each a day.
Tea and soft drinks also contain caffeine.
Over-50s can add 10 to 15 years to their independent lives (3)
Toronto: Dr. Roy Shephard, professor of applied physiology,
University of Toronto, says at least 75% of seniors could live
independently for 10 or 15 years longer by starting a modest
exercise program consisting of such activities as walking, square
dancing, aerobics, badminton or tennis, four or five times a week.
Alcoholic drinks may speed up the spread of cancer (4)
Washington: Gayle Page, a researcher at the University of
California at Los Angeles, informed the Society for Neuroscience
that "the harmful effects of alcohol on cancer in humans may have
been vastly underestimated." Page believes alcohol may suppress the
ability of "natural killer" cells to destroy cancer cells.
90% of traffic accidents are caused by the driver's own behavior (4)
Paris: "Whether it is the result of alcohol, fatigue, medicine or
other reasons," notes one expert at a French symposium on road
accidents.
"Artificial insemination risks causing incest" (4)
Jerusalem: Such incest could occur if one man provided sperm to
inseminate two women and if the children of these two women married
without knowing they are brother and sister, reports "Yediot
Aharonot."
Religious believers are more healthy (5)
Washington: Religion may not only be good for the soul but good
for the body, according to a study directed by Dr. Kenneth Ferraro,
medical sociologist, Purdue University. Possible factors cited by
Ferraro included discouraging the use of tobacco and alcohol and
observing the sabbath as a day of rest.
France exported blood contaminated by the AIDS virus (5)
Paris: Germany, Italy, Portugal and Argentina are among those
nations that bought blood carrying HIV from France's Institut
Merieux. Iraq bought the most contaminated blood, followed by Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, and Libya. The matter may come before the
International Court of Justice in the Hague or the Court of Human
Rights in Strasbourg.
Sugar is no longer taboo for diabetics (6)
Amsterdam: "All the scientific research shows that mashed
potatoes raises the level of glucose in the blood twice as quickly
as sugar; likewise bread increases the level one and a half times as
fast." --Dutch Food Council. "Chocolate without sugar, for example,
contains a lot more fat than normal chocolate and that is a lot more
dangerous to health." --Ms. Limm, dietetics specialist, Dutch
Office of Information for Food. CURE Comment: Persons who are
diabetic should consult their physician before changing their diets.
British Medical Council approves new disciplines (6)
London: The General Medical Council has recommended that "less
qualified" doctors "take a refresher course so as not to be a menace
to their patients." The measure is expected to be approved by
Parliament this year and go into effect in 1994.
How to win back your husband (6)
London: Betty Kelly interviewed hundreds of psychologists, marriage
counselors and couples for her book, "How to Get Him Back From the
Other Woman: If You Want Him."
71% of smokers say they approve the new law and will obey it (7)
Paris: General De Gaulle once asked, "How can you govern a nation
that has 365 different kinds of cheese?" France has a new law that
virtually forbids all smoking in public places. 71% say they approve
"en principe" (in principal), nut "en pratique" (in practice)? Many
restaurants sport signs reading "Restaurant reserved for smokers.
Non-smokers welcome."
Some companies exploit women's fear of getting fat (7)
London: Millions of people, particularly women, feel trapped in a
vicious circle: stop smoking or stay thin? This should prove a ready
market for onetime inveterate smoker Penny Ross's "Stop Smoking
Without Putting On Weight."
Thousands of people dream of life in the country (8)
London: Two-thirds of urban residents surveyed by Mintel, a market
research group, say they would prefer to live in the country, with
more than half citing city noise and dirt as key reasons.
"Idyllic" retirement in Spain can end badly (8)
"Spanish resources are limited and the language barrier often means
expatriates cannot find out what care services are available."
--report by British organization Age Concern.
"Madonna book is a danger to all decent women," says one MP (8)
London: MP Robert Spink describes the pop porn star as a "sad
spectacle, a woman troubled and perverted, who has earned millions
from sex and violence and by establishing a link between these two
elements." Japanese authorities have blocked Madonna's book at the
border for violating their pornography laws.
Violent films "create" sadistic assassins (9)
Rome: "A certain mental instability can make an amalgam of
fiction and reality. Diabolical persons imaged forth in films are
materialized in such minds who watch them and become a real model
for mentally ill people." --Vera Speloj, director, Italian
Federation of Psychologists.
Majority of women don't mind depending on their husbands (9)
Paris: According to a survey by the French market research group
BVA-Cosmo, 53% of wives would prefer dependence on their spouse to
total independence, while 47% said they "don't like this situation
very much." Wives are more knowledgeable about the family bank
balance with 80% knowing the amount compared to 52% of the husbands.
Men can also develop their own "sixth sense" (10)
London: In her new book, "Sixth Sense," Dr. Laurie Nadel affirms
the existence of "women's intuition," but maintains both sexes can
develop this ability, which she defines as "the immediate knowing of
something without the conscious use of reasoning."
A miraculous moss, the solution to famine in the world? (10)
Washington: Researchers at the US Department of Agriculture
report the "tortula ruralis" can exist during the driest years
without showing signs of life, while even a drop of water can
transform the "miracle moss" into a mass of little leaves having the
form of stars.
EC commissioners urge a reduction in world population (11)
The two Spanish members of the European Commission call on the
European Community to intervene directly in Third World countries to
cut their birth rates. Diplomats of the less developed states,
however, say the Spanish initiative does not respond to the requests
of their nations. "If they want us to develop, they must not put
spokes in our wheels when we want to sell our products in their
countries," observed one Latin American diplomat.
Huge forests in Arctic and sub-arctic regions under study (11)
Boulder, Colorado: Experts at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research say the 10 million square kilometer "boreal forest" has
more effect on world climate than has been realized.
