It is comforting to believe that modern’ society _phone, answer the intercom,

_ provides for every

human need.
. regrettable fact ‘is that there are still many

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physically: disabled. people whose needs are not

covered by specialized : agencies or government
artments;; and there are many’ others who

cannot meet the cost of rehabilitation Services

they require.

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\ These are the people —

children.and adults — who, -

in {B.C., are helped by the
Kinsmen Rehabilitation
Foundation’s programs, And
that help. .depends on the
public ‘response to the an-
nual Kinsmen Mothers’
March which takes place this
year from January 28 to
‘February 3.

Apart from its long estab-

lished and wide ranging.con-,.:

ventional services, from

wheelchairs to elevators, the
Foundation «has ’
other, services for disabled
persons that simply did not
exist before.

In 1973, the. KRF
pioneered in Canada the use
of sophisticated electronic
aids for severely disabled
persons, With these, people
left with very limited
physical movement can now,

with: a touch on a sensitive

micro-switch, use ‘the tele-

“ ‘

initjated:

open doors, and enjoy the
amenities of television and

radio, all without depending the number of such. units :
installed in B.C. still exceed- :

on others.

-More recently, the KRF
has introduced into B.C. a
variety of communication

+ aids for. those who’ have no

speech, One type actually
vocalizes through
ingenious comiputerized:.
system that’ reproduces the.:
human voice, Not only does
it have an extensive pre-
recorded vocabulary. It also
gives users the capability of
building words and phrases
for themselves. '

Since it introduced its
electronic aids program, the
Kinsmen °; Rehabilitation
Foundation, with a small
staff of skilled electronics

engineers, has maintained .

the province’s lead in this
field of rehabilitation, with

ing the total in the rest of :
Canada.

Last’ year, the KRF
“brought another rchabilita-
tion:first to Canada with the —

an .. inauguration of its Disabled -
‘Living Resource Centre.” i

“This is'‘a unique concept to»
meet a long felt need by.

disabled people for informa-

tion on all aspects of aids
available, and becoming
available, to enable them to
achieve the utmost personal
independence. in their daily
lives. es

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“North Vancouver, B.C.

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