July 1997

Tapping Technology July Announcements:

• ADA Update Conference 1997
• Employment Conference for Augmented Communicators
• Medicare AAC Device Funding to be Challenged in '97
• State Highway Administration Installs Teletype Service
• The Maryland Disabilities Forum Presents Hear our Voice Part-I
• Mid-Atlantic Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference
• Parents II Action
• Wheelchair Users Needed for a Study

Medicare AAC Device Funding to be Challenged in '97

A nation-wide legal challenge in the US is expected to be initiated later in 1997 to compel Medicare to cover AAC devices. Anyone who has been told - orally or in writing - that Medicare does not, or will not, cover AAC devices may wish to contact:

Lewis Golinker, Esq.,
Suite 507,
202 The Commons,
Ithica, NY 14850,

(6087)277-7286,

atlawcenter@juno.com

State Highway Administration Installs Teletype Service for Deaf at State Welcome Centers

"We are extremely pleased that our implementation of TTY services will help us better address the needs of our deaf and hard of hearing coustomers," said SHA Administrator Pareker F. Williams. "The service provides an essential means of communicaitn for those with hearing disabilities, making travel in Mareyland enjoyable and convenient."

The Maryland Disabilities Forum Presents Hear our Voice Part-I

Monday, August 25, 1997, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency (Inner Harbor) An afternoon for the Disability Community "Consumers", "Advocates", and "Families" to met and speak with those State Officials who make the important decisions about support services for Maryland Citizens with Disabilities.

For more information:
Ed Grebenstein:
(301)588-7828 or
MCIL: (410)444-1400.

Mid-Atlantic Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference

Date:
Friday, November 7, 1997

Location:
Holiday Inn Select Baltimore North
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, MD 21093

Keynote Speaker:
Kelly Fonner, a special educator, from the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Assistance Program will be presenting "Family Dreams, Professional Goals: Working Together in Assistive Technology Planning".

Contact:
Marcy Roberts, President-Elect Maryland Augmentative Communication
Association (MACA)
410-554-9198 Voice/TDD, (EST)
410-554-9222 Fax
email: marcy_roberts@umail.umd.edu

MACA
P.O. Box 706
Mayo, Maryland 21106-0706

Parents II Action

Program for Cognitively Limited Adults with Children (Birth to 3 years)

Children's Play Group
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• Playtime
• Fun
• Stories
• Naptime
• Developmental Screenings
• Therapeutic Services (if needed)

Parent Groups
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• Breakfast/Lunch
• Transportation
• Recreational Activities
• Parenting Classes
• Life Skills Class
• Safety/Health Classes
• Support/Socialization
• Mental Health Services

For Information Contact:
PACT: Helping Children with Special Needs, Inc.
5512 Baltimore National Pike
Baltimore, MD 21228
(410) 455-0404

Wheelchair Users Needed

If you use a manual wheelchair and have no arm impairments, please consider participating in a study funded by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs.

The purpose of this study is to:

1. investigate how wheelchair performance compares among three different age groups of lower-limb impaired wheelchair users, and
2. test a specific exercise intervention for its effectiveness in reducing wrist, elbow and shoulder stresses.

Participants in the study will receive monetary compensation.

For more information, call

Mary Rodgers, Ph.D.
(410)706-0840.

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