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WELCOME TO THE APRIL 1998 ISSUE of MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE

Volume 22, Number 7 April 1998

FEATURES

Wings Over Worries
Gone are the days of embarrassment. Now that she uses a scooter she can take her time without fear.
By Lynda P. Sowell

Scooter Manufacturers
Resource Guide: Are you ready for wings? If so, you have a dazzling range of choices þ number of wheels (3 or 4), seating options, colors, speed, power, styling. Call these manufacturers and find get ready to fly.

License To Discriminate?
Are DMVs giving disabled drivers the third degree?
By Douglas Lathrop

Parking Blind Spot
Should blind persons be given special parking privileges?
By Valerie Brew-Parrish and Richard Parrish

Royal Shame
Three boys with disabilities were born to monarchy in England, Germany and Russia. The way they were treated may have altered history.
By Fred Pelka

A job for life
How one man decides the qualities he wants in an attendant.
By Paul Ryan

Check Mate
Jack Collins has played the best, and teaches the rest a million-dollar game that costs next to nothing to play.
By Wendy Caster

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial by Cyndi Jones

Letters to the Editor

News & Commentary

Column by William G. Stothers

Calendar of events

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