make sure the speech therapist knows about different options for input to devices. for instance, i know a woman who uses her head to bump a device attached to the head rest of her chair. it might be helpful to have an OT there too. (occupational therapist)
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From: Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
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Harleen, A communications evaluator would be a speech therapist. What you need to do is ask your sister's doctor for a prescription for her to see a speech therapist, then go to the speech therapist.
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>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:03:08 -0400
>From: Harleen Kaur <[log in to unmask]>
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>http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
>Snopes says that when he claims to have "invented" the internet, he was
>talking about how he took legislative and economic initiative to boost the
>development of it. I wonder if there's a Snopes for Snopes.
>
>I will indeed look for a communications evaluator. The things I learn. Had I
>known listservs were around for so long I would have barged in here LONG
>ago.
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>Thanks!
>~h : )
>On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Yeah, methinks mr. gore was kidding when he claimeth to invent the
>> internet! harumph! the chutzpah!
>>
>> Myself, I still can't quite grasp how the @ signals mail to be sent from A
>> to B! but I am glad it does.
>>
>> When I discovered chat, it opened a window to the world... For the first
>> time in my life, I could bring my witty, flirtatious self to the proverbial
>> party and be a "Belle" and not worry whether people understood me or not.
>> They could get to know me first.
>>
>> maybe with some motivation, Harleen's sister could learn to type, there are
>> many ways to type. head-pointers, eye-gaze systems, large keyboards. Your
>> family should take your sister to a communications evaluator where they will
>> try many different kinds.
>>
>> The world is a very, very frustrating place for those of us with speech
>> impairments.
>>
>> Mag
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>> From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:03:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: Come Together
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>> Cool! Deri remembers packet switching and X.25! Do you remember the
>> good-old-days of bisync and polled terminals? Ah...good times. Good
>> times.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>> Of Deri James
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:59 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Come Together
>>
>> On Wednesday 29 October 2008 14:41:58 ken barber wrote:
>> > there is now a higher level internet being developed by the DOD and
>> some
>> > more agencies. it is like the old internet intended for governments to
>> use,
>> > but like the old the new will eventually get taken over for public
>> use.
>> >
>>
>> Sir Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web. I
>> think
>> you're referring to ARPANET which developed TCP/IP the packet switching
>> element of networking.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Deri
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