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The 2008 STC election needs your vote!

Posted by: admin on March 10th, 2008

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: admin on March 7th, 2008

The AccessAbility SIG of STC is pleased to bring you another STC conference accessibility guide to help you plan your journey to Philadelphia and the 2008 Technical Communication Summit.
Feedback from attendees at the 2007 conference shaped the accessibility guide for this year’s conference. Attendees wanted accessibility information when they were planning their trip and [...]

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Why the starfish?

Posted by: admin on March 2nd, 2008

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 little [...]

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Traumatic Brain Injury Resources

Posted by: admin on March 2nd, 2008

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, American [...]

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted by: admin on March 2nd, 2008

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, subdural [...]

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