We would like to acknowledge the following contributors to this month’s STAE issue.
The Sterling Creations accessibility team, the Sterling Creations research team, Jeff N Marquis and Kerry J Harrison who are our resident business consultants, Scott Savoy our managing editor, Christian Robicheau our assistant editor, and Donna J Jodhan our president.
Meet Jeff N Marquis and Kerry J Harrison
Our resident experts with over 45 years of business consulting experience between them. These two are the authors of several books, articles, and newsletters. They are highly paid consultants to the US, British, and Canadian governments and they continue to “Walk the talk” on a daily basis.
Their first book “Secrets to financial success” was published in 2003 and sold over 100,000 copies in just one year. Their second book “Untapped wealth” was published in 2004 and sold over 225,000 copies in just 18 months. Next came their first edition of “Untapped wealth discovered” which was published in September 2005 and as of March 2007 this little gem sold over 400,000 copies. In April 2006 Marquis and Harrison followed up by publishing the second edition of “Untapped wealth Discovered” and as of March 2007 this power packed book was estimated to have sold over 320,000 copies. What a picture for this dynamic duet! To have sold over one million books in just a little over four years is truly a remarkable feat for this unbeatable combination.
Thanks to the American government, Marquis and Harrison are now very hard at work on their next book and you’re probably wondering by now why we’re so excited about it all. It’s very simple! These two authors have written best sellers that will show you how to make income safely, logically, and soundly. Their strategies are proven and thousands of business experts are saying that they make complete sense. In short, these two authors have written books that are free of smoking mirrors, broken promises, get rich quick schemes, and seedy scams.
They and their team of consultants work tirelessly to produce daily blogs that are jammed packed with up to the minute news wires and headlines from around the world, business news and trends, and current strategies. Marquis and Harrison are also motivational speakers and are booked solid till the end of 2008. They and their team also help countless businesses and individuals to research and write complaints and editorials so that the voices of their clients can be heard.
If you’re looking for ways to make lucrative income for the rest of your lives then please buy this very affordable book. If you’re seeking dynamic opportunities in markets that are safe, fast growing, and long lasting, then you need to pick up a copy of this book. If you’re serious about wanting to secure your financial future and at the same time realize personal satisfaction then this best seller is definitely for you.
You can purchase a copy of any of their best sellers from www.amazon.com, or from any other large bookstore. You can check out their daily blogs on the business desk page at www.untappedwealth.com as well as at:
I’d like to congratulate the hard working staff at the STAE magazine on reaching their second anniversary. In April 2005 Sterling Creations launched the free STAE online magazine and since then we’ve never looked back and we continue to go from strength to strength.
I’d like to thank all of our readers and contributors for all of their comments, contributions, and critiques for without all of you we could not have done it. We hope that you continue to enjoy our magazine as much as we enjoy bringing it to you!
Ask the expert
Products range from high tech to very simple
June 2007
By the Sterling Creations accessibility team
Hello there! We hope that everyone is enjoying the spring season. This month we’d like to focus on a very common question that so many persons and their families are constantly asking and that is: Are there really gadgets that can make life easier for those who are losing their vision?
We say yes and this month we invite you to read the following article. We hope you find it interesting and of some value to you. Maybe you can share this article with family and friends.
Products range from high tech to very simple
By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press
Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia, November 19, 2006
Gadgets make living with vision loss less stressful
DALLAS - For Martha Templeton, a tour through a model home designed to make
life easier for those losing their vision gave her a wish list of ideas on
how to cope with her own failing eyesight.
"I want a talking thermometer for sure," said Templeton, 84, who has been
losing her vision to macular degeneration for three years. "There's just so
many things over there. I would take them all if I could."
While there are magazines showing gadgets that can help people like herself,
Templeton found that seeing and touching the items as she walked through the
living room, dining area, kitchen, bedroom, closet and bathroom of the model
home gave her a better idea of what would work for her.
Life is more manageable with lights placed inside kitchen cabinets to make
the contents more visible, or a knife affixed to a cutting board for safety
or another device that when placed in a cup beeps when the cup is filled
almost to capacity.
