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Greetings, Welcome to the April issue of StrokeNet. This month we include articles, which describe how stroke survivors are reaching out. Rod Sparks shares the story of a "Walk for Stroke" in which he participated in Tempe, Az. Gunter Wenzel shares photos from the "Stars for Stroke" event held by The Stroke Recovery Association of Manitoba. There is also an interview with Susan Cotter Marshall where she explains her work as a mentor for The Stroke Network. Also in the issue, Steve Mallory reports on two changes on the website:
the Gallery for photos and Top Sites for sharing websites. David Ray
reports on The Lower Hutt Stroke Club March meetings. An article is
included with four notices of interest to readers. In her website review
Janice Rodriguez focuses on seizures and epilepsy. Bios, which are now
located in the Gallery, are of Dorothy Bove and Gunter Wenzel.
Organization Highlights, By Steve Mallory Steve Mallory explains additions within the Message Board. Members can
add pictures in the Gallery. This is also the place to go to add your
biography. He also explains the addition of Top Sites where you can share
personal websites or websites of interest to stroke survivors.
Human Engineering Research Laboratories explains a database of
wheelchair users they are compiling. The Registry is an
informational service that uses an interested participant's profile
as a wheelchair user to qualify for approved wheelchair research
studies.
The Cole Center for Healing and Cincinnati Hyperbarics are
hosting a free presentation on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in
Cincinnati, OH, USA on Thursday, April 22, 2004.
Integrative Speech Therapy is organizing Technology Training
Workshops to be held in Potomac, Maryland, USA. Sessions will be
held March 29-30, 2004; May 23- 24, 2004; and July 12-13, 2004.
Participants will learn to integrate the latest advances in
computers and technology.
Gunter Wenzel stroked on January 5, 2003. His story includes
information of how he became involved with The Stroke Recovery
Association of Manitoba (SAM). Pictures taken at a reason event SAM
held, "Stars for Stroke," can be found above.
Just what 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. The print version of
this newsletter is available at the website. Contents of this
newsletter may not otherwise be reprinted without the organization's
permission. Please contact the editor.
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