A new monkey discovered in the Amazon (11)
Washington: For years scientists have searched for the monkey
with the face of a koala and large fearful eyes. The discovery of
"Titi Maues" by Swiss biologist Marco Schwarz confirms scientists'
convictions that extended forest regions harbor creatures yet
discovered by man.
The European Community permits cosmetic experiments on animals (12)
Brussels: Ministers from the European Community note their first
responsibility is to guarantee that beauty products are harmless to
humans. In the United States, beauty products are tested on animals.
In Japan five animal tests must be made before a beauty product can
be approved by the government.
Costs to the environment are not counted (12)
London: Citing declining populations of lapwing, skylark, tree
sparrow, turtle dove and partridge, Dr. Dick Potts, incoming
director-general of the Game Conservancy, says modern farming is
more profitable than older methods "because costs to the environment
are not included in farm accounting."
European Parliament approves stricter, more frequent inspections (13)
Strasbourg: The 12 members countries of the European Community
produce 2.2 billion tons of industrial waste each year. Within the
last decade discovery of old waste dumps has drawn attention to
pollution problems.
During dreams, new skills are more easily learned (13)
Washington: Research suggests that when persons enter the dream
(or REM) stage of sleep new skills learned during the day become
imbedded in memory. According to Avi Karni of Israel's Weizmann
Institute of Science, it may be more efficient for children to learn
to read in the evening just before they go to sleep.
Children suffering from "spina bifida" can still go to school (13)
Paris: In France spina bifida affects one baby in a thousand. In
a study in the journal "Readaption," Dr. Etienne Jauffret reports
the child's intelligence can develop normally if he receives
adequate education. Barriers to classroom integration include other
students' fear of the unknown, complications caused by teachers who
have never faced this type of disability, and physical
inaccessibility of school buildings.
What effects do weighty schoolbooks have on a child's spinal column?
(14)
Rome: "For years, people have said that scoliosis [curvature of the
spine] is caused by book sacks and the posture of the pupil at his
desk, but, until now, nothing has been proven." --Professor Piero
Schiappara, University of Genoa. Health officials in Savona are
conducting a study in the face of parents protests about 15-kilo
(33-pound) school book sacks.
It may mean: they're about to grow a half inch today!
Washington: Dr. Michelle Lampl, of the University of
Pennsylvania, and Drs. Michael Johson and Johannes Veldhuis of the
University of Virginia Health Center, find babies likely to cry,
become extra hungry, or fussy when a period of sudden growth is to
begin. Contrary to conventional wisdom that baby's growth is
continuous, Dr. Lampl says, "Our data suggest that 90 to 95% of
normal development during infancy is growth free."
Feature:
Algae: these marvelous, rich reserves for health and nutrition (15)
Paris: 700 international specialists meeting in Brittany conclude
that algae, shunned for their slimy look and feel, could not only
nourish millions of human beings but provide new cures as well.
Newsbriefs:
A new "artificial dog" can raise 12,000 fleas per day (16)
Guinea pigs useless to research, says Israeli scientist (16)
95% of women fear attack on themselves or their family (16)
Blood from umbilical cord could be more effective treatment (16)
...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia 25411 (304-258-LIFE/258-5433).
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(9) Thu 4 Feb 93 11:42a
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: Europe Today (1/3)
St: Local
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ABLEnews World View
Europe Today (11/30/92)
China achieving success in natural family planning (1)
Brussels: According to a study by the Science and Technology
Committee of the Shanghai city government, the Billings ovulation
method is 98.82% effective in avoiding pregnancy.
Ovulation method (OM) is 98% certain, say German experts (2)
Bonn: University of Dusseldorf researchers complete 10-year study.
Multiple births are increasing, and must be discouraged (3)
Amsterdam: The Netherlands Association of Parents of Twins and
Triplets asserts artificial insemination is increasing the number of
multiple births. "The government must urge women to have children
earlier, and insofar as possible, not resort to hormone treatment,"
said one Association official.
Jacques Testart: "selection of embryos could bring new slavery" (3)
Paris: "Genetic engineering constitutes a new form of selection
among human beings. It could degenerate into a new form of slavery,"
warns French geneticist Jacques Testart, a pioneer in test tube
insemination. "Everyone knows about the barbarities committed by
the Nazis, but the Germans did not invent anything. As early as
1907, several nations had adopted eugenics laws against alcoholics,
the mentally ill, and certain types of physical handicaps. Tens of
thousands of people were sterilized, most of them against their
will."
In Eastern Europe, AIDS is spreading at lightening speed (4)
Copenhagen: The World Health Organization (WHO) says Europe must
fact the fact that 400,000 people who are HIV-positive will contract
AIDS. WHO reports that in the Mediterranean countries, drug addicts
are most affected by AIDS, while in northern Europe, homosexuals
contract it most frequently.
Vitamin A helps to survive a stroke, and recover (4)
Brussels: Doctors at the French section of the University of
Brussels find Vitamin A greatly improves the chances of surviving a
stroke and promotes a fuller recovery. Earlier research found
Vitamin A reduces the risk of strokes and heart attacks. Carrots,
cabbage, peaches, apricots, and melons are among foods rich in
Vitamin A.
75% of premature babies now survive (5)
Paris: "Until the 1900s, 75% of newborn babies weighing less than
1,200 grams died; now that figure is exactly reversed: 75% of such
babies now survive." --Dr. Jean-Pierre Relier, professor of
neonatology, director, Port Royal maternity hospital.
More than two billion people suffer from diet deficiencies (5)
Rome: According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization
(FAO), out of 5.4 billion citizens of the world, more than 2 billion
have dietary deficiencies that could lead to blindness, mental
illness or death. "It is poverty, and not lack of food, which is the
principal cause of hunger and malnutrition, this scourge which poor
people face the world over."--FAO.
Cocaine users risk brain hemorrhages 20 years earlier (5)
New York: A study by the Detroit Medical Center shows an average
age of 37 for brain hemorrhages in frequent cocaine users.
