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• Google Search: alt.comp.accessibility
• Google Search: alt.comp.blind-users
• Google Search: alt.disability
• Google Search: alt.education.disabled
• Google Search: alt.education.home-school.disabilities
• Google Search: alt.government.ssd-benefits.moderated
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• Google Search: alt.med.cure-paralysis

• alt.comp.accessibility
• alt.comp.blind-user
• alt.comp.blind-users

• alt.disability.blind
• alt.disability.blind.social
• alt.disability

• alt.discuss.disability
• alt.education.disabled -- Education for people with physical/mental disabilities.
• alt.education.home-school.disabilities
• alt.government.ssdi-benefits

• alt.health
• alt.health.ayurveda -- Really old medicine from India.
• alt.health.barleygreen
• alt.health.cfids-action -- Chronic Fatigue Snydrome Action Group. (Moderated)
• alt.health.cfs -- Chronic Fatigue Snydrome
• alt.health.hmo
• alt.health.oxygen-therapy
• alt.health.policy.drug-approval
• alt.image.medical

• alt.infertility -- Discussion of infertility causes and treatments.
• alt.infertility.alternatives
• alt.infertility.pregnancy
• alt.infertility.primary
• alt.infertility.secondary
• alt.infertility.surrogacy

ALT.MED.*
• alt.med
• alt.med.allergy -- Helping people with allergies.
• alt.med.behavioral
• alt.med.cfs -- Chronic Fatague Syndrome discussions. (Moderated)
• alt.med.cure-paralysis -- Cure Paralysis Now
• alt.med.ems
• alt.med.endometriosis
• alt.med.equipment -- Discussion of medical equipment.
• alt.med.fibromyalgia -- Fibromyalgia Fibrositis List.
• alt.med.outpat.clinic -- Outpatient clinic issues, discussions.
• alt.med.phys-assts
• alt.med.vision.improve
• alt.society.mental-health

ALT.SUPPORT.*
• alt.support -- Dealing with emotional situations & experiences.
• alt.support.alzheimers
• alt.support.amputee
• alt.support.angioplasty
• alt.support.anhedonia
• alt.support.arthritis.spondyloarthro.moderated
• alt.support.arthritis -- Helping people with stiff joints.
• alt.support.asthma -- Dealing with labored breathing.
• alt.support.attn-deficit -- Attention Deficit Disorder.
• alt.support.autism
• alt.support.big-folks
• alt.support.cancer -- Emotional aid for people with cancer.
• alt.support.cancer.prostate -- Helping men with prostate cancer.
• alt.support.cerebral-palsy -- Cerebral Palsy support
• alt.support.chronic-pain
• alt.support.crohns-colitis -- Support for sufferers of ulcerative colitis.
• alt.support.dev-delays
• alt.support.diabetes.kids -- Support for kids w/diabetes and their families.
• alt.support.disabled.artists
• alt.support.disabled.caregivers
• alt.support.disabled.sexuality
• alt.support.disorders.neurological
• alt.support.dystonia -- The cyberspace support group for dystonia.
• alt.support.eating-disord -- People over the edge about weight loss.
• alt.support.epilepsy -- Epilepsy support.
• alt.support.food-allergies
• alt.support.glaucoma
• alt.support.fibromyalgia --
• alt.support.headaches.migraine -- Discussion of migraine and headache ailments.
• alt.support.hearing-loss
• alt.support.heartburn
• alt.support.hemophilia
• alt.support.herpes
• alt.support.hypermobility
• alt.support.impotence
• alt.support.incontinence
• alt.support.inter-cystitis
• alt.support.jaw-disorders
• alt.support.kidney-failure
• alt.support.learning-disab -- For individuals with learning disabilities.
• alt.support.leprosy
• alt.support.lupus
• alt.support.menopause
• alt.support.ms-recovery
• alt.support.mult-sclerosis.alternatives
• alt.support.mult-sclerosis -- Living with multiple sclerosis.
• alt.support.musc-dystrophy
• alt.support.myasthe-gravis
• alt.support.narcolepsy
• alt.support.osteogenesis.imperfecta
• alt.support.ostomy
• alt.support.post-polio -- Post Polio Syndrome Discussion Area
• alt.support.premature-baby
• alt.support.prostate.prostatitis
• alt.support.pulmonary
• alt.support.schizophrenia -- Mutual support for schizophrenics.
• alt.support.scleroderma
• alt.support.sinusitis -- Inflammation of the sinuses.
• alt.support.skin-diseases -- Psoriasis and other common skin afflictions.
• alt.support.skin-diseases.hidradenitis
• alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis
• alt.support.skin-diseases.vitiligo
• alt.support.sleep-disorder --For all types of sleep disorders.
• alt.support.spina-bifida -- Support for people dealing with Spina Bifida.
• alt.support.stuttering -- Support for people who stutter.
• alt.support.thyroid
• alt.support.tinnitus -- Coping with ringing ears and other head noises.
• alt.support.tourette -- Support for folks with Tourette's Syndrome.
• alt.support.turner-syndrom

