Hello, I am a brand new member, this is my first post. I am taking care of my high school sweetheart. He was diagnosed 3/08 and was basically sent home to die.
I moved out 9/08, he was on a cane then w/slurred speech. He progressed quickly. He was in a power wheelchair by 1/09. Now he's...
My 9 year old son with autism is no longer using his 2008 Dynavox V.
It is in perfect condition, as he did not really use it all that often.
It has everything. The Keyguards, protective carrying case, shoulder strap,
keyboard (never used), resource manual, and has 2 years left on a five year...
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From Gizmodo:
The Neuralynx System translates thoughts into speech. It connects to the neurons, sending signals wirelessly to a laptop, which translates the brain activity into spoken English. It's not science fiction: They tried it with a paralyzed 26-year-old and it works...
In response to popular request, I uploaded some photos from the autumn trip we took along the Skyline Drive. The album is open for public viewing on my profile page.
Isn't the digital age great! Its so much better than holding friends captive in the livingroom and subjecting them to a...
Happy Canada Everyone! July 1 is Canada's 142nd birthday and I thought that I would take this opportunity to say that I hope all of the Canadians on the forum have a great day! I am going to be busy photographing our parade and heritage festival. My son is the official photographer and I am...
We got into our orthopedic surgeon's office today...but saw his physician's assistant (also an orthopede...but working under the "big guy")
He was very confused about our predicament until he popped in the disc from our digital MRI's that we had done last week. Not knowing the disc...
Hi all,
Went to the UofU infectious diseases today. The first doc did the cursory physical exam (strength test, reflexes, eyes, ears, throat, etc), then just wanted to talk, and listen, and take notes. He took our blood tests and the readings (explanations) from our MRI's and said he was going...
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ALS - Head and Shoulders - YouTube
The ALS Society of Canada has launched a new public service advertising campaign created by Lowe Roche, Toronto to raise awareness about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and the ALS Society's efforts to fund research towards a cure for the disease...
the sue rodrigeuz story "at the end of the day" is on tv in the uk on friday at 3-10pm on channel five.
if in the usa you have satelite or digital you maybe able to get channel five as we get five us. though it maybe on early in the morning or at a different time.
sue rodrigeuz (from canada)was...
I am an advocate for a friend who was Dx about 1 year ago. his speach is deteriorating and I wanted to offer the oppoertunity for him to record some stories of his life journey before his speech deteriorates more. As I contemplated this, I thought maybe there was some kind of technology out...