Like Judith, I have been trying to unsubscribe. Following the
instructions at the end of the bulletin seem to have failed. Does this
mean the 'dis-forum' itself is subscribed? Should members maybe have a
choice about it?
Deirdre Rusling
Helpline Worker
MS Society of GB & NI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Judith Stansfield [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 10 August 1998 09:03
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: THE BEACON for [dis]ABILITY
>
> I did not ask to receive your newsletter, so will you please
> unsubscribe
> me.
> Judith Stansfield
> Independent SEN ICT Consultant
> Chairman of BDA Computer Committee
> Chair of NASEN ICT Standing Committee
>
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> From: WAPD <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: THE BEACON for [dis]ABILITY
> Date: 10 August 1998 00:25
>
> ******************************************************************
>
> THE BEACON for [dis]ABILITY?
>
> World Association of Persons With Disabilities [WAPD]
>
> A Non-Profit, Non-Political-Association
>
> The Beacon of Knowledge & Refuge for the World's Largest Minority
>
> ******************************************************************
> August 10, 1998 BOOKMARK: <http://www.wapd.org>
>
> ===============================================================
> A free newsletter sent to 22,800 subscribers around the world.
> Feel Free to forward this newsletter to interested associates.
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> In This Issue:
> You Can Stretch Your Own Horizon
>
>
> 1. Letters to Editor
>
> 2. Tenacity Wins for Jacobs Family!
>
> 3. Resources
> A. Exit Technologies
> B. Crip Commentary
> C. World of Multiple Sclerosis
>
> 4. ABOUT WAPD
> A. Website Languages
> B. New Officers Announced
>
> 5. Adult Humor
>
> 6. Tash Alert!
>
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> YOU CAN STRETCH YOUR OWN HORIZON...
>
> Life is a succession of lessons which must be
> lived to be understood.
>
> If you wish to know the road up the mountain to
> success, find someone who goes back and forth on it.
>
> Knowledge of the path leading to success can not
> substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.
>
> Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience gives
> it meaning.
>
> Hear and you forget,
> see and you remember,
> do and you understand.
> Finding the road to success is easy,
> taking action is another matter.
>
> *********************************
> IF IT'S GONNA BE...IT'S UP TO ME!
> *********************************
>
> [-LETTERS TO EDITOR-]
>
> Dear Editor,
>
> I am so glad I found your site. What a kind loving
> place on the web. The more that people can get to
> see pages like yours, the more they will get it in
> their heads that being disabled, doesn't mean you
> are incapable.
> I am disabled and I have done more with myself than
> most of my able bodied friends. If you put your mind
> to something, you can do it. I have won many awards
> for my animated cartoons. So many people laugh and
> tell me to stop wasting my time. 3 out of 10 of my
> animated cartoons have won AOL's top prize. I never
> ever drew in my life till I made my first animated
> cartoon. I never had any art classes or anything
> like it... Yet my first cartoon beat out thousands
> of other AOL'ers in the graphic contest I entered
> in. The next month I won again...two months later,
> I won it again. So please to all, just give the
> disabled a chance. Say hello, or shake our hand,
> a smile is nice too.....
>
> Keith Cross
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Kick A Bug Productions
> <http://members.aol.com/kkeithc/cartoons.html>
>
> ---------------
>
> Dear WAPD,
>
> Thanks for sharing the story about the 4 horrible
> teens abusing the learning disabled individual.
> This has inspired me to dedicate my next column
> about abuse and crime against persons with
> disabilities. If any of your readers could share
> facts or stats on the topic, please contact me.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Rosemary E. Musachio, Editor
> The Able Informer, the newsletter filled
> with only information, no hype
> 19407 Preston Road
> Warrensville Heights, Ohio 44128
> Tel. 216-662-2572
> E-mail: <[log in to unmask]>
> URL: <http://www.sasquatch.com/ableinfo>
>
> ----------------
>
> Dear Editor,
>
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> over 30 million new users on the Internet?
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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> At WAPD: toll-free 1.888.288.4909
> and let me know what you think...
>
>
> George K.