• aol.disabled
• clari.news.disabilities
• clari.web.news.disabilities
• free.uk.scotland.help-disability

BIT.LISTSERV.*
• bit.listserv.ada-law -- ADA Law Discussions
• bit.listserv.autism -- Autism and Developmental Disabilities List.
• bit.listserv.axslib-l -- Library Access for People with Disabilities.
• bit.listserv.blindnws -- Blindness Issues and Discussions. (Moderated)
• bit.listserv.c+health
• bit.listserv.cfs.newsletter -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Newsletter. (Moderated)
• bit.listserv.deaf-l -- Deaf List.
• bit.listserv.down-syn -- Downs Syndrome Discussion Group.
• bit.listserv.dsshe-l -- Disabled Student Services in Higher Education.
• bit.listserv.easi -- Computer Access for People with Disabilities.
• bit.listserv.medforum
• bit.listserv.medlib-l
• bit.listserv.mednews
• bit.listserv.tbi-support -- Traumatic Brain Injury Support List. (Moderated)
• bit.listserv.transplant -- Transplant Recipients List.
• bit.med.mxdiag-l
• bit.med.resp-care.world -- Respiratory Care World.

• misc.education.medical
• misc.handicap -- Items of interest for/about the handicapped.
• misc.health
• misc.health.aids
• misc.health.alternative -- Alternative, complementary and holistic health care.
• misc.health.arthritis -- Arthritis and related disorders.
• misc.health.diabetes -- Discussion of diabetes management in day to day life.
• misc.health.infertility
• misc.health.injuries.rsi.misc
• misc.health.injuries.rsi.moderated
• misc.health.therapy.occupational
• misc.kids.health
• relcom.commerce.medicine
• sapien.med.disease.management

• msn.forums.disabilities.add
• msn.forums.disabilities.add.support
• msn.forums.disabilities.blind
• msn.forums.disabilities.caregivers
• msn.forums.disabilities.chronic
• msn.forums.disabilities.deaf
• msn.forums.disabilities.files.general
• msn.forums.disabilities.general
• msn.forums.disabilities.guestbook
• msn.forums.disabilities.leisure
• msn.forums.disabilities.love
• msn.forums.disabilities.mind
• msn.forums.disabilities.mobility
• msn.forums.disabilities.social.services
• msn.forums.disabilities.suggestbox
• msn.forums.disabilities.tech
• msn.forums.disabilities.vets
• msn.forums.womenonline.sig.disabled.women

SCI.MED.*
• sci.med -- Medicine and its related products and regulations.
• sci.med.aids -- AIDS: treatment, pathology/biology of HIV, prevention. (Moderated)
• sci.med.cardiology
• sci.med.dentistry
• sci.med.diseases.als - ALS
• sci.med.diseases.cancer -- Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
• sci.med.diseases.hepatitis
• sci.med.diseases.lyme
• sci.med.diseases.viral
• sci.med.immunology -- Medical/scientific aspects of immune illness.
• sci.med.informatics -- Computer applications in medical care.
• sci.med.midwifery
• sci.med.nursing -- Nursing questions and discussion.
• sci.med.nutrition -- Physiological impacts of diet.
• sci.med.occupational -- Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) & job injury issues.
• sci.med.orthopedics
• sci.med.pathology
• sci.med.pharmacy -- The teaching and practice of pharmacy.
• sci.med.physics -- Issues of physics in medical testing/care.
• sci.med.psychobiology -- Dialog and news in psychiatry and psychobiology.
• sci.med.radiology
• sci.med.telemedicine -- Hospital/physician networks. No diagnosis questions.
• sci.med.transcription -- Information for and about medical transcriptionists.
• sci.med.vision -- Human vision, visual correction, and visual science.
• sci.medicine
• sci.psychology

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