News & Advocacy in Disability Rights

WELCOME TO THE JUNE/JULY 1998 ISSUE of MAINSTREAM MAGAZINE

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Acid Trip
If you use a power chair, man, you're running on acid. Wet cell or gel, they get the lead out and keep you moving. It's heavy. Here's some straight talk about batteries and chargers.
By David M. Brienza

Manufacturers of batteries and battery chargers

Resource Guide: Power wheelchairs and muscle-driven (manual) wheelchairs -- lightweights, sports chairs, standers, all-terrain, and everyday wheels. These manufacturers have got the goods.
By the Editors

Shrink Rap
Lunatics? Demented? Psychiatric survivors fight back against the discrimination and torture. Judi Chamberlin leads the charge.
By Fred Pelka

The Day Harry Got the Hammer
He was a new guy. He didn't know the ropes and questioned the rules.
By Fred Pelka

In Freedom, Frank
A self-described exhibitionist in a palsied body, Frank Moore creates his life of all possibilities.
By Steven E. Brown

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial by Cyndi Jones

Letters to the Editor

News and Commentary

Column by William G. Stothers

Calendar of events

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