Maybe an adapter for switch scanning for the phone?
Amber L. Ward, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, ATP/SMS, FAOTA
Occupational Therapy Coordinator, Wheelchair evaluator
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences- Adjunct Professor
Executive Board- Clinician’s Task Force
Neurosciences Institute Neurology, Carolinas Neuromuscular ALS/MDA Center
Joint Commission- Disease Specific Care Certified ALS Center
Carolinas Healthcare System is Atrium Health
O- 704-355-0787
F- 704-446-6084
Address: 1010 Edgehill Rd North, Charlotte, NC 28207
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On Behalf Of Lisa Bruening
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:47 AM
To: xxxxxx@alsa.simplelists.com
Subject: looking for ideas
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Hello,
I have a personal friend, high functioning cerebral palsy but as she ages, she is having more difficulty with fine motor skills noticing increased increased spastic movements, she calls them tremors, affecting her ability to interact with
her android cell phone. She has a bigger keyboard and can use the bigger buttons but has many typing errors. Stabilizing her hand and using swype has not been helpful for her. In addition, she has difficulty with head tremors/head movements but does have
a high back office chair at her computer station and a recliner. Head stability does improve with position and stabilization using a head rest, but she is not always seated position. medications include klonopin and baclofen. She also uses prescription
no line bifocals. She is independently ambulatory without mobility devices at this time.
Speech is also variable which causes difficulty using her voice recognition and google voice to text. She has extreme variability in loudness as well as intelligibility, especially at night and when fatigued.
She has an android phone and a mac computer.
She is looking for affordable methods to interact with her android phone and her mac computer.
Not sure if I am overlooking something simple?
Any resources, apps, favorite websites would be appreciated. Or reviews about any of the below listed apps.
We are already looking into:
Google Assistant
Android Accessibility Suite
IFTTT
Voice Access
Assistive Touch
Perfect Keyboard
eSSENTIAL Accessibility
Thanks in advance.
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Lisa Bruening, M.S., CCC-SLP
Director of Care Services
The ALS Association Northern Ohio Chapter
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