Hi Anita; The phone number to the National FederationOf The Blind is: 410-659-9314 I would ask for the computer department and then explain that you are interested in a computer loan for a Braille note.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Anita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:44 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The cost of Braillenotes do you have to pay that money back? What are the phone numbers for those organizations you mentioned? Anita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] The cost of Braillenotes > Some of you may know, but NFB has a low interest $3,000 loan available. > Also a lot of the Federal Government is under the CAP program. While NIH > was waiting to be accepted under the CAP program, I was trying to figure out > how I could round up $4,000 to use with the NFB loan. We didn't know for > sure if we were going to get accepted. I talked to CAP at the 508 Expo att > NIH. Hopefully I will get my equipment in November. They are > supposed to get their funding by the end of October. > Hopefully by Thanksgiving, I will be a real BN user. > > Terry Powers > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Baracco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:54 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The cost of Braillenotes > > > Hi Terri, > > I think that the answer is to have note takers for the blind deemed to be > durable medical equipment, and thus they could be paid for by Medicare, > Medicaid, and private health insurance plans. Even if there was a > co-payment, this would cost the user much less than the retail price. > Perhaps this is an issue that the blindness organizations can sink their > teeth into. > > Andy > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
