Assistive Technology Profiles Needed

[Kelly Ford]

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>Date:         Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:27:01 -0400
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>From: jennifer_dexter at UU2330.NESSDC.ORG
>Subject:      Assistive Technology Profiles Needed
>To: Multiple recipients of list EASI <EASI at SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>
>          If any members of this list can help with the following
>          request, please forward your profiles to me at
>          jennifer_dexter at nessdc.org.  Thank you for your help.
>
>          __________________________________
>           Jennifer Dexter
>           Government Relations Specialist
>           National Easter Seal Society
>           jennifer_dexter at nessdc.org
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>
>
>To:        EASI Listserv
>
>From:      Katy Beh Neas
>
>Date:      August 19, 1996
>
>Re:        Urgent Request for Information on
>           Assistive Technology
>
>
>Members of the U.S. Senate are questioning why
>children with disabilities need assistive technology in
>order to benefit from education.  The Office of Public
>Affairs has been requested to assist Senate advocates
>defeat this attack on assistive technology by providing
>profiles of school-age children who currently use
>assistive technology.
>
>Specifically, I am seeking brief profiles of children
>you know who use both low-tech and high-tech
>devices.  The profiles should include the name of the
>child (first name and initial of last name is ok), age,
>school level (i.e., preschool or second grade), type of
>assistive technology including its approximate cost (if
>possible), and a description of how the child has
>benefited because of the assistive technology, and
>how his or her opportunities would be limited
>without such technology.  Pictures of these children
>would be great to have.  Profiles of children who use
>low-tech devices will also be particularly helpful.
>If you have highlighted a particular child in one of
>your brochures or newsletters, please fax a copy to
>me, along with the information noted above.  In
>addition, if one of your child representatives uses
>assistive technology, please send me information on
>him or her.
>
>Thank you for your assistance in gathering this
>information.  If you are able to provide one, or more
>of these profiles, please fax this form back to me by
>Friday, August 23, 1996. I'll follow up with you the
>following week.  Please give me a call if you have any
>questions.
>
>Thank you!
>
>