 |
Newsletter |  |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Greetings, Welcome to the November 2002 edition of StrokeNet. We hope you discover information you can use. In addition to regular columns by Steve Mallory, David Ray and Barbara Layne, find a book review, an invitation to participate in a survey on Assistive Technology and a link to the website of stroke survivor Harlan Stockman. In the notices section find an announcement of an Aphasia documentary exhibit, announcement of a change of dates for the Rehabilitation and Technology seminar, the introduction of a new government website and an article about a rehabilitation center 30 year celebration including the volunteer efforts of stroke survivor John Stokes. Bios this month are of Bobbie Hall and Michael Roberts. Each month StrokeNet publishes member Biographies. We would like to
hear from you. Readers appreciate and are encouraged by reading the
stories of stroke survivors. Please send your bio (maximum 1000 words) and
picture (not required by appreciated) to lwisman@strokenetwork.org.
Organization Highlights, by Steve Mallory Steve announces the need for members of the Board of Directors and
other volunteers. He also reports on the initiation of a Stoke Caregivers
Committee. Please be sure to contact him if you can help personally or
know of someone else who could be of assistance.
The golf tournament fundraiser was held successfully in October. It
helped to insure the future of the network. Steve recently upgraded to
Windows 2000. More importantly he shares info on his new head pointer and
keyboard. Be sure to investigate! Finally he reminds us of the current
Assistive Technology Chat Series.
The coalition consists of professional, voluntary and government
organizations dedicated to reducing the disabilities and even death
caused by stroke This site has a number of interesting sections,
both for survivors and their families and for medical personnel. It
includes links to various tools for assessing strokes.
Read about a new US government website,
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/, aimed at those with disabilities. It
provides a lot of great info. Finally, StrokeNet reader John Stokes
shares an article about a celebration at his local rehabilitation
hospital.
Michael Roberts is a regular contributor to StrokeNet. He
includes not only his story, but a short poem and a link to his webpages.
Just with is FAQ? I've seen it on the Internet several times but
I've never understood what it stood for. What is FAQ and why does
our organization have these letters? FAQ is an acronym for
Frequently Asked Questions. It's basically questions that most
people are going to ask if they want to know about your web site and
service.
Our organization has a FAQ in order to give you some background
information and insight into our organization. The FAQ is linked
from virtually every single page on our whole web site. If you
scroll down the page and look on the left column you will see a
button with a question mark. Click on the button and you will be
hyperlinked to our FAQ web page.
You will learn about the formation of our organization and it's
history. You can find out who are our partners and learn about our
basic policies. Most of the frequently asked questions can be found
here but if you have more please let us know.
About Us
»
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| email:
SMallory@strokenetwork.org voice: 410-569-1272 web: http://www.strokenetwork.org/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |