Archives for March, 2008

The 2008 STC election needs your vote!

Posted by CynthiaL on Monday, March 10, 2008 at 3:41 pm. Comments are off.

The annual STC election will be held in March and April, 2008, and only members who have paid their dues by February 28, 2008, will be eligible to vote. In March, members who selected the option to receive their ballots via e-mail when they joined or renewed, will be e-mailed voting instructions. Members who did [...]

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The STC 2008 Conference Accessibility Guide is out now!

Posted by CynthiaL on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 6:40 pm. 1 Comment.

The AccessAbility SIG of STC is pleased to bring you another STC conference accessibility guide. Download a PDF of the guide at http://www.stc.org/55thConf/access/index.asp. To help you plan your journey to Philadelphia and the 2008 Technical Communication Summit, look for the guide on the conference site under "Accessibility" at http://www.stc.org/55thConf/index.asp. Don’t miss the scooter rental offer [...]

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Why the starfish?

Posted by CynthiaL on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 9:03 am. Comments are off.

We have to go back to the birth of the SIG for the explanation about the starfish. Judith Skinner, founder of the then Special Needs Committee, now the AccessAbility SIG, concluded her presentation at the STC conference in Orlando with the story: I’m reminded of the story about the beach strewn with starfish and the [...]

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Traumatic Brain Injury Resources

Posted by CynthiaL on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 6:18 am. Comments are off.

American Academy of Neurology American Stroke Association, is a division of the American Heart Association. Their Web site has information about risk assessment, prevention, treatment, recovery, caregiving, stroke family support information, and the usual “other.” The Brain Attack Coalition, (six organizations—American Heart, National Stroke, National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, American Academy of Neurology, [...]

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted by CynthiaL on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 5:38 am. Comments are off.

Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative, noncongenital abuse to the brain from an external mechanical force. This may possibly lead to permanent or temporary impairments of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. Sufferers may experience head injury, brain injury, head trauma, brain concussion, brain contusion, [...]

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