Hi there Could you e-mail the picture to me directly? Kind regards and thank you Helen Paterson Helen Paterson Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Central London Community Healthcare Community Assessment and Rehabilitation Service Stamford Brook Centre 14-16 Stamford Brook Ave London W6 0YD Tel: 0208 383 6411 Fax: 0208 383 6412 Mobile: 07507778442 Assistive Communication Service Speech and Language Therapy Parsons Green Health Centre 5-7 Parsons Green London SW6 4UL Tel: 0208 8466626 Fax: 0208 846 7840 Mobile: 07507778442 Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is the community services provider in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. CLCH is hosted by NHS Kensington and Chelsea. Chair: Mike O'Donovan Managing Director: Claire Holloway CONFIDENTIALITY The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your system and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use the email for any purposes, nor disclose all or part of its contents to any other person. The unintended recipient should not take any action in reliance of or on its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. HR is working on a CLCH Staff Directory, but in the meantime one of the quickest ways to find the contact details of a colleague is to check their email signature. -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Kurth Sent: 18 February 2010 16:51 To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: using SGDs vs modifying computers I've attached the picture as an Adobe Reader .pdf file. If the picture isn't posted on the listserv, I can email it to anyone directly. Thanks, Alex Alex P. Kurth Assistive Technology Specialist ALS Association - DC/MD/VA Chapter Virginia Regional Office: 2807 N. Parham Road, Suite 101, Richmond, VA 23294 804-836-1750, Ext. 103 or (Toll Free) 1-866-348-3257 Fax: 804-836-1751 xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx www.alsinfo.org Chapter Administrative Headquarters: 7507 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855 866-348-3257 toll free Are you a Maryland resident? Be an ALS Advocate with your state legislator this year. Join us at ALS Awareness Day in Annapolis, MD on February 25. For details contact Christine Kirkley at xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx or (301) 978-9855 x 205. -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Helen Paterson Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:32 PM To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: using SGDs vs modifying computers Hi there I did not get the picture can you send it again? Kind regards Helen Helen Paterson Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Central London Community Healthcare Community Assessment and Rehabilitation Service Stamford Brook Centre 14-16 Stamford Brook Ave London W6 0YD Tel: 0208 383 6411 Fax: 0208 383 6412 Mobile: 07507778442 Assistive Communication Service Speech and Language Therapy Parsons Green Health Centre 5-7 Parsons Green London SW6 4UL Tel: 0208 8466626 Fax: 0208 846 7840 Mobile: 07507778442 Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is the community services provider in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster. CLCH is hosted by NHS Kensington and Chelsea. Chair: Mike O'Donovan Managing Director: Claire Holloway CONFIDENTIALITY The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your system and notify the sender immediately. You should not retain, copy or use the email for any purposes, nor disclose all or part of its contents to any other person. The unintended recipient should not take any action in reliance of or on its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. HR is working on a CLCH Staff Directory, but in the meantime one of the quickest ways to find the contact details of a colleague is to check their email signature. -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Kurth Sent: 17 February 2010 15:56 To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: using SGDs vs modifying computers Attached is a picture of a laptop tray mount that we afford our PALS if they want laptops attached to wheelchair for hand or head tracking access. Some will also use a lapdesk from Target/et al to manage either an external keyboard or wireless mouse in coordination with this laptop tray mount. Velcro strips and 3M Dual Lock Velcro has been used to secure the laptop on the top of the tray. Previously, I worked with a typical determined teenage girl, with cerebral palsy, who despite her athetosis typed with her left hand on the keyboard and used her wheelchair controls to control the mouse. Velcro and reapplications of Velcro secured her Dell laptop, which was attached to a clear cutout laptray for three years until she graduated from high school. The tray and mounting plate was constructed by local Department of Rehab Services and the DAESSY wheelchair mount & total quick release base are from our loan closet. The first trays and mounting plates were made from scrap wood and metal. We found a local plastics store that afforded a sturdy light weight black plastic sheet which was cut into 16 x 11 inches trays, making 12 trays for $78 dollars. Thanks again Jen for bringing this up. Alex Alex P. Kurth Assistive Technology Specialist ALS Association - DC/MD/VA Chapter Virginia Regional Office: 2807 N. Parham Road, Suite 101, Richmond, VA 23294 804-836-1750, Ext. 103 or (Toll Free) 1-866-348-3257 Fax: 804-836-1751 xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx www.alsinfo.org Chapter Administrative Headquarters: 7507 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855 866-348-3257 toll free Are you a Maryland resident? Be an ALS Advocate with your state legislator this year. Join us at ALS Awareness Day in Annapolis, MD on February 25. For details contact Christine Kirkley at xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx or (301) 978-9855 x 205. -----Original Message----- From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Coggiola, Jennifer L. Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:16 AM To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: using SGDs vs modifying computers Hi eveyone, My high-tech patients have been really frustrated these past 2 years with their SGDs. They are on Dynavox (V Max/EyeMax) or Tobii (P10, C12/Ceye) devices. Everyone's devices have broken at some point. Most have sent them in for repairs at least 2 times. The SGD is not a fully functioning computer, even when unlocked. Patients have had problems with software incompatability, device freezing related to RAM or processor, not being able to watch online television/video due to limited RAM, slow uploading/downloading of email related to SGD company's server, etc. I'm really re-thinking the idea of introducing these into peoples lives vs keeping them on their computer as long as possible. Maybe only ordering the eyegaze systems as a last resort for my high tech patients, and having them give EZKeys a really long trial if they have a switch access point. My biggest challenge with using computers instead of SGDs is mounting. Has anyone else experienced this? Any success with mounting computers? Jen Coggiola, MA, CCC/SLP Speech Pathologist ALS Center at UCSF 400 Parnassus Ave., 8th Floor San Francisco, CA 94143 (415) 353-2122 clinic phone (415) 353-2524 clinic fax (925) 323-0175 cell phone xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2672 - Release Date: 02/06/10 19:35:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2693 - Release Date: 02/17/10 07:35:00