"It's about giving people new ways to do very familiar tasks," said Kelly
Parisi, vice-president of communications for the American Foundation for the
Blind.
Offerings range from the simple - placing a light directly over a notepad -
to the high-tech: a device that tells you what colour clothing you are
wearing.
The foundation doesn't sell the various gadgets, but lets visitors know
where to purchase them. One idea Templeton plans to implement is marking her
back steps with tape in anticipation of her eyesight degenerating further.
"All these little helps are so wonderful," said Templeton, who can't see to
read and has given up driving.
About 10 million people are diagnosed as blind or visually impaired in the
U.S. and foundation officials say those numbers are expected to soar as the
population ages.
Reasons for vision loss as people age include macular degeneration, which
affects central vision; glaucoma, which affects peripheral vision; diabetic
retinopathy, which distorts vision; and cataracts, which make vision cloudy.
Dr. Lylas Mogk, director of the visual rehabilitation and research centre of
the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, said the visually impaired
population has shifted over the past several decades.
In the 1950s, injured soldiers and children suffering from disease made up
the bulk of cases, she said. Today, it is the elderly.
"All of the organizations are working on incorporating this group of people
into their whole dynamic," said Mogk, chair of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology's vision rehabilitation committee, which is working to get
more information to ophthalmologists about helping patients manage vision
loss.
Since the model opened for tours in March, hundreds of visitors have walked
through, including retirement centre administrators and architects hoping to
make facilities friendlier to those with impaired vision.
"The goal is to help people function as independently as possible," said
Judy Scott, director of the foundation's Center on Vision Loss in Dallas.
Visitors are often heartened that many of the changes they can make are
simple, like changing the colour of placemats on a dining table to contrast
with the plate.
"People will say things like, "I can go home and make this change tonight,'
" Scott said.
Nancy Shugart, 49, of Austin, who has been visually impaired since she was
eight, had fun seeing all the gadgets during her tour of the centre as a
member of the Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities.
She even discovered a simple item that made her 90-year-old mother, whose
vision has been damaged by glaucoma, more independent: a dome magnifier that
allowed her to read mail.
"The first thing out of her mouth was, "I can't believe how easy it is to
Hello there! We hope that our readers are continuing to enjoy our contributions and we’d like to thank Greg Brisco for this month’s article. We chose Greg’s article because of our great interest in highlighting how easy it can be for manufacturers to develop products and services that can be used by everyone. So many times it is easier for companies to offer the excuse that it is more difficult and more costly to adapt products and services for the disabled. We don’t subscribe to this belief and we are finding that more and more companies are beginning to change their tune.
We are great advocates of companies taking more time to examine a growing market of disabled consumers and contrary to popular belief, this very rapidly growing market is being made up of a wide variety of consumers that includes the following types of persons. Seniors, aging baby boomers, special needs persons, consumers with disabling diseases, plus many more. We hope that this article helps to spark your creative juices and once again, we’d like to thank Greg Brisco of New York.
Design for Everyone, Disabled or Not
By Lisa Chamberlain
New York Times, January 7, 2007
St. Louis, MO - SHARON M. BROWN cried tears of joy the first time she took a
shower without assistance in her new apartment. She had not been able to do
anything more by herself than take sponge baths since she was hit by a
drunken driver six years ago, further complicating the multiple sclerosis
that had been diagnosed years earlier. For someone who had once hiked 100
miles of the Appalachian Trail, she never thought taking a shower would be
such a milestone.
Ms. Brown's apartment building which has bathrooms that are accessible to
people in wheelchairs, including roll-in showers is a milestone itself. The
building, 6 North, opened in March 2005, and it was the first large-scale
residential building in the country where all the units were built using
what are called universal design principles.
While building codes set a minimum standard regarding accessibility,
universal design is a relatively new concept that seeks to go beyond those
codes to make the built environment usable by all people without the need
for adaptation. This might include kitchen islands with adjustable-height
countertops, front-loading washers and dryers, roll-in showers, and no-step
entrances, eliminating the need for ramps.
