A coworker has a nephew with locked-in syndrome (Pat has only small movements of his hands, primarily his thumbs). It appears Pat got lots of attention by specialists at the onset of his illness but relagated to just custodial care. When I heard Pat was now local to me, I volunteered to visit him to see if my husband could build a switch Pat could manage so I could teach him Morse code. We've been through a lot of prototype switches and we finally have two that Pat can work - although it will take more practice to reliably distinguish a dit from a dah. Also, I found Pat has a hand-me-down Tobii P10 for which he and his mother weren't able to learn with the suppoprt they were given. I got the P10 running for him but, again, he needs time to practice the dwell triggers. The problem is Pat can only use the P10 when one of his occasional visitors will set it up on his wheel chair for him. So I have a couple of questions.
Can you tell me which is a good bed mount for a heavy communication device (like the Tobii P10) - one that can be configured with different tilts and rotations? Has anyone heard of a do-it-yourself stand? What is the best way to lock stand to bed and P10 to stand. (Pat's in a convalescent home where things sometimes go missing.) Thanks a lot for any ideas you can offer. Trish
