For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -- Father Alfred D'Souza

Meetings in 2002 - Cleveland, Padua
Travel Assistance from Mercy Airlift
Defeating Depression, adapted from Milestones
Audio and Computer text
VHL in Germany, by Gerhard Alsmeier, Germany
Sigma Phi Gamma Supports VHLFA
New Alabama Chapter, by Linda D.
Triathlon -- Alice completes the Danskin Triathlon

The VHL Family Forum is available on audio tape for people who need assistance in reading it. It is read for us by the Lighthouse for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in New York City. It is also available on the internet as a set of web files which can be searched.

One of our readers who uses a text-to-speech reading device has expressed a desire to have a computer text version of the newsletter, a set of text files on a diskette which can be searched and read using a text-to-speech program. It is not beautiful visually, and has no pictures. If this would be helpful to you or someone you know, please contact the VHL Family Alliance at info@vhl.org or 1-800-767-4VHL and ask for the computer text version.

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 9:3, September 2001. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.

Audio and Computer Versions of the Family Forum

Audio and Computer Versions
of the Family Forum