> [log in to unmask]
>
> **********************************
> IF IT'S GONNA BE...IT'S UP TO ME
> **********************************
>
> TENACITY WINS FOR JACOBS FAMILY!...
>
>
> In Fort Belvoir, Virginia the Fairfax County Public Schools
> decided, after months of debate, that five year old Collin
> Jacobs will be able to attend elementary school with the rest
> of his kindergarten-age friends this fall. Collin, a bright,
> sociable boy whose Cerebral Palsy significantly affects his
> motor skills, is excited about attending school with his twin
> sister, Laura and his older sister, Sarah.
>
> During his two years in a Fairfax County pre-school, his
> teachers, parents, and school district psychologists agreed
> that Collin learns best in a regular classroom setting. A
> disagreement arose, however, when Collin's parents, Chief
> Warrant Officer Paul and Jill Jacobs, asked that Collin be
> allowed to attend his neighborhood school. In Fairfax County,
> children with significant disabilities have customarily been
> bussed to Special Education centers in schools separate, and
> oftentimes distant, from their homes.
>
> The newly constructed, 15 million dollar Fairfax County
> school is completely accessible and, as one of the school
> district's integrated service-model schools, can fully
> accommodate Collin's educational needs. This, coupled with
> a supportive military community and the endorsement of
> Collin's former teachers, spurred the school district
> administration to recommend last week that he be given the
> opportunity to receive an education in what is known as a
> "full inclusion" environment.
>
> The Jacobs family is elated with the Fairfax County
> Public Schools' compliance with the Individuals with
> Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA mandates that,
> to the fullest extent possible, children with disabilities
> should be included in regular classes with supplementary
> aids and services. A state's receipt of education funds
> from the Federal Government is dependent upon its
> compliance with the requirements of IDEA.
>
> In response to the school district's decision, Collin's Mother,
> Jill said, "On Collin's behalf, we would like to thank FCPS
> officials for recognizing their responsibility to educate our
> son as they would any other non-disabled Fairfax County student.
> We are grateful to FCPS teachers and administrators for choosing
> to see Collin's ability first and foremost, and to prepare
> accordingly for the accommodations presented by his disability.
> We would like to congraulate Dr. Daniel Domenech, Superintendent
> of Schools, Dr. Alice Farling, Superintendent of Special
> Education, and Betsy Fenske, Principal of Fort Belvoir
> Elementary for the leadership they have shown today. "Chief
> Warrant Officer Jacobs added, "We would like to publicly
> commend Fairfax County officials for their committment not
> only to Collin, but for making evident today their intention
> to move forward with a plan that will allow children with
> disabilities in Fairfax County to be educated in their
> neighborhhod schools, if their families so choose. We are
> very pleased that Fairfax County Public School officials have
> faith in their own special and general education personnel.
> We do, too."
>
> In closing, the Jacobs family noted "We would like to
> thank all of those who have supported us; local, state
> and national disability advocates, the Fort Belvoir
> community, and particularly the disability advocacy
> organization TASH, Assist Consulting, and Collin's legal
> counsel from the law firm of Weil, Gotschal, & Manges."
>
> [WAPD NOTE] Our warmest congratulations go to Paul, Jill,
> Sarah, Laura, and Collin Jacobs. We are very happy at this
> outcome!.. See: July 27..BEACON for [dis]ABILITY Letters to
> the editor. <http://www.wapd.org/news/index.html>
>
> A very strong refusal to give up and beliefs of "If It's
> Gonna be..It's up to me!"...is the hallmark of this fine
> family. Mrs. Jacobs, consultant for the FDR Memorial in
> Washington D.C. was one of those that represented WAPD
> at the hearings on MiCasa HR2020, March 12, 1998. She
> read the WAPD press release of support into the record.
> See: <http://www.wapd.org/news/980312.html>
>
> *************************
> KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
> *************************
> [-RESOURCES-]
>
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>
> <http://www.exittech.com/>
> Exit Technologies presents the FASTEXIT Escape System,
> an innovative product that will play a major role in
> any family's fire exit plan. Take a look at the demo.
> ------------
>
> CRIP COMMENTARY...
