Reach Out Magazine Goes Worldwide.HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999-- In today's world, its hard for those with disAbilities to meet others who understand many of the challenges they face. Reach Out Magazine is just one of the many ways that makes it possible to meet others who do. Reach Out Magazine is now 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 , and has so many features for people to Chat, E-Mail, and just learn about what happens to many others who have disAbilities and the challenges, pains, and triumphs faced. Reach Out Magazine was founded by Jim Jakubek. Jim has a disABILITY called Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease n. See peroneal muscular atrophy. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Hereditary peroneal nerve dysfunction Neurology A clinically heterogenous and most common–1:2500 of the inherited (a form of Muscular Dystrophy muscular dystrophy (dĭs`trōfē), any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the disease. ). Jim says, "I started Reach Out originally for my own personal interests. I placed a personal ad in a local newspaper in Florida, upon moving here from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Since I knew no one here, I thought it would be a great way for me to meet people. I was wrong and I didn't receive one response. I feel that is because I placed the ad listing my disABILITY, and people were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the prince or princess, and not someone with a disABILITY." Jim goes on to say: "I felt there was no such resource for people with disABILITIES at the time. Reach Out, has even had a couple that met and married through it, and many others have had wonderful encounters." Reach Out's web site features issues of the magazine online. The magazine has stories, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was , and anecdotes related to the disabled community. Chats are fun, entertaining and many times uplifting. Meeting so many others from across our great nation and sometimes other countries, is one of the great features. There's also have classified ads, message boards and more, as well an a mail program that lets you meet so many others that would love to be friends, companions, and ears when needed. CyberSpace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. jumps the new horizon when it comes to those disabled and afraid of chatting with so called "Able-bodied" people. Just remember one thing, disABLED does not mean dis-Brained. SOURCE: DigitalWork ( http://www.digitalwork.com ) WHERE SMALL BUSINESS GOES TO WORK |
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