Position on euthanasia isolates Holland among its partners (6)
The Hague: If the Dutch parliament approves a government bill
liberalizing the practice of euthanasia, Holland will be isolated in
the European Community, the Netherlands League of Doctors warns.
Evidence of their conclusion can be seen in statements opposing the
Dutch draft law issued by national physician associations throughout
Europe, reminding the government and the public that the doctor's
purpose is to save lives.
Doctors hide killings of handicapped, newly-born babies (6)
The Hague: The Dutch Association for Child Medicine issues a report
charging that many doctors camouflage the killing of babies with
disabilities under the label "natural death." Dr. C. Versluys,
chairman of the working group that prepared the report, denounces
the atmosphere of "secret and suspicion" created by the covert
euthanasia practices.
Laser operation can now cure husbands' snoring (7)
London: Dr. John Shneerson, director, Respiratory Support and Sleep
Centre, says his five-minute operation is available to women as
well, but male snorers outnumber their female counterparts by four
to one.
In the year 2017, Spain will have 41% fewer young women (7)
Paris: "Population et Societe," the journal of the French National
Institute of Demographic Studies, reports a dramatic decline in the
births of baby girls in Spain over the past 30 years, from 325,000
(1960) to 193,000 a year (1990).
Increase in deaths caused by food deficiencies (7)
Rome: Deaths caused by diet-related diseases are rising steadily in
the West, the FAO discloses. While Germany, Spain, and Portugal are
the principal Western European countries experiencing this tragedy,
Eastern Europe is particularly hard hit, with Poland, which ranks
fifth in the world in the number of people dying from this cause,
suffering the most.
Too many women excessively thin (8)
Geneva: Chaotic eating habits, smoking, and alcohol consumption
contribute to deficiencies in calcium and hydrosoluble vitamins in
women who are "excessively thin," notes a French report prepared for
the UN International Conference on Nutrition.
UNESCO calls on "the new Europe: to battle against prostitution (8)
Brussels: "Procuring constitutes the basis of all crime syndicates
and of the mafia...Prostitution is by far the most profitable
business of organized crime." --UNESCO Adds one UNESCO official,
"From prostitution comes a whole series of other ills: extortion,
bribery, traffic in children and organs, murders, etc."
Better business in prospect for US environment industry (9)
Washington: Despite warnings by ecologists that President-elect
Clinton's home state of Arkansas is no model of environmental
caring, the multi- million dollar green business is confident
Clinton will act "more and better" than Bush. The financial stakes
are high. Lek Partnership estimates buyouts of environmental
companies, averaging $1.5 million, doubled between 1987 and 1991.
Ex-USSR: pilfering nuclear material is child's play (10)
Moscow: The producer of an expose by TV journalist Dimitri Kiselijov
says it is difficult to deny accusations from Finland and Germany
that ex-Soviet republics are condoning large-scale traffic in
nuclear materials.
Ozone hole in Antarctic leads to killing of plankton (10)
Copenhagen: According to Dr. Robert Watson, a NASA specialist on the
ozone layer, increased global warming and damage to the food chain
could result from the killing of plankton now occurring in the
Antarctic ocean.
Japan plans to build 17 new atomic reactors by the year 2001 (11)
London: Since 1974 construction of nuclear power stations has been
halted in the US. Japan, however, plans to build 17 new reactors by
2001 and three fast breeder reactors by 2030. France is the only
European country to depend primarily on nuclear source for its
power. Three-fourths of French energy is produced by heavy-water
reactors.
A Russian atomic sub may cause an ecological disaster (11)
Moscow: Russian scientists and the builder of the "Komsomoletz"
submarine warn that the metal covering the ship's nuclear warheads
is corroding rapidly. The sub lies under 1700 meters of water in the
Arctic ocean, where it sunk four years ago. A year from now the
nuclear reactor, housing kilograms of uranium, should begin leaking
plutonium. The leak of fissionable material could constitute a
catastrophe in one of the richest maritime zones in the world,
virtually the only supplier of the Norwegian fishing industry that
exports fish throughout Europe.
CFC's not responsible for ozone holes, says French scientist (12)
Copenhagen: Volcanologist Haroun Tazieff advises a UN meeting of 97
fellow scientists that eliminating CFCs "would be a fatal error"
since "not only are CFCs harmless, they are even useful" in the
preservation of foods essential to nourishment in developing
countries.
Wind energy could supply 10% of Europe's needs in 40 years (12)
Brussels: Britain, Germany, and Denmark invest the most in wind
energy, as the US lead in "wind farms" declines. During the 1980s,
California produced 95% of the world's total wind energy, but its
share is now 70%.
If a student can identify with his school, he will succeed (13)
London: International experts say the success of an educational
system may depend more on students' identification with their school
than on the amount of money spent. Editor's Note: In Rhode Island,
as in other states, during the 1960s, parochial school students
scored higher on standard achievement tests than their public school
counterparts. As a pupil in both systems I can attest that this was
not because more money was spent in the parochial schools, au
contraire. On the other hand, school spirit was high, of which
school uniforms were a tangible symbol.
European Commission reports on schooling for the handicapped (13)
Brussels: Denmark, Portugal, Italy, and Spain fail to offer
specialized teaching and facilities to children with disabilities,
according to a report by the European Commission issued on the eve
of the UN's "International Handicapped Person's Day" (December 3).
Luxembourg, Germany, and the Netherlands "give the most attention to
handicapped children," the report notes. Editor's Note: As the son
of a Luxembourg mother, you'll pardon my prioritizing that list. On
the other hand, the irony of Holland's "attention to handicapped
children" in view of their killing them through euthanasia (see
story above) reminds me of a booklet written by CURE advisor, Effie
Quay, RN, "And Now Infanticide," that features a "handicapped
parking zone" sign on its cover.
