`Back in the Saddle'.Twelve-year-old Kalynn Riether has been riding since she was three. She learned about therapeutic riding on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , but she was disappointed that her mother, Dr. Anne Marie Riether, needs two side walkers to accommodate her balance problems when she rides. "That's like being a two-year-old," Kalynn complained. "I want my mother to feel free." She's very serious about the adaptive saddle and tack she designed, which compensate for poor balance and numb numb (num) anesthetic (1). numb adj. 1. Being unable or only partially able to feel sensation or pain; deadened or anesthetized. 2. hands. Kalynn wants to form a corporation and market this product for riders with disabilities everywhere. Third Thursday Alert: MS Learn-on-Line The 3rd Thursday of each month, the Society hosts a live one-hour Web cast on an issue of interest to people who live with MS. Each program begins with an audio presentation, followed by a segment during which people can e-mail questions to the speakers. On December 21, medical psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. Dr. Marla Chalnick discussed holiday stress and post-holiday blues. If you've entered the new year in a down mood, her discussion is archived until the end of March. Log onto <www.nationalmssociety.org>. Teens and MS online WeMedia, the folks who sponsored Teen InsideMS, inserted in our Fall issue, are bringing teens together via letters, poems, interactive chats, and links to other sites. It's a great, safe place to talk about the effects of MS on family life. Go to <www.wemedia.com/ms>. The main Web site, <www.wemedia.com>, offers the rest of the family and their friends a comprehensive online resource for people with disabilities, focused on achievements and opportunities. Play Sand Lotto on the Web only The daily Sand Lotto game that benefits the Society is at <www.sandbox A restricted environment in which certain functions are prohibited. For example, deleting files and modifying system information such as Registry settings and other control panel functions may be prohibited. .com> only! All telephone numbers have been discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: . We apologize a·pol·o·gize intr.v. a·pol·o·gized, a·pol·o·giz·ing, a·pol·o·giz·es 1. To make excuse for or regretful acknowledgment of a fault or offense. 2. To make a formal defense or justification in speech or writing. for any inconvenience. |
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