Adaptive Technology/Products: Disability Specific:Physical Disabilities
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Coglink is a personalized, simple-to-use, safe email program that comes with automated training and unlimited access to HelpDesk staff for questions and troubleshooting. This e-mail program is useful for a simple e-mail to stay in touch with friends and family, or if you find a computer too hard to set up or maintain, is simple to learn, very little to remember and will not allow email carrying computer viruses. You need to be able to see the computer monitor, read and type messages and be physically able to use the mouse and keyboard or other device that you currently use to move the cursor and enter text into the computer. The program has a monthly subscription fee of $10 that provides users with technical support that includes adding or subtracting people from their buddy lists. For more information, see their website or call their staff at (541) 346-0572 or (800) 716-9695, or write Computer and Information Sciences, 1202 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403.
Even Par Enterprises, Inc is (a Veteran Owned Small Business) and have developed a patented product called Lend-A-Hand which allows the physically challenged and Able Bodied to see how much more productive their lives can be. It is the first universal assistive device that can be used on the arm or leg.
Lend-A-Hand has been designed to improve independence and mobility in the patient population to assist Stroke, Arthritis, Amputation, Broken Bones, Carpal Tunnel, Cerebral Palsy, and Tourettes Syndrome. This unique product allows the individual to use their Legs, Arms and Hands in a Different Way. Plus, It assists individuals in regaining Arm Support, Leverage and Strength for day to day activities.
such as to play golf, wash cars, paint, rake sweep and wash floors, go fishing and endless other activities and duties. This large universal sleeve can be used to hold fishing rods, pot scrubbers, spatulas, rakes, brooms, paint rollers, shovels; any tool with a handle. For more information, visit the site above for order information.
Medical Alert Devices - Important for Kids and People with Disabilities. Not Just Seniors. is a guide by Joan Pabon,
Sep 21, 2017 of Consumer Advocate. Medical alert devices can help those with disabilities that live alone, but are still at risk for falls or may need assistance for medical help. Medical alert systems generally come with a remote device. This can be worn around the neck or as a bracelet. This 'emergency button' is easy to push for children, teenagers, and adults. That is given that the disabled individual in question is not cognitively or physically impaired to the extent that they cannot push it.
Your average system offers a range sufficient enough to cover most houses, say 600-1,000 feet from where the base station is installed. If the loved one is able to leave the house, then there are also GPS-enabled medical alert systems that will work anywhere. This guide also links to Best Medical Alerts
Based on In-Depth Reviews of 2019
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