But the important point, according to universal design advocates, is that it
looks and feels like a normal apartment building. Rather than relying on
designs that can segregate people according to their disability (impaired
vision versus low mobility, for example), the intent of universal design is
to create products and environments usable by as many people as possible,
including people with no disabilities at all.
According to the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State
University, universal design is increasingly available, but few if any other
large-scale buildings have used the concept throughout an entire building.
The term "universal design" was coined in 1989 by the architect Ron Mace,
who developed a set of seven principles, like "low physical effort" and
"simple and intuitive use." Mr. Mace founded the center, in Raleigh, before
he died in 1998 to
further develop and integrate the principles into everyday life.
Colleen Starkloff and her husband, Max, who was paralyzed in a diving
accident as a young man, wanted to build a national model of universal
design. Through Paraquad, a nonprofit organization they formed in 1970, they
had been searching for a developer who would undertake a universal design
project. It was 2003 when Richard D. Baron, the chairman and chief executive
of McCormack Baron Salazar, a nationally known builder of mixed-income urban
developments, contacted them with what he thought might be a potential site
for the project.
"He called me and said: I think I have a good site. How many units do you
want to be universal design?' I said: Richard, I want all of them to be
universal design. That's the point: universal.' And he kind of hesitated and
said, O.K., we'll make it work.' "
Mr. Baron hired Andrew Trivers, founding architect of Trivers Associates, to
create a mixed-use environment for nondisabled people as well as people with
a wide range of disabilities.
The building is mixed-income as well; some renters pay market rates and
others receive subsidies (one- and two-bedroom market-rate units range from
$750 to $1,150 a month, while the cost of subsidized units depends on
personal savings and Social Security income). In addition, there is a corner
coffee bar, as well as ground-floor units that can either be retail spaces
or private residences.
The building, in a St. Louis neighborhood called the Central West End, is 95
percent leased, with only 20 units occupied by people with disabilities,
which is fine by Ms. Starkloff. "The whole point is integration," she said.
For Jacqueline Benoit, integration meant more than living next door to
people without disabilities, but being able to live with and take care of
her son Johnathan again. Ms. Benoit was on her way to work four years ago
when a driver struck her car. After six months of intensive care, she was
able to breath on her own again. But the accident left her partially
paralyzed, and she was sent to nursing homes for three years while her son
stayed with relatives.
Ms. Benoit and Johnathan, now 7, moved into a two-bedroom, two-bath
apartment in 2005, which includes subtle design features like door handles
instead of knobs for easier grasping, a dishwasher and oven that are set
into the wall and raised about 18 inches off the ground (a usable height for
people standing and sitting), and a stove with control knobs in front of the
unit rather than toward the back.
The design features make life more manageable for Ms. Benoit, but the
building also offers something for Johnathan. "He loves the weight room,"
Ms. Benoit said. "We go together and I work on my arm. I'm happy to be alive
and be able to take care of my son."
Before designing 6 North, Mr. Trivers had never used universal design
principles, but now he is a convert. "This is the future," he said. "People
are living longer and because of health care technology, they aren't dying
from accidents and disabilities the way they used to. So the question is,
how do you design so it doesn't look like it is for or is only usable by
someone with a specialized need?"
Richard C. Duncan, the senior project manager for the Center for Universal
Design, said: "Most people think U.D. is a term that is synonym with
accessible design. But it has this other element that is different: a social
equity component. That is an invisible part of the product.
"So, for example, a ramp is very difficult to integrate into the design of a
building," he continued. "We advocate for entrances that are step free, that
everyone can use, whether you have a problem with stairs or you're just
carrying packages."
Mr. Duncan toured 6 North when it opened with other disability advocates and
developers, and said the building was serving as a model. "And that is
progress because what we don't want are one-off projects, but full
integration," he said.
Most "handicapped accessible" buildings, he also pointed out, have two
different apartment designs: "normal" units and accessible units for people
with disabilities. "And neither are in fact very user friendly," he said.
"The point of universal design is integration of design principles into all
aspects of the built environment so as not to be obvious for one or
another."