Improve pupils' hearts by teaching them how to eat properly (14)
Washington: Kerry Stewart, John Hopkins School of Medicine, reports
to the American Heart Association that if cholesterol levels can be
reduced in primary school children, the students will experience "a
15% reduction in the rate of heart disease later on."
Feature:
Risks of "green imperialism" towards the Third World (14)
London: "To delay the doubling of CO2 emissions by four decades will
cost roughly 2% of gross world product in perpetuity. Whilst the
cost of this reduction is trivial for developed countries, it will
not be for many poor countries. They are therefore right to ask the
developed countries to pay for the costs of their dubious
eco-morality. But whether the developed countries will be willing to
commit themselves to official transfers about four times current aid
flows to developing countries, in perpetuity, must be in serious
doubt. This would then open up the real danger of an era of direct
or indirect imperialism, to discharge a green variant of the 19th
century white man's burden. For one little-noticed aspects of the
attitudes which underlie greenery is its implicit misanthropy, whose
close cousin is racism. Burgeoning third-world populations,
polluting the atmosphere and degrading its natural resources and
habitats for plants and insects, can easily be turned into the enemy
on Spaceship Earth." --Deepak Lal, professor, University College
London, writing in "The Economist."
Newsbriefs:
Which women survive a heart attack (15)
WHO calls on doctors to set a good example: stop smoking (15)
New solar system for lighting in Israel (16)
Intensive and monotonous work can cause backaches (16)
Married women with children are happier (16)
...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia 25411 (304-258-LIFE/258-5433).
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(45) Mon 8 Feb 93 11:06a Rcvd: Thu 11 Feb 2:45p
By: Tim Maxwell
To: Earl Appleby
Re: Europe Today (2/3)
St: Rcvd
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EA> How to win back your husband (6)
71% of smokers say they approve the new law and will obey it (7)
"Madonna book is a danger to all decent women," says one MP (8)
Violent films "create" sadistic assassins (9)
Majority of women don't mind depending on their husbands (9)
Men can also develop their own "sixth sense" (10)
Just curious, exactly what IS the source of these articles, they sound
a lot like the kind found in "Readers Digest" a well known, well
slanted publication.
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(50) Thu 11 Feb 93 3:57p
By: Earl Appleby
To: Tim Maxwell
Re: Europe Today (2/3)
St: Local
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Hi, Tim.
I appreciate your taking the time to post your inquiry regarding the source
of certain items in the publication "Europe Today." I, in turn, have taken
the time to look up the source as cited of each of the items in question.
FYI, they follow:
> How to win back your husband (6)
London (Europe Today) The item quotes suggestions from a book authored by
Ms. Betty Kelly entitled "How to Get Him Back from That Other Woman: If You
Want Him." Suggestion 1 begins "Decide once and for all if you still love
him."
> 71% of smokers say they approve the new law and will obey it (7)
Paris (Europe Today) The item concludes: "Anyone caught smoking in a public
place faces a fine of almost $200. And they'll have to pay...en principe."
> "Madonna book is a danger to all decent women," says one MP (8)
London (Europe Today) The item quotes British MPs during what is described
as "a howling debate on the hardening of anti-pornography laws."
> Violent films "create" sadistic assassins (9)
Rome (Europe Today) The item reports on a study conducted by the Italian
Federation of Psychologists concerning violence in cinema and television
programs.
> Majority of women don't mind depending on their husbands (9)
Paris (Europe Today) The item reports on a survey by the French market
research group BVA-Cosmo. The "women" cited in the headline are wives who
were surveyed and the "majority" is not overwhelming (54%-47%). The survey
found that "It is single women who reject most the idea of losing their
economic independence."
> Men can also develop their own "sixth sense" (10)
London (Europe Today) The item is based on a book by Dr. Laurie Nadel,
entitled "Sixth Sense." Her findings are based on a study of more than
20,000 subjects. Dr. Nadel beleives "the more anyone--man or woman--trusts
their intuition, "the more accurate that intuition will become."
Europe Today is an "international press service, specialized in the
fields of health and environmental protection." It is published by Cives
Europe in Brussels, Belgium in Spanish, French, and English.
It is because of its coverage of health- and disability-related items such
as the items on leukemia, cancer, and the education of children with spina
bifida, all drawn from scientific studies in the same issue that I decided
to publish a Europe Today directory here. As in all ABLEnews directories,
such as MedNotes, for example, all major stories are cited to allow our
readers the choice to determine for themselves which items they find of
interest and what weight they chose to accord them. CURE, for example, has
profound differences with the AMA on a number of issues, but we concur with
one of our advisors, Fr. Gommar DePauw, who has written "to quote is one
thing...to agree another."
Thanks again for your question and your comments. As I read the discussion
and comments on a broad array of subjects on this echo, I am convinced that
our "readers" are not only capable of making up their own minds but are not
bashful about speaking them. As TR would have said, "Bully, for them!"
Bully for you, Tim. We're proud to have you as an active and valued
participant here on ABLEnews.
Best regards,
Earl
ABLEnews moderator
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(19) Tue 2 Feb 93 2:25p
By: Gordon Gillesby
To: All
Re: January Access Press onli
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ACCESS PRESS
A monthly newspaper for persons with disabilities, providers of care,
agencies, support groups and other enlightened people freely
distributed throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area and via
DRAGnet BBS.
ACCESS PRESS
3338 University Avenue S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414.
Telephone (612) 379-0989, FAX 379-2730.
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Volume 4 Number 1
LIST OF CONTENTS
JANUARY EDITORAL
by Charlie Smith, EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
UNDERSTANDIN HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS
COALITION ON HEALTH CARE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
STUDIES THE ALTERNATIVES
By Tom Brick
GUTHRIE THEATER IMPLEMENTS AUDIO DESCRIPTION SERVICE
FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
TWENTY PRACTICAL WAYS TO MAKE LIVING EASIER WITH ARTHRITIS
by Jenny Fransen, R.N., and Jody K. Hargrove, M.D.