>
> "Crip Commentary," Laura Hershey's weekly web
> column, explores the issues that people with
> disabilities and their families and friends
> care about most! --
>
> employment, arts & culture, benefits,
> civil rights, activism.
>
> Visit each week to read lively, provocative prose
> that's always interesting, usually challenging,
> and often controversial.
>
> <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/LauraHershey>
>
> --------------
>
> WORLD OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS...
>
> The World's Leading MS Website
> <http://www.ifmss.org.uk/>
>
>
> ****************************************
> SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATION
> ****************************************
>
> [-ABOUT WAPD-]
>
> WEBSITE LANGUAGES...
>
> World Association of Persons with Disabilities [WAPD]
> website is available in French, German, Italian,
> Portuguese or Spanish.. Go to <http://www.wapd.org>
> and follow instructions to have the site translated.
> NOTE: (It can take up to 40 seconds for the 1st page
> but after that it translates within 8 to 10 seconds)
>
> We have received many Thank You's from disABLED all
> over the world for adding this service to our site.
>
> -----------------
>
> NEW OFFICERS ANNOUNCED...
>
> The President of WAPD named the following additions
> to the staff of volunteers at WAPD this week:
>
> Mr. George R. Nance - Vice President of Marketing.
> Mr Nance, 54, is [dis]ABLED and a recently retired
> AT&T marketing executive.. He brings a wealth of
> experience to our worldwide efforts.
>
> Mr. Ken N. Kerford - Vice President of Sales. He
> was the first Million dollar salesman for Law
> Enforcement Equipment Company and has extensive
> managerial experience. Ken is 49 and [dis]ABLED.
>
> **************************************
> HEY! GOD CREATED YOU...TOO!
> **************************************
>
> [-ADULT HUMOR-]
>
> Presents For The Teacher
>
> On the last day of kindergarten, all the children
> brought presents for their teacher. The florist's
> son handed the teacher a gift. She shook it, held
> it up and said, "I bet I know what it is - it's
> some flowers!" " Right!" shouted the little boy.
>
> Then the candy store owner's daughter handed the
> teacher a gift. She held it up, shook it and said.
> "I bet I know what it is - it's a box of candy!"
> "That's right!" shouted the little girl.
>
> The next gift was from the liquor store owner's son.
> The teacher held it up and saw that it was leaking.
> She touched a drop with her finger and tasted it.
> "Is it wine?" she asked. "No," the boy answered.
> The teacher touched another drop to her tongue.
> "Is it champagne?" she asked. "No," the boy answered.
> Finally, the teacher said, "I give up. What is it?"
> The boy replied, "A puppy!"
>
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> TASH ALERT!...
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> REALIZE THE PROMISE~ A DAY TO END SPECIAL SEGREGATION *DATE CHANGE!*
> -=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> THE OFFICIAL RALLY DATE WILL BE ***SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11***,
> (NOT... September 27th) in Washington DC.
>
> -Please help us inform everyone of this change. While we
> apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, the change
> is worth it!!!
>
> -Thanks to all who have offered to help- committes are
> being formed, and you will be contacted shortly.
>
> -We will be providing ideas for travel and housing as well
> as a possible social event for the evening of October 10th
> very soon.
>
> -Several people have informed us of local events being
> planned concurrently. THIS IS GREAT!!! For those who can't
> come to DC, please do organize an event locally. Let us know
> what you plan so we can share it with everyone. If you
> need ideas, let us know--our creative juices are on overdrive!
>
> -To receive additional information and to be added to our
> email list for updates on the event, please email
> [log in to unmask] or call TASH at 1-800-482-8274.
>
> -Go to: http://www.tash.org/actionalerts/idearally.html
> for regularly updated information (the date change has not
> yet been made on the website, but will be shortly).
>
> **NOTE** The list of co-sponsors for this event will be
> published soon. For details on how to add your name or
> the name of your group or organization as a co-sponsor,
> please contact Marcie Roth at TASH, 410-828-8274 X 104
> or send email to <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who,
> in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality"
> *Dante*
>
>
> **************************************************
> You Cannot Discover New Oceans
> Unless You Have Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore
> **************************************************
>
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