Disabled computing supplier in Surrey Area???

Disabled computing supplier in Surrey Area???

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CarZee

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13,382 posts

269 months

Tuesday 5th August 2003
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My friend's dad has Parkinsons disease. He needs setting up with a PC/workstation.

A standard Win2k/XPHome type setup will suffice for the bedrock.

He also needs specialist help with:
- a suitable Desk/Chair.
- a big keyboard.
- a pointer other than a mouse.

Or alternative input solutions, but since he has Parkinsons, speech recognition isn't an option.

Does anyone know a company that can do this sort of thing, in the Surrey (Egham) area?

If it's a company that can supply the whole hardware/software setup then all well and good - if not I can certainly provide the basic hardware but would need advice on the special needs input equipment.

Any thoughts? Anyone else have experience of computing needs for people with this miserable ailment?

cheers then

CarZee

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13,382 posts

269 months

Tuesday 5th August 2003
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Cheers guys..

to be honest I'm not sure what I'm looking for - I was just asked to help out with ideas/contacts etc..

I've looked at bigkeys and intellikeys - one of those might well be part of the solution we're looking for.

Not sure about the pointing solution - I'd thought the same about the mouse & I'm not sure what the impediment is there, but she says it's not ideal.

Edit: for mouse solutions, I've just found this lot.. www.tifaq.com/mice/other-devices.html#Eye%20Control%20Technologies

I'll have to get together some options for her and find out more info.

There must be a PHer with direct experience of this sort of thing. Just a matter of finding them.

>> Edited by CarZee (moderator) on Tuesday 5th August 16:05

CarZee

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13,382 posts

269 months

Wednesday 6th August 2003
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Yep - cheers guys - I'll get more info today about it. I think the BigKeys keyboard is going to be the way to go.

Still far from sure about the pointing device, but a touchscreen could well be the way forward. It depends. I think probably he'll have trouble with whatever method, as his state of deterioration is reasonably advanced. Poor old bugger

Oh well.. I'll have a bit of a think and see what we come up with. In the meantime, if anyone should stumble across a co. that does this sort of kit, let me know..

thanks all.