STATE COUNCIL ON DISABILITIES AWARDS
By Toni Dahl-Wiski
ACCESS TO THE ARTS
LEGISLATIVE REMINDER FOR 1993
from Deborah Peterson
HELLO NICOLE
SAFETY NET SUMMIT
HENNEPIN COUNTY BUREAU OF HEALTH
HOSTS DISCUSSIONS OF REFORMED SYSTEM
By Adam Quinn
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
REGIONAL TRANSIT BOARD ENSURES
NO DISRUPTION OF METRO MOBILITY SERVICE
A PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF TAXATION
FAIRNESS FOR A CHANGE
By Mel Duncan,
Executive Director, Minnesota Alliance for Progessive Action
ADA ACCESSIBILITY SUMMARY
=- CALENDAR OF EVENTS, ACTIVITIES -=
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(33) Thu 4 Feb 93 8:27p
By: Gordon Gillesby
To: All
Re: ARTHRITIS NEWS 1/2
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TWENTY PRACTICAL WAYS TO MAKE LIVING EASIER WITH ARTHRITIS
by Jenny Fransen, R.N., and Jody K. Hargrove, M.D.
Medical treatment can effectively reduce pain and disability for
people with arthritis. However, there are many things you can do to
help yourself feel better and make life easier. The following 20
practical tips can help you better manage your arthritis:
1.) Education: Learn as much as you can about your disease and how
you can help yourself. Sources of information include your
physician, support groups, Abbott Northwestern's Arthritis Care
Program and the Minnesota Chapter Arthritis Foundation.
2.) Exercise: Try warm water exercise classes, range of motion
programs, special exercise video tapes, low level exercise
classes and walking. A list of warm water pools is available by
calling the Arthritis Helpline.
3.) Splints can relieve stress and pain in the wrist and hand.
Splints can be custom made or ready made. They can be helpful
to wear when doing yard work, housework, driving or while doing
activities that aggravate pain because they protect and rest
joints.
4.) Joint Protection: Learn ways to protect joints, reduce
physical stress and pain, and prevent joint damage. When doing
tasks or activities, always use the largest joint possible to do
the job, such as carrying your shoulder bag over your shoulder
rather than over the wrist. Protect the joints affected by your
arthritis.
5.) Relaxation can be an effective way to manage the stress and
pain of arthritis. Relaxation can take many forms -- from
activities like reading to listening to special relaxation
tapes.
6.) Pain management techniques such as hot and cold treatment,
self-massage, biofeedback, and the use of diversions and imagery
all can help make living with arthritis pain easier. There are
special microwave hot packs you can use for knees, hands, neck
and shoulders. For a quick easy cold pack, place a bag of
frozen vegetables on a painful joint.
7.) Maintaining good posture helps alleviate pain in the neck
and shoulders. You can learn posture retraining exercises to
correct poor posture.
8.) Communicate with your physician and be an active participant in
managing your arthritis. Plan for your visits with your
physician by thinking of three questions that address your most
pertinent health concerns. Observe your symptoms carefully.
Keep a small calendar, and record flare ups and problems you
have experienced. This will help give an accurate history to
your physician, such as "for three weeks I have had increased
knee pain." Ask questions and let your physician know about
problems with medications or increased pain.
9) Deal with sexual needs. Counselors and physicians can help
address sexual issues. Arthritis doesn't take away needs or
desires. Learn to compensate and adjust by being creative and
communicating with your partner. The Arthritis Foundation (612)
874-1201 offers an excellent free pamphlet, "Living and Loving",
which deals with sexual issues.
10) Conserve and make the most of your energy by pacing your
activities. Prioritize tasks by eliminating activities that
aren't absolutely necessary. Determine what activities are
difficult for you to do and ask for help. (Delegate whenever
possible.) Look for different ways to make jobs easier. Don't
over do it on the days that you feel good. Spread work out
over the week, interspersing rest breaks or quiet tasks like
sorting mail with more strenuous tasks like laundry.
11.) Re-evaluate your work site and job responsibilities to
protect joints. Consider the height of your work area and
determine whether you need adaptive equipment, such as a wrist
rest for a computer keyboard, built-up pens, a headset phone,
posture cushions or a more comfortable chair.
12.) Eat a nutritious diet with enough calories, vitamins and
minerals including calcium to maintain your energy level and
keep bones strong. Although there is no special diet that
prevents arthritis, it is important to maintain your ideal
weight because extra pounds puts stress on joints, especially
knees and hips.
13.) Take care of your feet. Good walking shoes provide cushioning
for joints. Orthotic devices worn inside shoes can be helpful
in reducing stress to certain joints.
14.) Ask for support when dealing with difficult coping and
adjustment issues. Depression, anxiety and other problems are
common issues for people leaning to live with chronic illness
such as arthritis.
15.) The Arthritis Self-Help Course cosponsored by the Arthritis
Foundation teaches self-management skills which have been shown
to decrease pain and depression. These classes are taught in
several locations throughout the Twin Cities.
16.) Make your home arthritis friendly by evaluating your kitchen,
bedroom and bathroom for ease on joints. Install grab bars in
showers and around toilets. Consider raised toilet seats, lever
knobs for faucet and doors, rearrange cupboards, putting heavier
objects on lower shelves and keep knives sharp for easier
cutting.
17.) Be a creative problem-solver. For instance, you want to
use tools with extra-long handles or raised garden beds. There
are many special tools and adaptive devices of all sorts
available for people with arthritis.
18.) Learn about adaptive devices. Adaptive equipment catalogs
sell equipment designed to make tasks easier. Examples include
car door openers, special scissors, jar openers, buttoners,
aides for putting on stockings, elastic shoelaces, and clothing
specially designed to make dressing easier.
19.) Learn to rest. Activities take more energy when you have
arthritis. Balance periods of work with periods of rest.
