On Monday, June 15, a group of Pima Medical Institute students under the leadership of Dr. Kyra Gainous (Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Director at Pima) visited our Assistive Technology Lab at Loop Central. Alejandra Gonzalez, our BridgingApps Digital Navigator, shares…
We close out Speech-Language-Hearing Month with this Client Story from Daryn Ofczarzak, Speech Language Pathologist at BridgingApps and Easter Seals Greater Houston. Frances is a seven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, who uses an eye-gaze computer to communicate. I…
Today’s post is written by Andi Fry, our BridgingApps Coordinator for Montgomery County Outreach, in partnership with her adult daughter Megan. Megan was born with severely limited muscle control, which ruled out both verbal speech and sign language for communication.…
Before there was eye-gaze technology, there was switch-operated technology; and for people with limited but functional muscle control, the switch can still be the preferred method. Eyes get fatigued like any other muscle. Alternative-access switches can be manipulated by a…
Over 31,000 people in the United States have ALS (full name amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a terminal nerve disease. The primary symptom is deteriorating muscle control which ultimately leads to respiratory failure and death, usually within five years. It’s quite possible…
