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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 1126

                          Monday, February 27, 1995

Today's Topics:


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                         Re: Accessible Information
                               E.L640 for sale
                        Re: Talking Books in Russian.
                Re: CD ROM's suitable with access devices...
                        Re: Blind News Digest # 1124
                       Impairment/Disability/Handicap


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Subject: Re: Accessible Information
From: kford@crash.cts.com (Kelly Ford)
Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA

You can find the most up-to-date version of this list on the Word Wide
Web at the url of http://www.turnpike.net/metro/kford/index.html.

Kelly Ford




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Subject: E.L640 for sale
From: joy@crl.com (Joy Tilton)

Looks like I have another thing to sell.  I wish to sell my Sharp EL640
talking calculator, which has a clock and calendar.  It is in good
condition after owning it for almost 8 years.  I am selling this since I
just recently bought a Braille N Speak, which gives me all that I need
and then some.
I am willing to sell this item for $45, OBO, no shipping included.
Please send all correspondence to the following address:
joy@crl.com
Thanks.


            o o o o o
              xxxxx




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Subject: Re: Talking Books in Russian.
From: KSEVEN@delphi.com (KSEVEN)

To Marshall

I don't know of any, but the English books from LOC can be played at a
slower speed on the machine provided by the lending library at no charge.

K7



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Subject: Re: CD ROM's suitable with access devices...
From: KSEVEN@delphi.com (KSEVEN)


The National Braille Press, 88 St Stephens Street, Boston, Mass 02115, has a
book on both Disk and in Braille giving a most comprehensive accounting of
CD technology and materials that can be used by folks with impaired vision.
The book cose about $12.00, and includes a list of accessible CD's.

The reader called Tiny Talk is available from
OHMS Development
1921 Highland Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
708-251-5787

as shareware with a registered cost of $75.00.  This software can also be
used with most other speech synthesizers.  It requires quite a bit of
initial setup for applications, but the instructions are on disk and it is
certainly worth the money to make the effort.

 K7 * * Opening doors and Windows for myself and for other blind people * *



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Subject: Re: Blind News Digest # 1124
From: KSEVEN@delphi.com (KSEVEN)

If it can be done in Braille, it can be done in large print.  I've got the
full set of LDS scriptures, Book of Mormon, Old and New Testament, and Pearl
of Great Price (not the literature version) in large print I would love to
sell to someone.  They've hardly been opened as the font is only about 16
pt. type.  Asking $60.00 for the set - you pay postage if you don't want it
sent Free Matter for the Blind...KSEVEN@DELPHI.COM

Books to teach adults Braille...
    I use the series from the American Printing House for the Blind,
1502-895-2405.  This was developed in Illinois and updated from the 1960
version just a year or two ago.  I prefer the old version as there are a lt
of errors in the new version, but they are good to see if a student is
paying attention I suppose.  The book starts with a page matching the raised
line alphabet with its corresponding Braille representation.  The full set
of three volumes (printed in Braille) costs less than $30.00.   K7

Opening WINDOWS in Braille...
I have successfully loaded the Screen Power Braille for WINDOWS software
onto my computer, linked to the LAN, and gotten into WINDOWS.  There, using
just the Braille display, I changed my screen saver and wallpaper just for
fun, entered WRITE and wrote myself a letter, and entered our State Rehab
Integrated Information System to look around.  I will be spending more time
with TSI people learning the details before I make a final report on the
program, but right now it looks quite interesting, and to be honest, at
first touch makes WINDOWS seem simpler by Braille than either speech or
large print.  Time will tell, and so will I.

 K7 * * Opening doors and Windows for myself and for other blind people * *



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Subject: Impairment/Disability/Handicap
From: Not@paranoid.demon.co.uk (Iain Peirse)
Organization: Paranoia

Hiya.
  I am currently studying to become a Rehabilitation Officer for the
Visually Impaired at Guide Dogs for the Blind Association in
the U.K. I would be interested to hear your opinions on the World
Health Organisation's classifications of Impairment, Disability,
and Handicap. If you are not aware of what this is I will give a
brief description of their definitions:

Impairment: This is any loss or abnormality of psychological,
 physiological or anatomical structure or function. It
 represents exterioriseation of an abnormality of the body, and
 as such it reflects disturbances at the organ level. Consequently
 it can be equated with the medical model of disability.

 This covers both loss and disorder, and may be temporary or
 permanent.

Disability: This is any restriction or lack, resulting form an
 impairment, of ability to perform an activity in the manner or
 within the range considered 'normal' for a human being. This is
 a function of the individual and can be equated within the
 individual model of disability.

 The disablity may be temporary or permanent and reversible or
 irreversible, and may be described as progressive or regressive.
 A disability may or may not constitute a handicap.

Handicap: This is a disadvantage for an individual, resulting from
 an impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the
 fulfillment of a role that is normal -depending on age, sex and
 social and cultural factors - for that individual. This is a
 function of society and can be equated within the social model of
 disability.

This is the definition I have on paper, but I would be interested in,
and most grateful for, any views that you can offer.

Regards,
       Iain.
--
        -= Iain Peirse -=- Not@paranoid.demon.co.uk =-





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