Introductions: New subscribers are asked to take the time to introduce themselves to the list. This message might include the personal or professional background that has lead you to take an active interest in the disability and chronic illness, the nature of your research on geography and disabilities, and the research questions or problems you are currently addressing or would like to address in your work.

This introduction may include questions for the list members, and it will also aid those of us who are relatively new to this area of inquiry to get to know where others are coming from, and what variety of approaches they adopt.

List Moderation: Be aware that the list is set up so that messages are sent initially to Mike Dorn.  As list moderator, he makes the decision of whether the message needs to be forwarded.  One reason for this is that all messages can be examined for viruses before being sent out to the entire list.