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From: jkk@aiai.uucp (John Kingston)
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Subject: Private e-mail facilities in Australia?
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Date: 21 Dec 89 09:38:54 GMT
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I'm posting this request on behalf of someone else. There is a young man in 
W. Australia who has Down's Syndrome, and his parents would like to get him 
a facility to send e-mail. Their reason is (apparently) that he has enough
intelligence to hold a converstaion, but not enough speaking ability.

   He lives near Perth. As far as I know, some enquiries have been/are
being made to see if the university in Perth can help. What I'm asking
about is private e-mail facilities, via a home computer or similar.
The UK has something along these lines, and no doubt the US does too, but:

Is it available in Australia?

Will it communicate outside Australia?

Does anyone know the costs?

Thanks a lot.


John Kingston, AI Applications Institute, University of Edinburgh,
	       80 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN, Scotland
E-mail jkk@uk.ac.ed.aiai, phone 031-225 4464 ext. 213   FAX: 031 226 2730
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