Yes, Anthony, it sounds like you're talking about Universal Design. If you
haven't done so already, you might do a Google search on Universal Design -
there's some good stuff happening out there.

Pam



> Pam,
>
> I have a friend in Philly, who also uses a head stick to do almost
> everything (I think he can even open pop cans with it), to me he is
> totally amazing and I love just watching him which he is just fine with.
> About cellular phones, I'm sure you know you have a phone book feature
> that also acts just like voice recognition without speaking and easily
> navigated, it holds 20-50 numbers.  Tonight as I was e-mailing a friend
> about another project I'm giving input in, I was thinking some day, we
> probably won't need the term "assistive technology" anymore, mainly
> because we might be developing devices fully accessible to anybody no
> matter physical ability.  People with disabilities are going to be the
> ones benefiting, and the ones that the majority of future companies
> won't think about as they're developing.  This is why we should support
> NASA and other things dealing with technology.
>
> I enjoy my field!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony