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Bravo, I have a five year old son with Autism, ADHD. I felt all alone in the care of him. I enjoyed your page a lot. It showed me there's other people out there and their fighting everyday with their handicaps. It showed me it isn't about doctors but fun too. He's not dead he can have a life too. And a future. Thank you.
I have multiple sclerosis, but am able to drive, teach, cook (but my huband sometimes wishes I cook more for him rather than eating away from home.) But he spends a lot of time at work and it's no fun cooking for myself. Could you please email me with significant information?? I'd really like to adopt a child that may need help from another country? Thank you
Hello, I was searching Yahoo and found your Disability Cool page. I have a client who is an amputee and invented an adjustable stool to support his leg above where it was amputated. I'd like to link his site back to your site if you'd link back to us. This device is a real benefit for Mr. McNulty (the inventor, also the one who's pictured on the site). Please let me know if you'd like to do this.
The product is the McBuddy, the address is: http://www.bihlman.com/mcbuddy/mcbuddy.html
Thank you for your time. -- * - Bihlman Computer Services - * Erich Bihlman * PC Tutor / Web Page Designer * http://www.bihlman.com/
Love your web site! I'm now adding it to my women and disability page. If you're interested in seeing mine, perhaps linking it to yours, it's at http://members.tripod.com/~Barbara_Robertson/Women.htm
Thanks,
Hello!
I have written and published this book for the millions of disabled who have been waiting patiently for information on the assistance dog industry, and now I am trying to get it to them. It is very user-friendly and allows people to get detailed information that is simply not available anywhere else.
This book, Assistance Dog Providers in the United States, the only resource book available on the industry. It is a complete guide to finding a guide, hearing, or service dog. Seizure and therapy dogs are also included, with U.S. maps for easy geographic location.
Detailed information on 110 providers is included, with many specifics on each, which allows an individual interested in an assistance dog to make informed decisions. This hardcover, illustrated book is really a wonderful resource.
This book is perfect for disabled individuals, their families, and anyone interested in the assistance dog industry.
Check it out at: http://www.dogmart.com/ncservicedogs/
It can be ordered through: N.C. Service Dogs 3598 W. Delphi Pike Marion, IN 46952. The cost is $27.00, including shipping and handling. Purchase orders are accepted.
Please let me know if you need more information. I am trying to get it out on the internet effectively.
Carla Stiverson servdog@netusa1.net
Hi. My fiancee has a daughter that is in a second stage of coma (Vegatative stage). She has been home with us now for 12 months and we have found that their is not much information on people with head injuries at all. We would appreciate any help or info that you could give us.
Hello. So nice to see a site devoted to helping dIS ABLEd people find resources and to help us feel good about ourselves. I am not physically disabled - but am visually impaired. I notice the "invisible man" whom I take to be a blind person, But I also see no reference to Visually Impaired subjects. Perhaps because there's other VI sites? Not meaning to be critical - but wanting to be included Desert Regards
Hi
In my opinion, the issue 1997 still is "Our bodies our choices, or are they ?" Why are Mattel and Toys R Us joining the medical comunity in defining and constructing our bodies and the lives of young girls with disabilities? I assume that the answer has to do with capitalism.
Disability issues are rarely only on one end of the spectrum. The idea of having toys that would help disabled girls feel proud of themselves is longer overdue. However, Mattel's present choice (The Barbies) is the wrong choice. The product they had on the market in the 1980's was better (Hal Pals). There are other companies that sell dolls with disabilities that are more appropriate. As a ghost voice from DAWN Canada's past I ask "Please Boycott the Barbie doll."
Maria Barile
former Vice Chair
Dawn Canada
Thanks for some good stuff.
I just wanted to drop a line to say how impressed I am with this new site. Keep up the good work! I am a student at Independence Network and I am doing a report on people with disabilities in different cultures. I would be interested on any information that you have on this subject. Please e-mail me back. Thanks
Hi. First of all, I love the column. I've never seen one like this before. I am "disabled" in a way that is not obvious to the casual observer (except when I use my cane). After numerous spine surgeries due to a car accident, I am in pain almost constantly and I get flack about the meds I take and why I don't go out more, I lie down too much,... I'm sick of having to explain to every criticizing person (and those who are trying to help) about what is wrong and how did it happen and why don't I try this, etc... Guess I'm feeling sorry for myself - often wish I'd have been paralyzed in the wreck so I could not feel the pain, but then I'd need others help more and would hate that. Anyway, it's nice to talk to people who understand.
What a cool site!! Thank you for it. A few suggestions. How about a place where we can discuss our issues? Second, an employment site for us that are disabled to help us locate jobs. Thanks again for the wonderful site!!!
