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.
>
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>
> 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
>
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>
> =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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