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From: griesel@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Curtis W. Griesel)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: One-Hand Devices
Summary: Sorry for the misunderstanding!
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Date: 1 Feb 90 17:57:48 GMT
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I wrote:
I'm not sure I like the idea of a 120 volt wire (in the US)
attached to my bed all night long.  If you do this, be careful
that the wires are well protected, or find someone who knows what
they're doing to do it for you.

Bill wrote:
Why do you assume that disabled persons who might read your message
don't know what they are doing? 

I reply:
Sorry if you misunderstood me.  By "someone who knows what they are doing"
I meant a professional electrician, or someone good enough to be one.
You may recall the original post suggested "bypassing" the vibrator's
power switch, and running long wires across the room. (Or maybe I
misunderstood the original post?)  The only assumption I made
about a person's ability was their skill with electricity, which I don't 
think is a common skill.  I wouldn't feel comfortable with such a 
device if *I* were the one who had made it; for me, 120 volts of 
electricity is not something to play with.  I was trying to suggest a safer, 
battery-powered alternative. 

Sorry I wasn't more specific, and sorry for the misunderstanding!

-Curt
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Curtis Griesel                                        griesel@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
                      Coordinator of Computer Access
Microcomputer, Workstation and Network Center; U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
   "Disability is not the problem, peoples' attitude toward the disabled is."