All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! your site is great. Although the focus of my website is legislative and regulatory issues affecting people with disabilities, I believe true change will not come about until there is a change in attitudes.
I too am a disabled pro-choice feminist. I was thrilled to read your essay which reflected my position as well. I will be adding a link to your site on my next update. I hope you will consider a link to mine.
Congratulations and good luck with your site,
The Disability Rights Activist -- http://www.teleport.com/~abarhydt/
Hi, I'm hard of hearing, been since birth, I wear two hearing aids. I'm glad to see a website such as yours, hopefully people will take the time to visit your website and realize that people with disabilities are basically normal people. We have emotions, we like to have fun, and want to be treated just like everyone.
I'm 38 years of age, all my life I've had to battle "uphill". My hearing problem is a learning disability, sometimes it takes me a little extra time to "catch on", but I come through...I look back on my life at all the prejudices I have had to conquer, and I think about those people who told me "I'll never amount to anything".
Tell you the truth, if these people were so much better than I, why is my life more stable than their's? I want to tell other people no matter what their disability is, "Don't give up, search your heart and your mind, there is an unique talent that you have that will help you succeed". If people tell you that you can't do this or that because you cannot walk, hear, talk, or see, remind them this is the 20th century, we are just as good as anyone else, perhaps better.
Peace,
(If others are interested in emailing this individual, please write DISCOOL)
In the eighteen years that i have "walked" with a wheelchair, i have seen this situation more times than i have quad fingers and drop toes: able-bodied men are more likely and willing to date and marry a woman in a wheelchair than able-bodied women are to date or marry a man in a wheelchair.
i have no data to back this up (and i'm sure i just ruffled a lot of feathers) but it has been my experience that this is true. i will say nothing more on this subject.
Congratulations! I have found this site few minutes ago, I don't know English good enough to tell you what I feel (I'm learning English at Miami Dade Community College). Congratulations!.
[I am a] proud woman living with back and leg disability and chronic pain. I use a cane and wheelchair for distance. My daughter, is 18 years old and lives with cerebral palsy, blindness, and mental retardation and uses wheelchair, lift, and lots of dme. She is a person who needs total care. I also have a husband who is a coparent. One of the few intact marriages around of parents with a kid who requires care and plunges us into systems change and dependency. I know a lot!!!!!!!
It's great to see the disabled being so well catered for on the net,
thanks I too am "disabled" by looks at least, but my deeds and
actions show that a disability can be turned into a great asset. I invite
you to take a look at my web site, it was made to share and inspire everyone
willing to acknowledge their own powers within. Enjoy.
Cheers
John Alloway.
http://www.rainbow.co.nz/karal/index.html
This is just a short note to inform you that you have been picked as one of "Mac's Picks of the Week". The site to be featured is:
Disability Cool http://www.oocities.org/HotSprings/7319/discool.htm
Please pass this message on to the appropriate person.
"Mac's Picks of the Week" is a labor of love; a page which recommends sites I have found after searching the net for interesting, useful, and just plain fun sites to visit. It is published each Wednesday morning (New Zealand time, which is GMT plus 12 hours). Your site will be featured this coming Wednesday for one week.
"Mac's Picks of the Week" can be seen at:
Though a reciprocal link is not necessary to be picked as a featured site, it is always welcome.
Good to see you on the net. May your successes grow daily.
Mac McLellan
Checked out your site, liked it a lot. We'll soon have a link to New Mobility up--cheers-- Barry
I love your site!
Check ours: Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities http://www.ability.ns.ca/entrepreneur/
We have profiles of members and their businesses and their path to self-employment. We have a small but growing Members Showcase where people can shop on line for some pretty neat stuff produced by the members. Business links and more.
Our site, like yours, is certainly a challenge to preconceived notions of people with disabilities. And anyone interested in the idea of self-employment on whatever scale, whatever disability, are welcome to join (membership FREE at present) - Members will get Newsletters and the Members directory and some great connections. Started in Nova Scotia Canada, we are growing nationally and internationally.
Also check the sponsor of our site: Ability Network Magazine http://www.ability.ns.ca/
A cross disability magazine available in print (by subscription) and available in its entirety on-line. Written largely by people with disabilities, with a Young A-Net section - it's a guaranteed good read.
