I don't use voice control but getting him on-line would be a great thing to do. My whole outlook on being a quad changed after I learned how to use a computer and I would go crazy without it.
Good luck and hopefully we'll meet him soon. Mark Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Stiffler To: [email protected] Sent: 1/3/2007 12:55:10 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Introduction Hello everyone, I am a new member of the list and would like to introduce myself. I am a clinical psychologist working in the Bronx. I joined the list because I have a new client who is paralyzed from the neck down (actually, he is able to move his arms a little, but can't grasp objects with his hands). I work in a nursing facility where the client has lived for the past three and a half years. He was formerly a social worker. He fell down a flight of stairs and became paralyzed. He is now in his mid-fifties. My client is able to get around the facility in a motorized wheelchair that he operates with his chin. He has frequent spasms, however, that cause his position in the chair to shift and make operating the chair difficult at times. It is set on a very slow speed which he finds frustrating. Anyway, I am writing because this client has asked me to help him improve his quality of life. I have never worked with someone who is paralyzed in this way so I'm trying to educate myself about the particular challenges and needs of people in this position. My client has said recently that he is very bored, so I was looking into trying to get him a voice activated computer. One question I have is what type of computer and computer software have people used and like? I recently contacted someone from a spinal cord injury group in the new york area who is looking into this for me, but I would also be interested in hearing from people who have actually used voice activated computer systems and may have recommendations. Thank you so much in advance. I am very happy that I found this group. Christine Stiffler, Ph.D.