For instance, at 6 North, what looks like interior decoration is actually
intentionally contrasting colors to allow people with limited vision to
navigate the space. In the hallways, carpeting in front of apartment
entrances is darker to signal the door's location. Next to each entryway is
a small shelf, which looks like a nice design detail but is also a handy
spot for people to put down mail or packages while they open the door. This
is, of course, equally convenient for a parent carrying a baby or people
with partial paralysis.
Jacquelyn Kish is one such person with partial paralysis, the result of a
brain aneurysm and stroke she suffered 18 months ago. She moved into 6 North
recently in order to resume rescuing injured or abandoned animals, which she
was forced to give up when she was in a nursing home and lost her house as a
result.
"I was told I shouldn't leave the nursing home until I could walk," Ms. Kish
said while petting one of her rescued cats. "But I was determined to live on
my own again. I can do that here."
As for Ms. Brown, living independently is more important than having hiked
on the Appalachian Trail. "Being able to take care of yourself you don't
appreciate that until you're told you can no longer do it," he said.
Canada! One of the big 8 industrialized countries! A country that is well respected around the world; for its policies on human rights, its economic abilities, its technical and medical expertise, its propensity for leadership when it comes to ensuring that developing countries have a voice at the United Nations, and for its ability to offer comfortable life styles to those seeking a new start in life. Based on this commentary one could easily think that Canada has it all but alas!
Please don’t get me wrong! I happen to have a very healthy respect for Canadians and Canada but after reading the article that I’m about to publish, I have to start wondering about what’s going on in the backyard of our neighbors to the North. I don’t think that this article can only be applied to Canada alone for after all we in America have our own set of similar problems. I’d be very interested to know what our readers think. Drop me a line and tell me your thoughts. info@sterlingcreations.ca and reference this article. (Canada drops ball on rights).
Canada drops ball on rights
Conservatives are in no rush to sign
Helen Henderson
Toronto Star, February 03, 2007
Poverty and disability go hand in hand. This is true whether you live in the
heart of one of the world's richest, most-developed countries or the
hinterlands of an impoverished emerging nation.
Denied easy access to schools, jobs and just plain belonging, most of the 4
million Canadians with disabilities and their families are too busy
struggling to take their fight public.
When it comes to government strategies to reduce poverty, they are
forgotten. Not even a blip on the radar screen.
This year, the United Nations wants to start changing that with a landmark
agreement protecting the rights of people with disabilities. Many Canadians
hoped this country would be in the vanguard in implementing the agreement,
scheduled to be signed March 30 in New York.
"We want Canada to be one of the first countries to sign...to show some
leadership," says Anna MacQuarrie, policy analyst on government and legal
affairs at the Canadian Association for Community Living, which helps people
with intellectual disabilities.
But it looks as if MacQuarrie and others will be disappointed.
In fact, there's a grave danger that efforts to put things in motion across
this country may be mired in inter-governmental posturing.
A Foreign Affairs spokesperson told the Star this week that while "Canada is
proud to have participated actively in the negotiation of the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities," it won't sign anything until
further consultations with other federal jurisdictions "and with provincial
and territorial governments who share jurisdiction in areas covered by the
Convention."
Translation: This could take years, if not decades.
"Although Canada will not be in a position to sign during the United Nations
ceremony on March 30, the implications of the Convention are under active
consideration," the spokesperson said.
But that does nothing for the people in the trenches.
It would be bad news at the best of times, but it is particularly
disappointing because this UN agreement, drafted with input from people with
disabilities themselves, goes beyond looking at human rights issues in
isolation to pinpointing their significance in world development and efforts
to ease poverty,
MacQuarrie says.
It shows that "if international development efforts do not take disability
into account, they cannot be successful," she notes. As such, "it can help
international development agencies recognize where and how exclusion occurs
and what they can do to address it."
Notably, news of the delay comes on the eve of Canada's International
Development Week, which starts tomorrow and is designed to help us all find
out how we can become actively involved as global citizens (www.acdi-cida.gc.ca).
Hint: take a look at what people with disabilities are up against all over
the world. A three-year research project by Inclusion International gives a
graphic description.