Please add my web site to your list of disability links. I have set up a comprehensive list of resources for parents with physical disabilities. It includes publications, products, and organizations designed to help parents with disabilities. Also shows some ideas for adapting baby furniture and has a wonderful e-mail listserver for parents with disabilities, their partners, and people with disabilities seeking information on parenting. Check it out:
Diana Michelle's Home Page http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Trish_and_John
If you have any comments please e-mail me at 74731.2325@compuserve.com
Thank you, Trish Day
July 14, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Lisa Harold
412 N.E. 165th Street #103
Shoreline, WA 98155
(206) 440-1369
lisabee1@aol.com
Back by popular demand, the West Coast Fat Women's Gathering is returning to Seattle. The conference will bring together fat women from across the U.S. and Canada for a weekend of fun and empowerment in a feminist, size-affirmative space. It all happens November 7-10, 1997 at the Best Western Executive Inn in Fife, just twenty minutes from SeaTac International Airport.
The gathering will place special emphasis on fat women's culture and self-expression, presenting positive images of the full-bodied woman through art, music, and theater. The program includes a wide range of workshops; vendors selling clothing, jewelry, accessories and artwork for women of size; a fashion show; private swim parties in the hotel pool; and a chance to network with other women who share concerns about "life in the fat lane." Among the featured speakers will be Alice Ansfield, founder, publisher and editor of Radiance Magazine. Another highlight will be a performance of "The Corpse at the Conference," an interactive murder mystery by Miriam Berg and Nancy Summer.
Last year's gathering attracted a diverse group of over 150 women of many colors, ethnic backgrounds, ages, religions, sexual orientations, abilities, and sizes of large. They came from as far away as the eastern U.S. and Canada. Many are enthusiastically planning to be back at this year's conference.
All of the conference facilities are wheelchair accessible, and other accommodations (including sign language interpreting) for women with disabilities can be arranged. For women unable to pay full registration fee, some full and partial scholarships will be available. The organizers will try to assist women attending in arranging for carpools and community housing.
The gathering is produced by SeaFATtle, and endorsed by the Fat Feminist Caucus of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Size Wise, Sisters of Size, the Washington State Chapter of N.A.A.F.A., and Radiance Magazine.
To learn more about the 1997 West Coast Fat Women's Gathering, visit the conference's Web site at http://www.wolfenet.com/~marymc/fatconf.htm. You can also email Lisa at lisabee1@aol.com, or call (206) 440-1369. To receive complete information and a registration packet, send a business-sized, stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
SeaFATtle
Shoreline, WA 98155
USA
Space is limited, so don't delay!
For information about being a vendor at the conference, email Marty at marty@apocalypse.org or call (253) 813-1329.
Fat feminist women together create a healing and empowering space at these events. The organizers hope you will be part of the fun of this weekend. Don't miss this chance to meet and learn with wonderful women like you!
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July 14, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact: Marty Hale-Evans
22831 92nd Avenue S.
#P-203
Kent, WA 98031
(253) 813-1329
marty@apocalypse.org
A new fat activist organization is at large in Seattle. SeaFATtle is a not-for-profit women's collective of fat feminists and their allies, dedicated to activism and support. The group's goals are:
The organization's motto says a lot about its educational and activist approach: "Raising consciousness or raising hell!"
SeaFATtle began in the spring of 1997 with half-a-dozen Seattle-area women, most of whom had met on the Internet. The group first got together to plan local activities around International No-Diet Days. The result was a series of workshops, information tables, and a scale smashing at Seattle Center in May, all promoting self-esteem and good health for people of all sizes. Afterwards, the women realized they had too many good ideas and too much enthusiasm just to stop there. So the group has continued to meet in person and online, sharing resources and discussing issues of body image, size discrimination, and fat acceptance.
SeaFATtle's next major project is to plan and sponsor the 1997 West Coast Fat Women's Gathering. The conference will take place November 7-10, 1997 at the Best Western Executive Inn in Fife, Washington. This event is open to women of all sizes of large. For more information, call (206) 440-1369, email <lisabee1@aol.com>, or visit the conference's World Wide Web site at <http://www.wolfenet.com/~marymc/fatconf.htm>.
SeaFATtle invites women in the Puget Sound region who support its goals to get involved and help make them happen. We welcome women of all ages, colors, sexual orientations, abilities, and levels of experience with size acceptance and fat activism. For more information on the organization, call (253) 813-1329, email marty@apocalypse.org, or visit SeaFATtle's World Wide Web site at http://www.wolfenet.com/~marymc/seafattle.htm.
Great stuff on your web site but a little hard to read with the many frames you develop on your page. Of particular concern is the article under Women's stuff, great material but hard to read in a one inch window! Also your graphic for email is very disturbing, all that flashing makes it seem that something is flying at you.
Regards, MN
I am a twenty year old college student, who is mobile, though slowed by some knee problems... I am seeking some information. I know practically nothing on the subject of paralysis, and I want to know more. I am writing a story, and one of the characters is in a wheel chair. The story isn't about her being in a wheel chair, it just happens to be that she is in one, but before I created a character, who happens to be in a wheel chair, I wanted to make sure I could create a real person, not a sterotype full of myths, and so forth, so to really do that, I wanted to be sure and have some facts, so anything you could send my way would be helpful. Also, I have a list of questions below, that I would appreciate being answered.
