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Besides the usual suspects (MDA and ALSA), many communities have mobility closets of some kind. Here is one such list by state. For technology items, there is a separate list. For used BiPAPs, this is a good starting point to donate, sell and buy. Dotmed and Bemes offer other options, the...

I've been unable to use my iPad very much since about December and I have missed my contacts on this forum. The problem was my last working finger was and able to work a touchscreen. I tried all kinds of switches and none seem to work very well. Now I have A head stylist attached to a ball cap...

I have not posted much lately. The reason is that in August I was under the weather (lung infection, but not pneumonia). We were travelling for almost all of September and October. I have been resting trying to recover from all the travel and am finally starting to feel a bit better. When I...

Clinic went well. FVC improved a bit. Only lost four pounds - lots in my legs we can tell. They adjusted my wheelchair joystick turn radius to make it easier to drive. Ordered two switches for access to mode settings and power on my chair because of my right arm being weaker. And getting a pt to...

This Indy Star article, while well-intentioned (and I did not know that Larry Bird's mom had ALS), repeats the misconception that there is nothing between computing by hand or voice, to the need for eye gaze. A variety of switch-enabled and mouth/head mice are available, that can be used with...

Hello. I will start this off by saying I admire all of you who have been diagnosed and continue to live life to the fullest. It's amazing what the attitude can do to people to make quality of life better. Anyways, I am a 27 year old male and I have a fairly active job in the summer then it...

Can anyone offer any insight into advantages/disadvantages of eye gaze vs impulse switches?

Oh boy! today I stayed home from work and my DH new wheelchair was delivered! He was so happy, and said it was very comfortable and he was very happy. took forever to get--3 months from when we started the paper work. I t is a good think that this was a replacement for his old one and not...

Since iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) have come up here before, here is some good news for AAC users from the RJ Cooper site: reportedly Proloquo To Go will be updated to a switch-accessible version in the next couple of months.

Hi Ya'll, Just got the ResMed Stellar breathing machine and I am happy to report that it addresses all the problems we were having. Now when I do transfers this machine does not get interrupted because it has a 2 hour back up battery built in and automatically switches, again, with no...