Mac Medical Modifications

From: MarkMilem@aol.com Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 09:13:38 -0400 Subject: Mac Medical Modifications, etc. (S) (long) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I have been remiss about my promise to summarize to the list. Back on 17 Feb, I said: >A friend of mine has a relative who suffers from ALS and he is interested in >any support groups/information that might be available here/on the net. > >He is also interested in adapting technology to help when various bodily >systems start to fail. Is there any information on use of Macs for >quadriplegics and the like? I have chosen some of the replies as representative and edited those for length. Any errors should be considered mine. First about online ALS support groups. Bob Broedel <bro@huey.met.fsu.edu> runs a mailing list whose header follows: >=============================================================== >== == >== ----------- ALS Interest Group ----------- == >== ALS Digest (#175, 17 February 1995) == >== == >== ------ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) == >== ------ Motor Neurone Disease (MND) == >== ------ Lou Gehrig's disease == >== ------ Charcot's Disease == >== == >== This e-mail list has been set up to serve the world-wide == >== ALS community. That is, ALS patients, ALS researchers, == >== ALS support/discussion groups, ALS clinics, etc. Others == >== are welcome (and invited) to join. The ALS Digest is == >== published (approximately) weekly. Currently there are == >== 490+ subscribers. == >== == >== To subscribe, to unsubscribe, to contribute notes, == >== etc. to ALS Digest, please send e-mail to: == >== bro@huey.met.fsu.edu (Bob Broedel) == >== Sorry, but this is *not* a LISTSERV setup. == >== == >== Bob Broedel; P.O. Box 20049; Tallahassee, FL 32316 USA == >=============================================================== - From Tim Nolan <timnoln@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>: >There is an organization in Minneapolis called "Closing the Gap". They >have more technology resources info than imaginable. They also put out a >regular newsletter. Unfortunately I don't have a contact address, but I >don know they are in Minneapolis. > >Also, a great list group is available through St. John's U. in NY >called project EASI. EASI can be contacted at easi@sjuvm.bitnet. The EASI >list is full of great information and contacts. Finally, on the topic of Mac related hardware modifications, the following from ann gutting (?) <agutting@indiana.edu> or <skr…