access.txt - Handicap Access Questionnaire (lifted from Westercon 48) This file is available via ftp from ftp.netcom.com where the filename is /pub/ha/hazel/Smofs/access.txt Or by sending an email message to ftp-request@netcom.com subject doesn't matter, message should say send ha/hazel/Smofs/access.txt Send updates and corrections to hazel-chaz@netcom.com Handicap Access Questionnaire Copyright 1988, Electrical Eggs Ltd. (see note at end for more information) if you will need any assistance at Our-Convention, please fill out this form and mail it to: Our-Convention .............. .............. My Name _____________________________________________ Membership # __________ Address _____________________________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP ____________________________________________________________ Helper's Name _______________________________________ Membership # __________ Address _____________________________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP ____________________________________________________________ Handicap Access PUBLICATIONS I will need: [_] Large-print publications: [_] Program Book [_] Pocket Program [_] Cassette "talking book:" [_] Program Book [_] Pocket Program ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT I will need: [_] Occasional help [_] Standard wheelchair (for a [_] Short time or [_] Whole con) [_] Wheelchair pusher (for a [_] Short time or [_] Whole con) [_] Other: ________________________________________________________________ Handicapp Access SEATING/ASSISTANCE I will want: [_] ASL Sign Interpreter [_] Hearing Loop [_] Footstool [_] Vision-impaired [_] Wheelchair/Scooter for: [_] Myself [_] My helper [_] My family: _______ persons at: [_] Opening Ceremonies [_] GoH Speeches [_] Masquerade [_] Closing Ceremonies [_] Other: _____________________________________ Other: I will also need help with: _______________________________________________ [_] I will be accompanied by a Service Dog. [_] I will be accompanied by an Attendant. [_] I'm a recent convert (fell, hit by car, etc.) and need all the tips you can give me! From: ccoprdc@prism.gatech.edu Subject: Access To: hazel@netcom.com Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 12:21:58 -0500 (EST) Dear Hazel, You've heard of lurkers; i guess you'd call me a bottom-dweller. Every night, my husband prints out Internet postings; every week, i get the print-outs. This means i get the on-line news in a timely method -- sort of. I was delighted to read of your approval of Electrical Eggs & our mission. Unfortunately, you missed (or the printer cropped out) a slight detail on the bottom of the Eggs Handicap Access Questionnaire: the "(c) 1988 Electrical Eggs Ltd." notice. If you're keeping our Questionnaire on file, *please* add our copyright to the posted questionnaire. The copyright is there for a simple reason: if it's our questionnaire, people who've used Eggs Access assume it'll be Eggs running Access. Eggs Access includes a safety net that includes (but isn't limited to): a list of emergency 'phone numbers (from AA to a 24-hour emergency veterinarian), line-jumping; letting people into function rooms ahead of the rampaging crowd; a way to identify people who need Access services (including, but not limited to, people with "hidden handicaps" such as deafness or knee dysfunction) ... you get the idea. If a person who fills out that questionnaire gets to the Con & finds out it *isn't* using Eggs Access, we hear the cries of anguish all the way to Lebanon. We do work with any Con that asks; our services are more-or-less free (we're all volunteers & ask for no pay, but we may ask the Con pay for the publications/equipment/communications needed). Handbooks are idiot-proof (we've had idiots test them) & are available for a $5 donation. Our address is: Electrical Eggs Ltd., P.O. Box 308, Lebanon GA 30146-0308. Again, thanks for the interest. Excuse the "plug"; it's information i assume you didn't know or have access to. Samanda b Jeude, Egg Head PS: I have a *very* high IQ & near-endless energy. My handicap is post-polio Sequelae, which put me in a 3-wheeler & is all that keeps me from exhausting my friends & husband. pps: feel free to use this address to reply to Sam. I will make sure she gets it. don cook (Sam's hubby) -- Donald Cook Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccoprdc ccoprdc@prism.gatech.edu Newsgroups: alt.fandom.cons,rec.arts.sf.fandom From: pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk (Patricia Reynolds) Subject: Re: Handicap Access Questionnaire Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 23:47:41 +0000 In article hazel-chaz@netcom.com "C. Baden" writes: > I just got my Westercon 48 PR1,PR2 packet and this nifty Handicap Access > Questionnaire was included. I've taken the liberty of typing the darn > thing in... future conventions that haven't given Access a lot of thought > might want to take a look at it... > . . . I have a few amendments/suggestions. > > Handicap Access Questionnaire Handicap/handicapped is a term sometimes objected to. I'd drop this term, and just make it the _Access Questionaire_ > > > Helper's Name _______________________________________ Membership # __________ Your con might want to think about offering free membership to a helper/enabler /translator > > > Handicap Access PUBLICATIONS I will need: Again, drop 'Handicap Access' > > ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT I will need: > > [_] Occasional help > > [_] Standard wheelchair (for a [_] Short time or [_] Whole con) Make this more specific: e.g. 'for the parade through the streets of Con-town' or 'for the trip on Friday' > > [_] Wheelchair pusher (for a [_] Short time or [_] Whole con) Ditto > > Handicapp Access SEATING/ASSISTANCE I will want: I'd amalgamate this with ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT, as it includes things like interpreters, who are needed in standing situations, too. -- Patricia Reynolds pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk