Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh) (01/09/91)
Index Number: 12764 Hi Gary, my show is called Access Ability, and this is basicly also the concept and content format for the show. The show , while aimed for the disabled and their families also covers adaptions that are helpful to seniors. My show is on the community access channel. I do one regular half hour show a month, and it is aired 8 times. I also end up doing an occasional special and new tie-ins. On the show I show adaptable equiptment, how to build your own or new techniques of doing things to make them easier to do. Places to go that are accessable, vacation areas and different things that are designed for the disabled such as the Lord Nelson tall ship that is an ocean going vessel that is set up for all types of disabilities to sail on for a working vacation. Also I do shows on some of the support groups and agencies that are around. We have done one on the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center and are doing one comming up on the Mellin Clinic for MS. Also I cover the major confrences and expos such as ST. Louis, the Home Remodiling and Building for Accessability Confrences. It boils down to just about anything that shows potential I use. I do make editorial decisions on adaptive devices and things. I look at them from a consumers point of view for saftey and cost return. I have turned things down that I felt were blatantly unsafe. I also try and keep the show nondisability specific, but do to the problems involved with neuromuscular and orthopedic disabilities they tend to get more time. My show is sign language interpreted, can't get equiptment to close caption. Hope this gives you an idea of what I do. Pandora -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!157!3!Pandora.Nigh Internet: Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org