Assuming a person is paralyzed from the waist down, do some patients regain feeling, but not the ability of walk?
Would the assumption that flaccid paralysis can be permanent as well as just temporary? I have read that alcohol poisoning can cause this, is that true? If so, is it common?
Specifically, the story line I had in mind deals with personal relationships, it is a slice of life genere and one of the issues I would like to write about is the charcter being some what pressured into a sexual relationship and whether or not to get intimate with the male..it isn't or I don't want it to be a story of a disabled girl in a wheel chair maybe having sex, rather a story of this girl and what she is going to do with her life.....but I need some help. I have to write a strong female charcter and on top of that she is in a wheel chair and I know very little, so again whatever you can tell me about disabled women and sex would be helpful.
Dear WebMaster;
Here's a cool link for your links page.
http://SoleMates.com - is a registry for people with two different size feet who want to find someone with the opposite foot size problem, and then buy shoes together.
The idea is to save money. It becomes an expensive proposition buying shoes if you have to buy two pairs all the time. Especially if you buy good quality shoes.
Many Polio, MS, and MD victims have this problem, but research indicates there are many more perfectly healthy people suffering all sorts of maladies, everything from painful corns callouses and bunions, to far more serious problems.
The cost in economic terms is staggering. Just multiply the number of Podiatrists, Chiropidists, and Orthopedic Surgeons in the World, all making major $$$ treating people, many of whose problems are directly related to ill-fitting shoes.
This Site is sponsored by Bio Ped, Ontario's Premier Foot Care Specialists, who will be pleased to provide a riciprocal link to your Site.
Thank you for your consideration, and best wishes for success on the Web.
Bill Halpern - The Integrateurs - bhalpern@inforamp.net
Other sites of interest to the Disabled Community...
http://www.Optiway.com/ - Optiway Fortress is a World Leader in the Manufacture and Distribution of Electric Scooters for the abled disabled.
http://www.Silverts.com/ - On-Line Catalogue of Adaptable Clothing for Seniors, Disabled, People with mobility problems, designed specifically to make life a little easier in Nursing Homes, Hospices, & Elder Residences.
Hello, it's wonderful to find a Web site on disability with a positive attitude! Thought you might love to add some related links in your pages:
"Deaf World Web" at http://deafworldweb.org/
This Web site is based on Deaf people's cultural and social perspective rather than the majority's medical view.
"ASL Dictionary Online" at http://dww.deafworldweb.org/asl/
This is a wonderful GIF-animated American Sign Language dictionary. Fun learning!
Thanks!
It is fathers' day and I am visiting my daughter in the nursing home. She is 21, brain damaged for the last 4 1/2 years, and getting better day by day. She can't turn on the E-mail by herself, but loves to get mail and often returns it. Can anyone send her some mail - short notes best for now.
Friends!
In pursuit of economic, earth friendly travel, my company, "Vacation Homes Unlimited" has been promoting the concept of home exchange vacationing since 1986.
In the past we have relied upon printed directories for circulating information between members, but on Tuesday July 1st we expand our horizons with the launch of our Web Site http://www.vacation-homes.com/
A great many of our members are elderly or have disabilities etc. and as a means of providing them with as many information resources as possible, we have already included a direct link to your site - check out the "Other Useful Travel Resources on the Internet" page.
I would very much appreciate it if you could provide us with a similar link from your web site.
Sincerely,
Anne Pottinger - Vacation homes Unlimited
This site is wonderful! I am fairly new at browsing the internet, and was so glad to have stumbled onto this page. I just returned from the International Leadership Forum of Women with Disabilities in Washington D.C., and will send your address to many of the friends I made at the conference. Thank you.
I love your web site! it is very inspiring.
Are there any specific issues we, as women with impairments, are faced with in the employment market? Does being a woman and having an impairment mean 'double trouble' at the workplace? What do women with impairments want from life, from paid and unpaid employment?
I am writing as a woman with direct experience of disability, currently researching these issues at university college london. I would be interested to hear real life stories from women around the world.
My name's Mike Pegg and I'm a neighbour of yours in GeoCities (over at http://www.abilityinfo.com/) I basically have a page of bookmarks for students studying in the area of working for\with individuals with disabilities. Check out the page for more detail on it.. ANYWAYS!!! ..I was really impressed with your page and wanted to share it with some others..
Cheers..
mike_pegg@goldsmtp.georcoll.on.ca (please reply to this address) http://www.abilityinfo.com/
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