The report, called Hear Our Voices, visited hundreds of families in more
than 80 countries. Researchers found that even in areas where poverty as a
whole has been reduced, people with an intellectual disability and their
Many nations yet to inact on rules on education for people with disabilities
June 2007
Sponsored by Donna J Jodhan
Hello there! I hope that all of our readers out there are enjoying the spring season and that everyone has a great summer. I for one am looking forward to our summer season.
This month I’d like to focus on an article that interests me greatly. As someone who is visually impaired, I’m very concerned about education for the disabled. One can easily say that disabled persons are constantly trying to catch up when it comes to being able to have adequate access to such things as education, health care, and social services. So many things that are taken for granted by mainstream citizens are luxuries for disabled persons, and I’m a strong believer that if we have any hope of making the playing field a bit more level for disabled persons, the one big issue that needs to be dealt with swiftly and efficiently is education.
Hopefully this article that I’ve chosen this month will help to accentuate the importance of affirmative action in the field of education. Hope you find it of some interest.
Many nations yet to enact UN rules on education for people with disabilities
By SATISH KANADY
Peninsular, Qatar, February 04, 2007
Doha . Thirteen countries, including Oman, have failed to implement any of
the 22 Standard Rules set by the UN on education for people with
disabilities.
The Global Disability Report, prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on
Disability, revealed that 51 UN-member countries have not enacted the
legislation, one of the major standard rules set by the UN, to ensure equal
opportunities for persons with disabilities. Forty five countries do not
have accessible education. There is a wide gap between provision and access
Hi there! This month my article is going to focus on a scam that has been making the rounds on the Internet for a while now. As part of this magazine’s commitment to keep you abreast of the latest scams and schemes, I’d like to expose an email being authored by a seedy character named Sebastian Foss.
This scammer is spending his time to send out millions of spam emails to unsuspecting Internet users whereby he is promising the sky. In short, he is promising things that are simply not achievable and I urge you to ignore him and his emails. Below you’ll find an email that he has been sending out for the past few months. Please read it, ignore it, and go about your business. Don’t fall for his empty words and promises.
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Helpful tips
June 2007
By the Sterling Creations research team
Hey there! For our first contribution this month we have some very useful tips for you. Enjoy!
Helpful tips for June:
Looking to cleanse your body of those dangerous, stubborn and unwanted toxins?
Drink at least 8 glasses of lukewarm water each day.
Start your day off with 1 glass of lukewarm water.
Looking for a cleaning agent to get rid of those lingering and grimy stains in your pots and pans?
Believe it or not, coco cola can do the trick.
Heat up a few tablespoons of coke in the pot or pan that you are trying to clean and bingo! It works like a charm.
You can also use coke to clean your toilet bowls.
Trying to soften up those hard lemons or oranges?
Roll them around in your hands for a minute or so and it sure works.
Planning to travel to Europe or Britain?
Don't forget to take the appropriate adapters along, as the voltage across the Atlantic is different from North America.
Also, you can take up to 70 pounds per suitcase when crossing the Atlantic.
Are you a special needs air traveler and looking for easy ways to retrieve your luggage?
When you check in at the airline counter you can ask the agent to place priority tags on your luggage.
This way, your luggage will be taken off the plane first and placed on the floor close to the carousel.
Then it would be lots easier for you or someone else to retrieve it.
Don't want to give a fish-like handshake when shaking hands with someone?
First, wash your hands with soap.
Next place your hands palms up so that they dry well.
When you shake hands after this your hand will feel nice and silky to the touch.
If someone extends their hand to you with their palm down for a handshake, it means that they're trying to give you a power handshake.
It means that they're controlling the handshake.
Thinking of using those pill dispensers as candy dispensers?
Don't!
It may cause your kids to get into big problems when they next visit grandma or grandpa.
They may very well see the pill dispenser, think that it contains candy, and then proceed to open them and swallow the pills.
Accessibility news
Braille for the feet
June 2007
By the Sterling Creations research team
Hey there! This month we’d like to bring you an article that we came across recently. This article shows great initiative on the part of the folks in Palisades Park N.J. We hope that other States and Cities can follow the lead of Palisades Park.
'Braille for the feet': N.J. sidewalks get tactile cues
By Eric Hsu
Daily Record, NJ, November 06, 2006
PALISADES PARK, N.J. - Even the mayor was a little confused when the bumpy,
red pads showed up.
