Assistive Technology

Transforms Lives

Location:

Situation:

Condition:

Keelung

Junior High School Student

Cerebral Palsy

Mobility:

Dream:

Wheelchair Bound

Computer Access for education, communication

and leisure

meet

Cindy Chen

C A S E E X A M P L E

12/10/13

C A S E E X A M P L E

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

meet the solutions

Device name

time:

Device cost:

Services

Adapted Electric Wheelchair – Foot Control

30 hours

NT$ 80,000

One assessment, one fitting, three follow ups

And an additional solution

C A S E E X A M P L E

…to life sentenceommunicateI CEnspire ducate

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…to life sentence

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.

A REAL PROBLEM

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…to life sentence

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 60 hours of assessment, fitting, training and follow up from start to end.

BUT WITH A REAL SOLUTION

New Spinal Cord Injuries every year,

That’s about 60 a week

Or about 8 a day.

Think about it …..

3000T H E C H A L L E N G E

Every year we assess at least 80

disabled cases all over Taiwan with

our outreach program.

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our current capacity is

80T H E C H A L L E N G E

of new cases in Taiwan each year.

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But we are reaching less than …

1%T H E C H A L L E N G E

So we want to do more…

Seminars on a range of Assistive

Technology subjects:

Computer Access, Adaptive Toys,

Special Switches, Introduction to

Assistive Technology etc.

We organise at least …

10S H A R I N G O U R E X P E R I E N C E

DIY SwitchSeminar

GOOD MEDICAL CARE ….

•no aftercare

•limited revalidation

•patients are “forgotten”

•Limited post-medical

•Limited social participation

•Patients are sent home and “forgotten”

…to confined to bed

•no aftercare

•limited revalidation

•patients are “forgotten”

…stuck in classroom corner

INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS ….

•No Means to Communicate

•No Participation

•Students sat in corner of classroom and “forgotten”

… but stuck in classroom corner

see

the results

Location:

Situation:

Condition:

Zhudong, Hsinchu County

Bedridden - living in elderly care

home, father also living there

High Level Spinal Injury

meet

Michael Jian

Mobility:

Dream:

None

Internet Access, writing music independently

C A S E E X A M P L E

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

meet the solutionsC A S E E X A M P L E

What we hear..“Just because I cant move doesn’t’ mean I want to lie in bad all day looking at the ceiling”“Just because I cant speak

doesn’t mean I dont have anything to say”

“I cant hold a pen but I stillwant to learn”

“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”