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A pivotal role in the household

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Marie-France has lost her voice and can only move a jaw muscle because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Motor Neurone Disease (MND) or Lou Gherigs Disease. She shows how, with a single switch and AssistiveWare's Proloquo, KeyStrokes and SwitchXS software, she continues to perform a pivotal role in the household by doing the shopping, managing the bank accounts and even designing her own web site. For a high resolution version go to http://www.frontiersofassistiv...

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: September 17, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Author: assistiveware

Length: 03:55
Rating: 4.82
Views: 5065

Tags: accessibility  ALS  Amyotrophic  assistive  AssistiveWare  Disease  Lateral  Mac  MND  Motor  Neurone  Sclerosis  technology  

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iMaxxxxx (June 25, 2008 at 7:12 pm)
this is great that people that cannot use the computer can use them now! This video was very touching and it made me feel good inside because i know that apple has helped people. I am a special helper in my highschool and help the special needs kids around. I like doing this.. Thank you for creating this video . :)
Shiggity123 (April 28, 2008 at 11:41 pm)
I'm really happy that this technology we have allows those of us who have gotten a sh*tty break to even the playing field more than we could have imagined only fifty years ago.
Sefardisafran (January 27, 2008 at 12:02 am)
Excellent equipment for those in need of help to use their computers. LuisM Hoboken NJ
jcandaluzNYU (November 29, 2007 at 6:06 am)
This video is very touching. Congratulations Assistivaware, Thank You for creating this type of technology to improve our lives....Just make it a bit cheaper hehehe...
assistiveware (October 15, 2007 at 1:31 pm)
This was shot a few years ago when lots of sites did not yet work well with Safari.
actionscripted (October 15, 2007 at 1:24 pm)
Oh great, another IE 5 user...
Karmavs (October 15, 2007 at 7:08 am)
excellent video, it just goes to show the depth of technologies available for us - She's a faster typist than he is!

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