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• Survey on use of Medical Equipment

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News-2-You - Higher Education Newspaper

Weekly online newspaper provides a vocabulary- building tool for special education and beginning reading students

HURON, OH - Sept. 23, 2003 - News-2-You, developers of the only weekly online newspaper providing current events to special education students, announces that its popular weekly current events newspaper will acquire another add-on feature: a Higher-Level Edition. News-2-You was created for special needs educators seeking a vocabulary-expanding tool that provides regular exposure to current events topics. The Higher-Level Edition, available as of the September 1, 2003 newspaper, serves the segment of the special needs classroom that requires more text with fewer supporting visual icons.

The company entered the educational marketplace in 1998 with its unique Internet newspaper. The concept sprang from what its creator, Jacquie Clark, a speech pathologist, saw as a frustrating fact of life in the twentieth century classroom: the exclusive reliance on functional instruction for the special needs student. Clark posited that regular inclusion of current events topics in the curriculum would demonstratively enhance students' communicative skills. She anticipated that such exposure would build individual vocabularies, promote self-confidence and increase social interaction. She was right.

News-2-You offers an Internet newspaper targeted specifically for the special needs and beginning reader communities. The paper, delivered weekly during the school year, is available though both individual and group subscriptions. "Many teachers tell me that they build their entire weekly lesson plan around News-2-You," Clark reports.

"First of all, we choose an in-the-news main story for each edition. It can be a new event, a sports hero, the latest movie or any other audience-appropriate subject. Educators can achieve virtually all of their academic objectives through the creative use of the paper. And all they have to do to begin the process is down-load and print the newspaper."

The "higher level" edition is reformatted with fewer icons and includes additional activity pages that are more challenging. This edition joins News-2-You's growing product offering including a simplified version, a 6-8 page newspaper in larger print; and a Communications Board, a single page collection of all key vocabulary words (with matching icons) used in that edition. Each newspaper includes current events stories, simple recipes, jokes, games, a review page, a coloring and crossword pages, and additional stories related to the first story.

Pricing
Individual subscriptions are $65.00. Group pricing is $270.00 for a maximum of 25 teachers. Partial year subscriptions are also available. Discounts for renewals and multi-year renewals are available.

About News-2-You
Founded in 1998, News-2-You is the only weekly online newspaper designed for the special education and beginning reader markets. The company's core product is a downloadable newspaper in a variety of formats, including content for both limited learners and higher level students. For questions visit News-2-You on the web at www.news-2-you.com or call 800-697-6575.

Survey on use of Medical Equipment

Invitation to People with Disabilities to Participate in a Survey on use of Medical Equipment
The reason we are asking people to fill out this survey is to learn more about what types of medical equipment people with disabilities have found hard to use. Later, we will make changes to some types of medical equipment, making them easier for people to use.
We are looking specifically at four categories of medical equipment:

Diagnostic Equipment: Monitoring - such as thermometer, blood pressure cuff, cardiac stress test Imaging - such as x-ray, MRI, mammogram, ultrasound equipment

Procedural Equipment: Furniture/Fixtures - such as tables, chairs; Manual Tools - such as defibrillator, dental drill

Therapeutic Equipment: Drug Therapy - such as syringes, infusion pumps, ventilators; Physical Therapy - such as rehabilitation or exercise equipment

Assistive Technologies (used either as or with medical equipment) For Mobility/Posture/Manipulation - such as wheelchair, brace, reacher

For Sensory/Communication/Cognition - such as hearing aid, speech aid, personal digital assistant (PDA)

If you have a disability and have experience as a patient with any of these types of medical equipment, we invite you to volunteer to fill out our survey

You have a choice of four ways to take part:
Online on the Internet - go to: http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm
On a computer - Download from: http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm
On paper - Download from: http://www.rerc-ami.org/personal/starter.htm or contact staff by email at info@rerc-ami.org or by phone/TTY at (800) 832-0524 or by mail at RERC-AMI c/o CDIHP Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766-1854
Over the telephone - To set up a time, please contact staff at info@rerc-ami.org or by phone/TTY at (800) 832-0524.