People with arthritis often don't sleep well, waking many times
throughout the night and may need to spend more time resting
during the day. Establish good sleep habits by going to bed and
rising at the same time everyday. Take a warm bath before bed
and do other relaxing activities to prepare you for sleep.
Electric blankets, mattress pads and flannel sheets can help
relieve pain and improve sleep. Let your physician know if you
are having difficulty sleeping.
20.) Be organized and flexible. Wear clothes that don't require
ironing or other special care. Prepare work clothes for the
week ahead. Plan meals ahead of time, freezing extra portions
whenever possible. Devote a special day of the week for
specific tasks like laundry and if you're tired, don't push
yourself.
Jenny Fransen is an R.N. and Director of Abbott Northwesterns'
Hospital Arthritis Care Program. For more information on arthritis,
contact the Arthritis Care Program, 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis,
MN 55407.
To Submit questions on medical or rehabilitative issues for future
columns, write: Medical issues and Disability, Sister Kenny
Institute, Dept. 16601, 800 E. 28th St., Minneapolis, MN 55407.
This article is a reprint from ACCESS PRESS newspaper. Editorial
content may be reprinted with attribution (and notification) to ACCESS
PRESS. Letters and editorial submissions are welcome.
ACCESS PRESS
3338 University Avenue S.E.
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(37) Mon 8 Feb 93 8:51p
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: Reach Out
St: Local
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ABLEnews Reprint
From the February 1993 issue of "Reach Out," which describes itself as
"a monthly newsletter published cooperatively by and for mental health
consumers as a vehicle of information to their community, as well as
providing a format for creative expression from all contributors."
[Reach Out; 730 State Street; Schenectady, NY 12307; 518-381-3995.]
Want Ads We Would Love to See
Up and coming company seeks schizophrenics for venture into
inexpensive thought transmitted advertising.
Movie Company seekings PTSD survivors for flash-back segments in an
award winning production.
Single Female with Multiple Personality disorder seeking Single Male.
Must enjoy talking in a group setting.
Co-Dependent Male seeks care-taking female. Let's get together and
build a normal relationship.
Agoraphobic woman seeks mate for the ultimate dining-in experience.
For Sale: Dental transmitter. Previously owned by the CIA for
monitoring mental health consumers daily activities.
Mental Health Consumer seeks 24 hr on call therapist that will say the
right things and be responsible for all mistakes made.
Grandiose disordered people wanted to take over current mental health
administration.
Mike Abair
[And, in this day of the invisible dollar, I thought we might benefit
from...]
Ten Things to Do With Little or No Money
1. Rise early enough to watch the sunrise.
2. Take time to watch the sunset.
3. Learn how to identify the stars in the night sky--again gratis.
4. Go to the Planetarium at the Schendectady Museum to learn more
about astronomy--nominal admission fee.
5. Walk or catch a ride up to Central Park and enjoy the ice skating
on Iriquois Lake. Even if you don't do any ice skating, you can
still watch the skaters, young and old, experienced skaters as well
as novices. On some nights, you can watch them...when the skating
area is illuminated.
6. Check out the public library--browsing among recent acquisitions
might just turn up the book you need or have been looking for...
There are always new titles to look at...
7. Don't forget that the library also has sound recordings--music as
well as books on tape. There are also movies, lectures, and musical
recitals at the library on occasion. Twice a year the library has a
booksale, and hardback and paperback books can be purchased
inexpensively.
8. The bike trails in Rotterdam and Niskayuna are close by and you'll
find fellow walkers and hikers on the path, regardless of the
season. Observing and paying close attention to the natural world
around you will make the walk more enjoyable--especially if you
have a guidebook for identifying birds, trees, etc.
9. Write a letter that you've put off for a long time, or write to
someone you haven't written to in a long time.
10. Make a list of things to be thankful, or people to thank or
(people whom) you would like to thank if you had the opportunity.
Steve Hutchison
[That reminds me I'd like to thank David Jacobs, one of our ABLEnews
gang, for sending "Reach Out" or way. Thanks, David!]
For a compact magazine "Reach Out" has a lot to offer beyond the usual
social calendar and annoucements, including poems (by Steve Hutchison,
Derek Walcott, and Edwin Markham), theater reviews (by Patricia
Gibbons), literature reviews (by Dinah Dietrich). There's even an
informative article on "Side Effects of Clozapine."
...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia 25411 (304-258-LIFE/258-5433).
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(38) Tue 9 Feb 93 8:48a
By: Earl Appleby
To: All
Re: ICCCD News Letter
St: Local
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ABLEnews Reprint
From the January 1993 Newsletter of Island County Coalition of
Citizens With Disabilities Newsletter, with a tip of our ABLEnews hat
to their president, Dale Flanery. (Island County Coalition of Citizens
With Disabilities; PO Box 387; Freeland, WA 98249)
No! No! Anything But the Soapbox!
December 20, 1992 news accounts told of a California man, also a
quadriplegic, who plans to mark his New Year by traveling to Michigan
to obtain the help of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in killing himself. The man
said he didn't want to die, but finds life as a quadriplegic
intolerable.
It's wrong to commit suicide and everyone knows it. But society
applies a double standard to suicide; one for people having good
health, the other for people with disabilities! The nearer you come to
being viewed as helpless and dependent, the less value life is given.
If a person has good health and is found to be thinking of suicide, no
one applauds the clearness of his thinking processes; but instead the
focus is on causes ranging from depression to mental instability. If
one has a disability and is thinking of suicide, there is universal
approval; giving no thought about whether the person may be severely
depressed, mentally unstable, or experiencing pain that is not
properly treated. If you have a disability, suicide is considered a
rational choice. Persons lending aid in such suicides are lionized
instead of being seen as the exploitative serial murderers they really
are.
Let's skip all the BS, how many times have you heard some one say,
"I'd rather be dead than in a wheelchair"? Or, "Rather dead than
paralyzed"? Or, "Rather dead than in a nursing home"? Nothing like
these sensitive viewpoints to put your whole life in its proper
perspective!
