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They have one in New York, Anaheim and Minnesota every year. I just went to the one in Anaheim, CA yesterday. That is where I go to dream about all of the Assistive Technology I want and sometimes try it before I buy it. The next one is in Minnesota September […]

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I have decided that the disability community should boycott Yahoo Answers. There are a multitude of sections where people can ask questions related to specific areas of concern. There is a section called “people with disabilities.”

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After the horrendous “computer week” I had last week, I decided to create this blog to see if I truly am the only person who receives a blank look and (what has become the worst phrase in the English language for me) “It is not supposed to do that.” when I tell a support technician […]

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I say FUNNY!
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I used to record my outgoing answering machine message myself and I used to leave messages for people who were not familiar with my speech pattern, however as I’ve gotten more involved in the business world over the last year I’ve decided that that’s maybe not such a good idea.

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C’mon, admit it — We all have them. Here are a few of mine! Care to share?
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*Egyptian Cotton Sheets (500 Thread Count)
*“Back Street”, Susan Hayward, 1961
*“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”, Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, 1947
*Frozen Pizzas

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What is a pillow angel? Is is a person who has cerebral palsy or another disability who can only lay on their pillow all day. Or at least that is the thinking behind the parents of Ashley X when they called their daughter and others like her that. 

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What would you do if you needed immediate medical assistance and the emergency dispatcher could not understand your address?

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In one of Tammy’s e-mail messages she suggested that this website needs more fun in it and that started me thinking that a Blog about our favorite fun activities, places, games, etc., might be fun and educational. We may find a way to do something we thought we could never do.

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I wrote this for an MS publication. What would you add specific to your disability????
Emergency preparedness is something everyone thought about after 9/11 and the Katrina hurricane, but how many people have done something? Did you think it could never happen to you? You’ll do it someday?

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