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Assistive Technology Transforms Lives

Assistive Technology Transforms Lives. CASE EXAMPLE. meet Cindy Chen. Mobility: Dream:. Wheelchair Bound Computer Access for education, communication and leisure. L ocation: Situation: Condition:. Keelung Junior High School Student Cerebral Palsy. CASE EXAMPLE. meet

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Assistive Technology Transforms Lives

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  1. Assistive TechnologyTransforms Lives

  2. CASE EXAMPLE meet Cindy Chen Mobility: Dream: Wheelchair Bound Computer Access for education, communication and leisure Location: Situation: Condition: Keelung Junior High School StudentCerebral Palsy

  3. CASE EXAMPLE meet the solutions Device name Total time: Device cost: Services Joystick Mouse, Screen Keyboard, Mouse Key Emulator 32 hours NT$ 20,000 One assessment, one fitting, many follow ups, custom made mounting

  4. CASE EXAMPLE And an additional solution Device name time: Device cost: Services Adapted Electric Wheelchair – Foot Control 30 hours NT$ 80,000 One assessment, one fitting, three follow ups

  5. I C E ducate nspire ommunicate …to life sentence

  6. SUGGESTED SLIDE A REAL PROBLEM Over 1,000 Motor Neuron Disease casesin Taiwan. About 3,000 new Spinal Cord Injuriesevery year. About 1,500 cases of Muscular Dystrophyin Taiwan. About 45,000 cases of Cerebral Palsy in Taiwan. …to life sentence

  7. SUGGESTED SLIDE BUT WITH A REAL SOLUTION Sometimes only 28,000 NT can provide a paralysed person with access to the internet. In just 2 hours, a mentally challenged child can learn the basics of cause/effect with a specialswitch and adapted toy. Less than 15,000NT can often provide a child with a communication aid making the difference betweensocial exclusion and inclusion. ..but it can take from 4 to 60hours of assessment, fitting, training and follow up from start to end. …to life sentence

  8. THE CHALLENGE Think about it ….. 3000 New Spinal Cord Injuries every year, That’s about 60 a week Or about 8 a day.

  9. SUGGESTED SLIDE THE CHALLENGE our current capacity is 80 Every year we assess at least 80 disabled cases all over Taiwan with our outreach program.

  10. SUGGESTED SLIDE THE CHALLENGE But we are reaching less than … 1% of new cases in Taiwan each year. So we want to do more…

  11. SHARING OUR EXPERIENCE DIY Switch Seminar We organise at least … 10 Seminars on a range of Assistive Technology subjects:Computer Access, Adaptive Toys, Special Switches, Introduction to Assistive Technology etc.

  12. GOOD MEDICAL CARE …. • Limited post-medical • Limited social participation • Patients are sent home and “forgotten” • no aftercare • limited revalidation • patients are “forgotten” …to confined to bed

  13. INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS …. • No Means to Communicate • No Participation • Students sat in corner of classroom and “forgotten” • no aftercare • limited revalidation • patients are “forgotten” … but stuck in classroom corner …stuck in classroom corner

  14. CASE EXAMPLE meet Michael Jian see the results Mobility: Dream: None Internet Access, writing music independently Location: Situation: Condition: Zhudong, Hsinchu County Bedridden - living in elderly care home, father also living thereHigh Level Spinal Injury

  15. CASE EXAMPLE meet the solutions Device name: Total time: Device cost: Services: Head Controlled Infrared Mouse, Mouse Click Emulation Software, Screen Keyboard, Computer Mobile Rack 40 hours NT$ 28,000 One assessment, two fittings, two follow ups, custom made mounting

  16. What we hear.. “Just because I cant move doesn’t’ mean Iwant to lie in bad all day looking at the ceiling” “Just because I cant speakdoesn’t mean I donthave anything to say” “I cant hold a pen but I stillwant to learn”

  17. “We should measure our society’s level of civilisation not just with its economic indicators but also by how much it takes care of its weakest members”

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