Granted that the average person wouldn't like to switch places with us
folks of disability, and that none of us choose our disability. But,
is it a solution to deal with fears of disability by evolving them
into a social policy of assisted suicide for people with disabilities?
How much does that line of thinking need to percolate until we find
OTHERS deciding FOR us?
Instead of making it easier to die, wouldn't it be better to make it
easier to live? Oh if only we had such things as a PROGRAM OF
ATTENDANT CARE, GOOD 7 DAY A WEEK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, A
MEANINGFUL KIND OF RESPITE CARE, ACCESS TO JOBS, ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT,
LIFE SELF MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT, and ASSISTIVE DEVICES! Even
FINANCIAL AID! Or TREATMENT OF PAIN that wasn't driven by a ridiculous
fear that a terminal person would become addicted!
Other features include:
Medicaid Costs Spiraling
The total Medicaid price tag will hit $120 billion, up from $51
billion in 1988.
Health Care Rationing Oregon Style
People who have Medicaid will lose benefits to pay for those who
don't. People with expensive conditions can than be viewed as the
cause of other people's inability to get health care, Talk about
scapegoating people with disabilities!
The Case of "Who Punched Out Mama?"
Dorothy Kugler, who has Alzheimer's disease, was beaten last April 6
at Western State. According to a social worker, the victim was
"restrained in a chair" when the beating took place.
The Hunt Is On!
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department opened a special New Year's
Eve hunt for hunters with disabilities and their partners.
Here Come De Judge!
Last Summer, Diane Scalfani, who has MS, lost custody of her 11 year
old daughter. Diane had separated from her husband in 1989 because of
mental abuse and threats to put her in a nursing home.
Even though Diane had been caring for the child with the aid of her
parents and an attendant, the judge's decision was based on her
disability. Citing "lack of an established environment, and endless
stream of nurse's aides, Diane's limited use of her arms, and use of a
wheelchair," Judge Deborah Servitto took child custody rights from
Diane and gave them to her ex-husband!
Having exhausted all her resources (the Judge also took her home), and
$16,000 of her parents' retirement savings, Diane is unable to carry
the fight further.
Diane said, "It's ironic. When I became pregnant the doctor advised me
to have an abortion. I decided against it. Yet, with the Judge's
decision to take my daughter away from me, I feel like I had that
abortion after all."
Remaining features are:
Recent Accomplishments & Happenings
Through our efforts the entire shopping complex at Drug Emporium in
Everett now has disabled parking. It isn't a perfect job, but we'll
leave "getting it perfect" to our Snohomish County associates.
Upcoming Events
February 22 accessibility workshop at Skagit Valley College in Mt.
Vernon. All-day, includes lunch, begins at 8:30 AM. $15 payable at
door.
...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia 25411 (304-258-LIFE/258-5433).
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(49) Wed 10 Feb 93 12:41a Rcvd: Thu 11 Feb 2:45p
By: Jeffrey Vandyke
To: Earl Appleby
Re: Help needed
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-=> Quoting stuff from Earl Appleby to All
-=> On 02-0893 16:33
EA> Our next item concerns everyone with ideas about features they would
like a house to have to make it more accessible, adaptable,
1) A decent 4' wide ramp into house usable summer AND winter. Made of
commercial metal mesh that lets ice and snow drop through, requiring
no clearing.
2) 3' wide doorways everywhere
3) A remote control push button electric strike on entrance door instead
of having to try to use a door key. I've built a few of these from
garage door control electronics for others, but haven't been able to
afford it for me.
4) A garage we can park a 10' tall van in, and let the ramp down.
5) A kitchen sink I can get to, also with washerless faucettes.
6) thermostat must be reachable
7) A roll-in shower
8) A bathroom sink I can use.
9) A fridge with automatic roll-out shelves so I can get to the food.
10) A bedroom big enough to handle beds, equipment, lift,
wheelchair, dresser, closet, blankets, etc.
11) A ceiling high enough for ceiling fans so I don't have to
use so much A/C in the summer.
12) Windows that I can operate electrically so that I can take advantage
of the outdoor temperatures instead of always fighting them with the
A/C and heat.
13) A storage area in the connected garage where we could store my spare
equipment and spare parts.
14) Adequate electrical outlets (4 receptacles on each wall)
15) A heavy duty floor that won't start sagging under a 250 pound person
combined with a 250 pound wheelchair. (I might as well be moving
pianos all over my floor all day.)
16) Either commercial flat-weave glue-down carpet with no padding or heavy
duty tile on all floors, because regular carpet wears out very quickly
under electrical wheelchair traffic.
17) If using heating ducts in the floor, regular ones will collapse within
one or two days under the beating of an electric chair. Instead, use
something like the cast iron grates (usually used for old home
restoration work) available from the Reggio Register Company.
18) An exhaust fan in every bathroom.
19) A way of visually and audibly monitoring who comes to my door.
20) A deck at least 8' x 10' at the main entry.
21) An alternate way out of the house. Right now I have only one.
22) A workshop to work on projects.
23) A library with room for about 2000 books (to read in, go through the
mail, and work on the computer).
24) Instead of using regular light switches, use low voltage remote
control circuits, as in office buildings. They are much easier to wire
for, and the remote switches are easier to operate, and you can put as
many of them whever you want them. Must be mounted low (or one low and
one high at each location). We had these in my parents' house.
25) No-maintenance exterior
26) Door trim made of 2" hardwood instead of the thin stuff that busts
when bumped by wheelchair.
27) All door handles to have handles instead of knobs.
28) Entry door sturdy enough to take a few bumps.
29) Screen door easy to open.
