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MD TAP REPRINTS
MD TAP Reprint Service: Throwing more information at you than
you can shake a stick at. Call us toll free nationwide at 800-832-
4827 if you would like free copies of any of these reprints:
- TM 1 Transit Facility Design for Persons with Visual
Impairments: A report on how mass transit systems can be made
more accessible to people with visual impairments.
- TM 2 Securement of Wheelchairs and Other Mobility Aids on
Transit Vehicles: Provides technical assistance to transit
operators and consumers with disabilities on how to secure most
common manual and power wheelchairs, including three-wheel
scooters.
- TM 3 Lifts and Wheelchair Securement for Buses and
Paratransit Vehicles: Assists transportation providers and
potential patrons plan services and select equipment to meet the
needs of people with disabilities.
- TM 4 Technical Paper on Mobility Aids Stowage: Intended
to help air carriers develop effective policies, procedures, and
practices for safe stowage and return of mobility aids; synthesized
from a broad cross-section of air carriers. (From 1988)
- TM 5 Air Carrier Policies on Transport of Battery Powered
Wheelchairs: Describes policies of major air carriers for
transporting battery-powered wheelchairs. (From 1988)
- TM 6 Guidelines for Aircraft Boarding Chairs: Provides
guidance to purchasers, designers, and manufacturers of boarding
chairs, for the design or purchase of safer and more effective
devices; also identifies elements of a proper training program.
Assistive Technology Questions?
Call 1-800-832-4827 (toll free nationwide), or 1-800-999-6823 (toll
free in Maryland).
For Sale:
Inclinator Stair Lift - Used for 8 months; no longer needed
due to moving to an accessible home; $2,500; if interested, please
contact Mr. Dailey at 301-733-7594.
Tax Help
Half price, this month only, Steven Mendelsohn's book on "Tax
Incentive for Individuals with Disabilities". Available for $10
from MD TAP. Mention this ad.
CAMA Road Tour Coming to a Town Near You!
CAMA, Communication Aids Manufacturer's Association, Road
Tours are national conference quality presentations brought right
to your door. Hosted in Maryland by MD TAP, these full day
workshops will provide hands-on opportunities to learn about the
latest in augmentative communication devices, straight from 12
leading manufacturers.
MD TAP will host workshops Thursday, May 12, in Hagerstown and
Friday, May 13, in Timonium. A $15.00 advance registration fee will
include lunch For registration, or additional information, call:
Hagerstown, Rick Metheny, MD TAP, 1-800-999-6823 or, 301-791-4626;
Timonium: Nancy Freidman, MD TAP, 1-800-832-4827.
Programming IntelliKeys and More
Interested in learning how to program your IntelliKeys to
sing? Building a personal road map through the maze of funding
assistive technology? Taking a trip through cyber space with
Virtual Reality? Find out when, where and how in the latest edition
of the MD TAP "Tools for Living" Training Calendar, THE definitive
lexicon of assistive technology training opportunities in and
around Maryland.
Call 1-800-832-4827 to reserve your complimentary copy before
they're gone and you're the only one on your block who isn't there
for "Let's Do Braille".
Upcoming highlights:
"All You Ever Wanted to Know About Information & Referral for
Assistive Technology"
Geared toward agencies, organizations or individuals providing
information & referral services, this workshop will focus on:
- Tapping into state and national resources
- How to know where to direct your services
- Helpful hints & what to do with those REALLY hard cases
Instructors: Melinda Grubbs, South Carolina Services
Information Systems,and Jim Corey, MD TAP Information & Referral
Specialist
May 17, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Baltimore, MD
"How Can Vision Professionals Utilize MD TAP?"
This is a golden opportunity for ophthalmologists,
optometrists, their office staff and others in the medical
community to become more familiar with MD TAP. Resources will be
available which can be used by patients diagnosed with low vision
or blindness.
Instructors: Sheri Gelvar & Stacey Snowden, MD TAP Sensory
Aids Specialists
May 4 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Jeanne Bussard Center
Frederick, MD