On street corners here and across the state, work crews have been installing
special panels designed to help the blind and visually handicapped tell
exactly where the sidewalk ends and traffic begins.
The panels, sometimes called ''Braille for the feet,'' are covered with
quarter-inch-high bumps that can be felt underfoot, and have been unusual
enough to stop passers-by.
In Palisades Park, where workers have laid dozens of the panels along
Brinkerhoff Avenue, Mayor James Rotundo said he at first mistook them for
anti-slip pads.
''I had the same question. They do look a little different,'' Rotundo said.
The panels, often a brick-red color, are of a type more commonly seen on
train platforms, where they have been used for many years to warn riders
about the platform's edge.
They became a requirement for sidewalks in 2001 under the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
But because the specifications have been revised, many towns have only now
started installing them. The panels are required only for new sidewalk
construction or renovation, said Dave Yanchulis, a spokesman for the ADA
Access Board.
Dozens of towns in Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex counties have ordered
the panels in recent months, said Bob Hibler, an Edison, N.J.-based
distributor for Armor-Tile, one of the largest manufacturers of the panels.
Ridgefield has ordered 200, Passaic has ordered 100, and Newark has ordered
300.
About 20 panels were installed during a renovation of Cedar Lane in Teaneck
this summer, and they are slated for projects in Hillsdale and River Vale,
said Christopher Statile, an engineering consultant.
The panels could eventually be as ubiquitous as sidewalk cutouts, which
include the low curb and ramps at the end of sidewalks.
In fact, the design of the panels grew out of an unusual debate about
cutouts in the disability community.
Several decades ago, laws started mandating curb cuts to improve access for
wheelchair users and others. But the cutouts sometimes hindered the blind,
who relied on curb drop-offs to cue them to the end of the sidewalk, said
David Loux, a field operations manager for a Morristown company that trains
guide dogs.
Access experts settled on the panels as a compromise. Sometimes called
''truncated domes,'' referring to the beveled tops of the bumps, the panels
provide instant feedback underfoot or for a person with a cane. Their color
is also meant to contrast with the sidewalk as a signal to those with
limited vision.
Refinements to the design have included making the panels smaller, and
laying the bumps perpendicular to the panel's edge, rather than diagonally,
to make them easier for wheelchairs to pass.
But some debate continues about the tradeoffs.
The panels can be slightly problematic for shopping carts, strollers and
in-line skaters, said Jerry Smith, vice-president of Detectable Warning
Systems, a company in California that manufactures fiberglass versions of
the panels. And women in high heels might struggle with them, Statile said.
Smith said they also can be more difficult to keep clear of ice and snow,
because the bumps stop plows and shovels. Ed Hoff, an accessibility expert
with NJ Transit, said the snow-clearing can be accomplished with ice melt
and brushes.
Loux, who is blind, said he believes the panels' inconveniences are minor
compared with their benefit for blind people, who he noted must walk more
since they don't drive.
''You're going to give that person a tremendous edge of safety,'' Loux said.
''We'd like to be safe so we can get to our destination. We'd like to get
You know, what I don’t understand, is this! Why is it that all these so-called agencies, you know, the ones that like to show themselves off as do-gooders, take money from the public under false pretences? They raise funds for helping the disabled and they just turn around and fill their greedy pockets? Time for us to do something about this dishonesty!
From Briga Reed of Boston:
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From Stefan Markovsky of Poland:
Hey you all out there. I’m Stefan and I’d like to know if someone can help me re finding an Internet site to buy and sell technology for the blind? I’m blind, at university, and looking for software and hard to buy for myself.
From Chip Bayers of New York:
I think this magazine has improved over the short length of time that it has been around. I like the articles, the helpful tips section, and hats off to the staff.
From Ernie Gault of Chicago:
I’d like to see more articles on sporting events for blind persons. How about telling us where we can find events for blind persons in things like golfing, ice skating, some ball sports, etc.
From Sharon Goodwin of Arizona:
I’m looking for ways to earn more income from home. Recently read the book Untapped Wealth Discovered but it does not go far enough.
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