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WALDORF

Preschool
and
Kindergarten

2260 Philip Ave.
North Vancouver

985-7435

Monday, March 5, 1984
7:30 p.m.

Preschool and

Kindergarten

B.C. TEL customer service reps Margaret Robert and Denise Connell test a portable acoustic coupier for hearing-ai
device is among the specialized telephone equipment at the company’s new Special Needs Centre.

SPECIAL NEEDS

Phones help disabled

MOST of us take the
telephone, like other modern
conveniences, for granted:
it’s easy to use, and simple to
obtain.

Those with disabilities may
rely more than average on the
telephone as a convenience —
but standard telephone
equipment may not meet
their special needs.

To assist disabled
customers to select the best
combination of equipment to
suit their individual needs,
B.C. Tel has established a
Telecom Centre for Special
Needs.

Special needs telephone
equipment can assist
customers who have motion,
speech, hearing or sight
limitations. Someone with ar-
thritis, for example, may find
holding a telephone receiver
painful to inflamed joints.
Alternate equipment choices
could include a lightweight
headset or a_ hands-free
speakerphone.

At B.C. Tel'’s new centre,
the specially trained staff can
advise customers about
equipment options, and will
arrange demonstrations of
different types of equipment.

The Centre, located in the
B.C. Tel Building at 3777
Kingsway in Burnaby, is
wheelchair accessible — 1n-

Couples or Single
Adults who are
Interested In
fostering are
invited to an
information
meeting.

Tuesday,
March Gth
7:30 p.m.
3095 Lonsdale
Avenue

cluding washroom facilities
and specially designated
underground parking spaces.

Equipment available for
demonstration at the Centre
includes selected items from
the standard range of
telephone equipment, as well
as equipment specialized to

the needs of disabled
customers.
For special needs

customers unable to visit the
centre, equipment consulta-
tion by telephone is available.

The Special Needs Centre
has two roles, says supervisor
Arden Honey. ‘‘In addition
to consulting about equip-
ment choices, we also help
hearing or speech-impaired
customers who use telephone
devices for the deaf
(TDD/TTY’s) interface with
the Company.”’

Will You Ever Forget It?

Not when you rearmnembet your special group events with

TDD/TTY customers use
devices similar to compact
teletype units to transmit a
typed message over telephone
lines.

Through a special
TDD/TTY contact number,
customers using the devices
can contact the centre to
order new service, discuss
billing matters, report a
telephone out of order, or
obtain telephone numbers
through directory assistance.

Special needs staff will also
advise hearing or speech-
impaired customers using a
TDD/TTY unit about special
services available to assist
them in the placement of
operator-assisted telephone
calls, and about reduced ex-
change and iong distance
rates applying to hearing or
voice-impaired TDD/TTY

d users. The

customers.

To contact B.C. Tel’s
Special Needs Centre, call
430-6378 within the Van-
couver free calling area, or
112-(800)-242-8643 (toll free)
from other areas of the
province.

Customers using telephone
devices for the deaf
(TDD/TTY’s) should cali
430-6044 within the Van-
couver free calling area, or
112 (800) 663-1264 (toll free)
from other areas within B.C.

The Centre is open Mon-
day to Friday.

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Open House

Informative talk, opportunity to ask questions
and meet the teachers

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