Probably more suggestions than wanted, eh? <g>
Jeff
... Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh, 6 a.m. Already (sigh)
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(61) Fri 12 Feb 93 6:48p
By: Joe Chamberlain
To: Jeffrey Vandyke
Re: Help Needed
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In a message to Earl Appleby <10 Feb 93 00:41> Jeffrey Vandyke wrote:
JV> Probably more suggestions than wanted, eh? <g>
Great suggestions. I forwarded them to Keith Jones who is designing his
new house.
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(55) Sat 13 Feb 93 10:39p
By: Earl Appleby
To: Jeffrey Vandyke
Re: Help needed
St: Local
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In your reply of Feb. 10 you conclude:
> Probably more suggestions than wanted, eh? <g>
> Jeff
But less than are needed, eh? <g>
THANKS, Jeff, ever so much. I found your ideas insightful and it's
ABLEnews' privilege to pass them on.
> ... Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh, 6 a.m. Already (sigh)
No, only 10:50 PM here in the Eastern Panhandle.
Best regards,
Earl
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(59) Thu 11 Feb 93 8:44a
By: Joe Chamberlain
To: All
Re: Mind healing
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HEALING AND THE MIND by Bill Moyers
This week Doubleday publishes HEALING AND THE MIND by Bill Moyers. ($25)
The book includes interviews with 15 medical experts, in fields ranging
from neurology and immunology to acupuncture and massage.
The book serves as a companion to the five-part PBS series HEALING AND THE
MIND, which starts Feb 22. Check your local listing for exact time.
Bill Moyers is one of my favorite TV journalists and he has spent three
years of intensive research into the body-mind connection. He reports he
hasn't become a total convert but "I have learned to meditate and to
exercise more regularly." Sometime in the course of his day he finds 20
minutes to simply concentrate on the rhythm of life and take a breath, to
step aside from the pressures of the moment.
Check it out.
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(62) Sun 14 Feb 93 9:52p
By: Anthony Seebeck
To: All
Re: Wordperfect users
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--> Note:
Copied (from: ABLED) by Anthony Seebeck using timEd.
Hello everyone!
I was at a local computer dissucion group and they had a speaker that had a
product that would do all of us some good. I got his permission to post
this info on the bbs's.
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(81) Tue 23 Feb 93 7:23p
By: Gordon Gillesby
To: All
Re: Comment 02/21/93 2:42pm
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The following information was provided by Carol Taylor - she may be
contacted at DRAGnet BBS via this conference.
--==<<INFORMATION>>==--
AFRICAN AMERICAN LUPUS FOUNDATION, INC.
6400 Barrie Road, Suite 1600
Edina MN 55435
TELEPHONE: 612-927-0253
FAX: 612-926-3380
Administrator - Carol A. Taylor
ELGIBILITY - Anyone
HOURS - 9 AM - 4 PM, MON - FRI (OFFICE): 24 Hour Phone Service
FEES - Membership fees, may be waived
FUNDED BY - Membership fees, Contributions, Grants, Contracts
INTAKE PROCEDURE - Call or Write. 1-612-925-3634 or 927-0253
SERVICES PROVIDED
1) Information and referral to persons with Lupus, their family and
friends.
2) Consulting - Individual or group behavioral management.
3) Assessment and planning - How not to be a victim of a chronic illness
for victims and families.
4) Computer expertise and services through voice message, help alert,
telephone reassurance and electronic mail.
5) Advocacy for disabled and chronically ill African Americans and other
people of color.
6) Lupus is a colorless disease that affects anyone; however, Lupus
attacks the immune system of people of color at a ratio of 4:1
especially in females of color.
* Hey! Don't pick up that pho+>+Abe+++f
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(82) Thu 25 Feb 93 5:11p
By: Gordon Gillesby
To: All
Re: FEBRUARY ACCESS PRESSSED1
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The following online newsletter has been received at DRAGnet.
(612/753-1943; 1:282/1007; 94:6120/1; 255:1612/106; 16:612/33) It may be
read online, downloaded from file area #2 or by file request (FREQ) using
the filename:
AP930210.ZIP
The table of contents has been displayed below to give you
some idea of the newsletter's contents.
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ACCESS PRESS
A monthly newspaper for persons with disabilities, providers of care,
agencies, support groups and other enlightened people freely distributed
throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area and via DRAGnet BBS.
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Volume 4 Number 2
LIST OF CONTENTS
FEBRUARY'S EDITORIAL by Charlie Smith
CHANGES & CHALLENGE FOR METRO MOBILITY
The Future Of Paratransit - What Legislators Must Know
by Bill Smith
A PROVIDER'S STORY ON METRO MOBILITY
A CONSUMER'S CONCERN OF METRO MOBILITY
A Letter To The Editor;
JOHN RILEY TAKES OVER FROM MICHAEL ERHLICHMANN
DEFINITION OF "WELLNESS" VARIES WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL
by Peg Keller, R.N.
VERY SPECIAL ARTS - CALL fOR ART!
ACCESS TO PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS - A MOVE TOWARD EQUALITY
by John Zbiegien
LEARNING TO DEAL WITH BRAIN INJURIES
By Marty Cushing & Elinor Hands
CAN MINNESOTA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES?
By The Coalition On Health Care Issues For Persons With
Disabilities
CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE RATIONING
ACCESS PRESS GIVEN OUTSTANDING MEDIA AWARD
By Adam Quinn
RENEE SMITH 1926 - 1993
ADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER PRODUCES DOCUMENTARY FILM
PwD PROFILES
DEAR NICOLE
OPENING UP COUNTY GOVERNMENT
By Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Commissioner
CENTRALIZED METRO MOBILITY PROGRAM EXPLAINED
by The Regional Transit Board Staff
ARTWORKS SOUGHT FOR ART SHOW AND SALE BY DISABLED ARTISTS
MEETING TO DISCUSS ACCESSIBILITY AT PRIDE FESTIVAL
# # #
ACCESS PRESS is a monthly newspaper aimed at persons with disabilities,
providers of care, agencies, support groups and other enlightened people.
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