When you send it back throuigh e-mail it keeps on bouncing back. --- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > =20 > > 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] > > =20 > > =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] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! 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