Chester,
My guess would be to contact the folks at the site and ask them what's going on. Give them any messages that you get when you try to send it.
Kendall Corbett
Coordinator of Consumer Activities
Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities -WIND
Department 4298
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
(307) 766-2853
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chester Worwa [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Medical Equipment and Accessibility Survey
When you send it back throuigh e-mail it keeps on
bouncing back.
--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> I got this survey through work and thought there
> might be people on both
> lists interested in responding. It deals with
> accessibility of medical
> equipment to people with disabilities. If any of
> you know of other
> places to distribute it that would be great too.
>
> =20
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> Coordinator of Consumer Activities=20
>
> Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities -WIND
>
> PO Box 4298
>
> Laramie, WY 82071
>
> (307) 766-2853
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
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>
> =20
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Jesien [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:06 PM
> To: Consumer Affairs
> Subject: FW: Medical Equipment and Accessibility
> Survey
>
> =20
>
> =20
>
> George Jesien, Ph.D., Executive Director=20
> Association of University Centers on Disabilities
> (AUCD)=20
> 1010 Wayne Ave, Suite 920=20
> Silver Spring, MD 20910=20
> Tele: 301-588-8252; ext 207=20
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> URL: www.aucd.org=20
> (Note new address; no change to phone & email)=20
> =20
>
> =20
>
> -----Original Message-----=20
> From: ILRU [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:52 PM=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Medical Equipment and Accessibility
> Survey=20
>
> =20
>
> Dear Colleagues,=20
>
> Our friend, June Kailes, is working with rehab
> engineers on a major
> project on increasing accessibility of medical
> equipment.
>
> June is asking for consumers with all kinds of
> disabilities to complete
> a survey on barriers they encounter in the medical
> arena.
>
> It would be great if you could let consumers know
> about this
> survey--maybe putting this announcement on real or
> virtual bulletin
> boards, running in your newsletter, posting on your
> Web site, etc.
>
> Let's give these rehab engineering guys all they
> need to know about
> barriers to acceptable health care that are created
> by inaccessible
> equipment. Wouldn't it be great to get some of our
> problems fixed?
> Wouldn't it be great to get some of these problems
> out in the open?
>
> By the way, the official name of the project, is the
> Rehabilitation
> Engineering Research Center on Medical
> Instrumentation at Marquette
> University in Milwaukee, funded by NIDRR.
>
> We'll ask June to share findings from these surveys
> with us so we can
> distribute them to you.=20
>
> Thanks for considering our request, and best regards
> from all of us at
> ILRU.=20
>
> Laurel=20
> _________________________=20
>
> =20
>
> Laurel Richards=20
> Director of Training=20
> ILRU -- Independent Living Research Utilization
> Program=20
> 2323 S. Shepherd, Suite 1000=20
> Houston, TX 77019=20
> 713.520.0232 (v)=20
> 713.520.5136 (TTY)=20
> 713.520.5785 (fax)=20
> Worldwide Web Site: http://www.ilru.org=20
>
> ilru--celebrating 25 years of creating a world of
> independence!=20
>
> ILRU maintains an email list of persons in the
> IL-related fields that
> will remain private. This information has been sent
> as a courtesy. If
> you wish to stop receiving these messages, please
> contact Dawn Heinsohn
> at: [log in to unmask]
>
_____________________________________________________________________
>
> FROM: June Kailes=20
> SUBJECT: Invitation to People with Disabilities to
> Participate in a
> Survey on Use of Medical Equipment=20
>
> The reason we are asking people to fill out this
> survey is to learn more
> about what types of medical equipment people with
> disabilities have
> found hard to use. Later, we will make changes to
> some types of medical
> equipment, making them easier for people to use.
>
> We are looking specifically at four categories of
> medical equipment:=20
>
> Diagnostic Equipment:=20
> Monitoring--such as thermometer, blood pressure
> cuff, cardiac stress
> test Imaging-such as x-ray, MRI, mammogram,
> ultrasound equipment
>
> Procedural Equipment:=20
> Furniture/Fixtures-such as tables, chairs=20
> Manual Tools-such as defibrillator, dental drill=20
>
> Therapeutic Equipment:=20
> Drug Therapy-such as syringes, infusion pumps,
> ventilators Physical
> Therapy-such as rehabilitation or exercise equipment
>
> Assistive Technologies (used either as or with
> medical equipment):
> Mobility/Posture/Manipulation-such as wheelchair,
> brace, reacher
> Sensory/Communication/Cognition-such as hearing aid,
> speech aid,
> personal digital assistant (PDA)
>
> If you have a disability and have experience trying
> to use any of these
> types of medical equipment, we invite you to
> volunteer to fill out our
> survey. You have a choice of four ways to take
> part:
>
> 1. Online on the Internet-go to:
> http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm=20
>
> 2. On a computer-download from:
> http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm=20
>
> 3. On paper-download from:
> http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm
>
>
> 4. Or, contact staff by email at [log in to unmask],
> by telephone/TTY at=20
> (800) 832-0524 or by mail at RERC-AMI, c/o CDIHP
> Western University of
> Health Sciences, 309 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA
> 91766-1854.
>
> If taking part in the survey by telephone, please
> contact staff at
> [log in to unmask] or call (800) 832-0524 to set up
> a time.
>
> Thank you for your interest in this important
> project!=20
>
> RERC on Accessible Medical Instrumentation:
> http://www.rerc-ami.org
> Jack Winters, Director: [log in to unmask]
> Molly Story,
> Co-Director: [log in to unmask]
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