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From: collins@iastate.edu (Collins Alvin Gene)
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Subject: Re: Way Too Expensive!
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Date: 30 Nov 90 17:56:18 GMT
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As you said, it is indeed "a bit of a paradox" what devices some states will 
and will not purchase to help a disabled person.  In my own case, the state 
Commission for the Blind would not purchase any special computer 
addaptive equipment while I was attending classes at Control Data.
It was only after I was employed at ISU that thay decided to help with
addaptive equipment.  I can sort of understand their reasoning, but the
computer sure would have come in handy during my job search.  Not to mention
the fact that it would have looked very impressive on my resume` to be
able to say that I owned and was using my own microcomputer.  But enough of
this rambling for now.  

Talk to you later!
Gene Collins (collins@iastate.edu)