Columns
Editor's Column
by Tim Benjamin
ADA Minnesota pulled off,
in my opinion, Minnesota’s best ADA celebration ever! It was
a great time. There were exhibitors from every corner of the disability
community. Many exhibitors that had no previous connection to disabilities
were there because, they said, being part of the disability community
is just good business! Cindy Held Tarshish and all the committee
members have much to be proud of. Thank you for all your hard work
and dedication; it was well worth it. We will bring you much more
of an expanded article and photos of the fabulous day in the September
issue ... read
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Disability Technology
The Power of Personal Digital
Assistants (PDA)
by Jeni Mundl
PDAs and Accessibility
PDA stands for “Personal
Digital Assistant.” These are the little electronic devices
you see people jotting stuff down on in public. Today’s PDAs
allow you to organize your schedule, take notes, do math calculations,
play games, write memos, and even surf the Internet and send e-mail.
They are nifty devices to have to organize your life! ... read
more from Jeni >
Mental Illness/Brain Disorders
George Vs. “The
Inner Tyrant”
by Peter Feigal
Editor's Note: Pete is on
vacation so we are dusting off one of his past columns. We hope he
is back writing for us next month.
Almost every waking moment,
I hear a voice inside my head. Granted, you’re reading someone
who has battled mental illness for 30 plus years, and even though
I am not delusional, admittedly during that time I’ve seen
a few shows that were not listed, I mean they were not in the TV
Guide. But it isn’t that kind of voice. It’s that stream
of consciousness just below the surface, the voice that does a running
commentary on the movie/ball game that is my life, something we all
have in one way or another as our minds are fitted with and process
data ... read
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